Lucy Lawless

Lucy Lawless is a television and theater actress as well as a stage singer. She was born Lucille Francis Ryan in the volcanic peak suburb of Auckland, New Zealand known as Mount Albert on March 29th, 1968. Her stage name is taken from her first husband, Garth Lawless, whom she was married to from 1988 to 1995. They have one daughter together, Daisy Lawless. Lucy remarried Hercules & Xena producer Robert G. Tapert in 1998. Lucy Lawless is best known for playing the role of the eponymous femme fatale Xena in the 1995-2001 fantasy adventure series Xena: Warrior Princess, which is a spin-off of the show Hercules: The Legendary Journeys on which she also made a few appearances.

Notes & Trivia

 * Lucy Lawless is an avid environmental activist and has lived up to her surname on more than one occasion.


 * A natural blonde, Lucy Lawless died her hair black for her work on Xena: Warrior Princess.


 * Lucy Lawless appeared in two films with Bones leading lady Emily Deschanel. They both appeared in Sam Raimi's adaptation of the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man in 2002 (of which Lawless made a cameo appearance) as well as the 2005 horror film Boogeyman (co-produced by Raimi).