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Real name:
Lucy Ryan
Date of Birth (location):
29 March 1968, Mt. Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.
Height:
5' 10" (178 cm)
Mini biography:
Born Lucy Ryan on March 29, 1968, in Mt. Albert, Auckland, New Zealand, Lucy is the fifth of seven children. Lucy first got involved in acting and singing in school musicals and plays. She studied opera for several years, and attended Auckland University for a short time before leaving for Europe. Upon her return, Lucy worked briefly in a gold-mining camp in Australia, where she married Garth Lawless, her high-school sweetheart. They returned to Auckland, where their daughter Daisy was born. (They were divorced in 1995.) Lucy appeared in many local commercials and television shows before her first "Hercules" appearance in 1994.
Lawless also has an aptitude for languages and accents. She speaks English, German, French and some Italian, and has often worked on U.S. co-productions requiring a mid- American accent. Despite having studied opera for several years, Lucy's passion is for jazz. Lucy currently stars as Xena, the beautiful, brave and fiercely independent hero of the one-hour syndicated series "Xena: Warrior Princess."
Spouse:
Garth Lawless (????-1995)
Trivia:
(October 1996) fractured her pelvis after falling from a horse. She was practicing a scene for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"