Lucy Lawless Biography (1968-)

Original name, Lucille Frances Ryan; born March 28, 1968, in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand; daughter of Frank (a banker and mayor) and Julie Ryan; married Garth Lawless (a bar manager), 1988 (divorced, 1995); married Robert G. Tapert (a producer, director, and writer), March 28, 1998; children: (firstmarriage) Daisy; (second marriage) Julius Robert Bay, Judah Miro. Addresses: Agent: Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor, Beverly Hills, CA90210.; Publicist: Dominique Appel, Baker/Winokur/Ryder, 9100 Wilshire Blvd.,Sixth Floor, West Tower, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: New Zealander
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress, producer
Birth Details: March 28, 1968; Auckland, New Zealand

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Multiple roles, Funny Business (also known as Funny Bunny),[New Zealand], beginning 1989
Helen, For the Love of Mike, [New Zealand], beginning 1991
Cohost, Air New Zealand Holiday, [New Zealand], 1992-93
Title role, Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated, 1995-2001
Kathleen Clayton, Tarzan (also known as Tarzan & Jane),The WB, 2003
Host, Warrior Women, Discovery Channel Canada, beginning 2003
Specials
(In archive footage) Look Who's Famous Now, TV2 (New Zealand), 1999
Lucy Lawless: Kiwi Superstar, [New Zealand], 2001
Narrator, Gladiatrix, The Discovery Channel, 2002
(In archive footage) Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell, NBC, 2002
Narrator, Totally Gayer, VH1, 2004
(In archive footage) Saturday Night Live: The Best of Cheri Oteri,NBC, 2004
Episodic
Kim Hughes, "Double or Quits," Shark in the Park, [New Zealand], 1990
Liddy Barton, "Fee Fie Foe Fum," The Ray Bradbury Theater, USA Network, 1992
Sarah McFee, "Riding the Volcano," The Adventures of the Black Stallion (also known as The Black Stallion and The Return of the BlackStallion), YTV, 1992
Undercover police officer, "Shanghied," High Tide, syndicated, 1994
Lysia, Hercules and the Amazon Women, syndicated, 1994
Lyla, "As Darkness Falls," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995
Lyla, "Outcast," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995
Sharon List, "Dead in the Water," High Tide, syndicated, 1995
Xena, "The Gauntlet," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995
Xena, "The Unchained Heart," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995
Xena, "The Warrior Princess," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995
Guest, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1996
Guest, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996, 1997
Herself, "Something about Inter-Ex-Spousal Relations," Something So Right, NBC, 1997
Xena, "Judgement Day," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1997

Xena, "Stranger in a Strange World," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1997
Guest, Howard Stern, E! Entertainment Television, 1997
Herself, Entertainment Tonight (also known as ET), syndicated, 1997
Guest, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1997, 1998, 2000
Diana, Leah, and Meg, "Warrior ... Priestess ... Tramp," Xena: WarriorPrincess, syndicated, 1998
Xena, "Armageddon Now: Part 2," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys,syndicated, 1998
Guest, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's "Saturday Night," Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1998, 1999
Meg, "The Key to the Kingdom," Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated,1999
Voice, "Treehouse of Horror X," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1999
Shannon McMahon, "Nothing Important Happened Today: Parts 1 & 2," The X-Files, Fox, 2001
Stacy, "The Auction," Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 2001
Guest, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001
(In archive footage) Voice, "Gump Roast," The Simpsons (animated),Fox, 2002
"Keep It on the Short Grass," The Bernie Mac Show, Fox, 2002
Guest, Extra (also known as Extra: The Entertainment Magazine), syndicated, 2003
Guest, Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC, 2003
Guest, V Graham Norton, 2003
Guest, The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2003
Herself and Xena, "Sione-rella," Bro'Town (animated; also known asbro'Town), TV3 (New Zealand), 2004
Tracy Fletcher, "Ignoring Lydia," Less Than Perfect, ABC, 2004
Guest, On-Air with Ryan Seacrest, syndicated, 2004
Appeared as Chloe Miller in Marlin Bay, and as a nightclub patronin Gloss, both TVNZ (New Zealand); appeared in Celebrity Profile, E! Entertainment Television.
Other
Mink Tertius, Typhon's People, [New Zealand], 1993
Herself, In Search of the Lonesome Yodel, 2000
Film Appearances
First nurse, A Bitter Song, 1990
Verity, Within the Law, 1990
Joe's girl, The End of the Golden Weather, 1991
Jane Redmond, The Rainbow Warrior (also known as The Sinking ofthe Rainbow Warrior), 1992
Title role, Peach, 1994
Voice of Xena, Hercules and Xena--The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (animated musical), Universal Home Video, 1997
Herself, I'll Make You Happy, Universal Pictures Home Video, 1999
(Uncredited) Voice of announcer on school's public address system, Ginger Snaps, Unapix Entertainment, 2001
Punk rock girl, Spider-Man, Columbia, 2002
Herself, Double Dare (documentary), Map Point Pictures/GoodmoviesEntertainment/Runaway Films, 2003
Madame VanderSexxx, EuroTrip, DreamWorks, 2004
Mary Jensen, Boogeyman, Screen Gems, 2005
Film Producer
Her Iliad (short film), 2000
Stage Appearances
Betty Rizzo, Grease (musical), Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, beginning 1997
Dorothy Shaw, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (concert performance), Fifth Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA, 2005
RECORDINGS
CD-ROMs
The Heroic Legends of Hercules and Xena, 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Newsmakers 1997, Issue 4, Gale, 1997

Periodicals

Advocate, March 2, 1999, p. 24
Entertainment Weekly, November 24, 1995, p. 86; March 7, 1997, p.38; October 24, 2003, pp. 67-68
Ms., July/August, 1996, pp. 74-77
Official Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume 1, number 1, 1997, pp. 12-17
Parade, July 27, 1997, p. 16
People Weekly, April 8, 1996, pp. 93-94
Playboy, May, 1997, p. 144
Starlog, January, 1996; April, 1997
Time, April 13, 1998, p. 43
TV Guide, April 10, 1999, pp. 18-24
USA Today, February 14, 1996; January 15, 1997, p. 3D
X-Files Monthly, April, 2002, pp. 26, 27

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