32 What can you tell me about Lucy Lawless, the actress who playsXena? (Info, Bio, and Fan Clubs)
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This article is from the Xena: Warrior Princess FAQ, by Paul Hilling p.hilling@bigfoot.com with numerous contributions by others.
32 What can you tell me about Lucy Lawless, the actress who playsXena? (Info, Bio, and Fan Clubs)
A more detailed biography is available at the MCA website
(http://www.mca.com/tv/xena).
Birthday: March 29, 1968
Birthplace: Mt. Albert, Auckland, New Zealand
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Honey Blonde
Height: 5'10 1/2" (According to Lucy)
Significant Other: Married to Robert Tapert. Exec Producer of
Xena
I know there is more info out there, but here is some to get you
started...
Lucy Lawless is the fifth of seven children and is the oldest
girl. Lucy got involved in acting and singing early on in school
musical and plays in what was mostly a convent education. She
graduated at the age of 17 and attended Auckland University
briefly, but soon left for Europe and went grape picking on the
Rhine. Following that Lucy even worked in a gold mining camp, in
Australia! In Australia she married and then returned to
Auckland.
Lucy has one daughter, Daisy, born in 1988-9. And a son, Julius
Robert Bay Tapert born on the 16th Oct 1999.
For those of you who haven't heard Lucy speak in interviews, her
natural voice doesn't sound very much like Xena. She definitely
has a New Zealand accent, and her voice is not nearly so deep.
Lucy has a natural aptitude for languages and accents that
enables her to sound southern Californian. Check out her David
Letterman interview, or see other interviews at Tom's Xena Page
(http://www.xenafan.com).
You'll find lots more info and get to actually hear her speak!
Yes, Lucy dyes her hair black for the show. You can see her
natural hair in "Hercules and the Amazon Women". Look for an
Amazon on a horse. She's also the one who horses around with Zeus
(played by Anthony Quinn).
Lucy's BIO:
Television commercials in New Zealand
A Presenter for a New Zealand Tv Station Travel Show.
FUNNY BUSINESS: comedy troupe television show in New Zealand
RAY BRADBURY THEATRE IV -- T.V. show
Peach (one of the four pieces in the work: Women From Down
Under)
Rainbow Warrior (1992): movie (now available on video)
HIGH TIDE: "Shanghaied" (1994) -- T.V. show
HIGH TIDE: "Dead in the Water" (1994) -- T.V. show
Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994) -- as Lysia, an Amazon
(NOTE: the above was a 2 hour Action Pack movie -- before
the H:TLJ series began...)
H:TLJ: "As Darkness Falls" (1995) -- as Lyla, whose husband
is the centaur Deric
H:TLJ: "Outcast" (1996): again as Lyla -- wife of Deric and
mother to Kiefer
H:TLJ: "The Warrior Princess" (1995) -- our introduction to
Xena
H:TLJ: "The Gauntlet" (1995) -- Xena's army turns against
her
H:TLJ: "Unchained Heart" (1995) -- Xena's "conversion to
good"
H:TLJ: "Judgement Day" (1997) -- Strife tricks Hercules into
killing the Golden Hind.
H:TLJ: "Strangers In A Strange Land" (1997) -- Naughty Xena
in a Mirror Universe.
H:TLJ: "Armageddon Now : Part 2" (1998) -- Evil alternate
universe version of Xena
THE BLACK STALLION -- T.V. show (I don't know which episode)
Grease: The Stage Musical (1997) -- Stage Musical, as Rizzo
Her vocal talents were also used in the Animated Movie
Hercules and the Battle for Mount Olympus.
For information on the XENA Fan Club, send a self-addressed
stamped envelope to:
Official Xena: Warrior Princess Fan Club
411 N. Central Ave. #300
Glendale, CA 91203
e-mail address is outback@primenet.com
All mail for Lucy Lawless should be sent to the Official Xena:
Warrior Princess fan club at the above address
There was an unofficial Lucy Lawless fan club, but it has now
closed.
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