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My Take
For me Lucy Lawless will always be Xena. A New Zealander from Mount Albert with that fiery Aries conviction, she anchored a 1990s series in which a woman swung a sword and saved the world, and that was genuinely radical for its time; she taught a generation that strength on a woman is something to admire. What seals my respect is the range. As Lucretia in Spartacus she flipped into a sumptuous, scheming villain, proving she was never just an action star, and she sings and works the stage too, capped by a 2004 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. I am drawn to performers who refuse a single mold, and she is the prototype.
Overview
Lucille Frances Lawless (née Ryan; born 29 March 1968) is a New Zealand actress, singer, and director. She is best known for her roles as Xena in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, as D'Anna Biers on the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series, and Lucretia in the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and associated series.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lucy Lawless
- Name (Japanese)
- ルーシー・ローレス
- Reading
- るーしー・ろーれす
- Born
- March 29, 1968 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Monkey
- Origin
- Mount Albert, New Zealand
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film producer / singer / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Marist College
Awards & achievements
- 2004 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.