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Lucy Lawless
New Zealand actress (born )
Lucy Lawless MNZM | |
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Lawless at the San Diego Comic-Con | |
Born | Lucille Frances Ryan () 29 March (age56) Mount Albert, Auckland, |
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Yearsactive | –present |
Spouses | Garth Lawless |
Children | 3 |
Lucille Frances LawlessMNZM (néeRyan; born 29 March ) is a New Zealand actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Xena in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, as D'Anna Biers on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, and Lucretia in the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and associated series. Since , she has starred as Alexa in the television series My Life Is Murder.
Lawless had recurring roles as Diane Lewis-Swanson on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (–), and as Countess Palatine Ingrid Von Marburg on the WGN America supernatural series Salem (). She also starred as Ruby on the
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Lucy Lawless
Lucy first started performing at the age of 10 and started acting at high school. She married Garth Lawless in , giving birth to daughter Daisy that year. They divorced in , and by then Lucy Lawless was established as an actor, so she kept the surname.
Her first television appearance was for the comedy skit show Funny Business in which launched a new group of comedy talents on New Zealand audiences, and she featured for a couple of seasons. She then travelled to Vancouver to study acting at the William Davis Centre for Actors Study and returned home to appear in the television movie The Rainbow Warrior ().
In , Lucy appeared in Hercules and the Amazon Woman, which was shot in New Zealand. It ended up being the pilot for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys () and opened the door to her next opportunity. Co-creator and executive producer Rob Tapert was keen to create a companion show with female superheros, but, because it was pilot season, American-based actors w
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Lucy Lawless Biography
Mar 29, Birth Place:
Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand