Nick Name:
Unco, short for Uncoordinated 

Date of Birth:
March 29, 1968

Place of Birth:
Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand 

Height: 5' 10 1/2" 
 

Biography: 

          Best known for her role as the fearsome Xena: Warrior Princess in the long-running series of the same name, athletic worldly beauty Lucy Lawless didn't achieve the fame in her native New Zealand that flooded her in the U.S. until much later in her career, due to the fact that the wildly popular adventure series didn't air there until long after it was a staple of American television.  Born into water at her home in Mount Albert, Aukland, New Zealand, in 1968 to the mayor of that city, Lucy began acting early and frequently appeared in school plays in her youth. She was the 5th of 7 children, of Frank and Julie Ryan.
          An active child of diverse interests, Lucy went on to study German, French, and Italian at Aukland University for a year before traveling through Europe with boyfriend and eventual first husband Garth Lawless. They worked odd jobs to finance their trip and eventually ending up in Australia.  Working in a gold-mining camp in Kalgoorlie to finance the final leg of their journey, the couple was married in Australia in 1988 and soon returned home to bear a daughter, Daisy.
          Crowned Mrs. New Zealand the following year, the busy new mother got her first acting experience in Funny Business, a popular TV comedy troupe after she did a "really bad, cheesy commercial for travel."  After studying acting in Vancouver, Canada, at the William Davis Center for Actors Study, Lucy soon landed small roles in films and television, with her next regular job as of co-host on television's Air New Zealand Holiday.
          After appearing in The Rainbow Warrior in 1992, Lucy landed the role that would propel her to stardom and become her calling card into the new millennium.  Initially appearing in the role of Lysia in Hercules and the Amazon Women, Lucy went on to appear as Xena in three episodes of Hercules before spinning off into her own series in 1995.  It was a physically demanding adventure series in which the sporty actress performed many of her own stunts.  Lucy broke her pelvis after falling off of a horse while preparing to make a grand entrance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 1996.  After a quick recovery, Lucy Lawless made her Broadway debut as Rizzo in Grease the following year.
          In 1997, she was chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.  She divorced her first husband in 1995 and married Xena producer Rob Tapert in Santa Monica, California on March 28, 1998.  On October 16, 1999, they had a son, Julius Robert Bay Tapert, born in New Zealand.  "Xena" has been canceled after a fantastic 6-year run.  In April 2002, Lucy had her third child. 
 
 

Filmography:
 

The Ugly Americans (2003)
 
"The Bernie Mac Show" (2002) TV Series ..as "Herself" in episode: "Keep It on the Short Grass" (episode # 2.1) 

"The Simpsons" (2002) TV Series ..as "Herself" (voice) (archive footage) in episode: "Gump Roast" (episode # 13.17) 

Spider-Man (2002) ..as Punk Rock Girl

"The X Files" (2001) TV Series ..as "Shannon McMahon" in episode: "Nothing Important Happened Today II" (episode # 9.2) "Nothing Important Happened Today" (episode # 9.1) 

"Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995-2001) TV Series ..as Xena, Meg, Princess Diana, Melinda Pappas, Priestess Leah

Dealing with Donna (2001) 

Lucy Lawless: Kiwi Superstar (2001) (TV) ..as Herself/Xena 

"Just Shoot Me" (2001) TV Series ..as "Stacy" in episode: "The Auction" (episode # 5.14)

In Search of the Lonesome Yodel (2000) (TV) ..as Herself 

Ginger Snaps (2000) (uncredited) (voice) ..as Announcer on School's PA System 

"The Simpsons" (1999) TV Series ..as "Herself" (voice) in episode: "Treehouse of Horror X" (episode # 11.4) 

Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night (1999) (V) 

I'll Make You Happy (1999) 

Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (1998) (V) (voice) ..as Xena 

"Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995-1998) TV Series ..as "Xena" in episode: "Armageddon Now: Part 2" (episode # 4.14) "Stranger In A Strange World" (episode # 4.5) "Judgement Day" (episode # 3.15) "The Unchained Heart" (episode # 1.13) "The Gauntlet" (episode # 1.12) "The Warrior Princess" (episode # 1.9) ..as "Lyla" in episode: "Outcast" (episode # 2.5) "As Darkness Falls" (episode # 1.6) 

"Something So Right" (1997) TV Series ..as "Herself" in episode: "Something About Inter-Ex-Spousal Relations" (episode # 1.23) 

Peach (1995) ..as Peach 

"High Tide" (1995) TV Series ..as "Sharon List" in episode: "Dead In the Water" (episode # 1.17) ..as "undercover policewoman" in episode: "Shanghied" (episode # 1.8)

Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994) (TV) ..as Lysia 

Typhon's People (1993) (TV) ..as Mink Tertius 

"The Ray Bradbury Theatre" (1992) TV Series ..as "Liddy Barton" in episode: "Fee Fie Foe Fum" (episode # 6.13) 

"The Black Stallion" (1992) TV Series ..as "Sarah McFee" in episode: "Riding the Volcano"

The Rainbow Warrior (1992) ..as Jane Redmond 
... aka The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior (1992) 

"For the Love of Mike" (1991) TV Series ..as Helen 

The End of the Golden Weather (1991) ..as Joe's Girl 

A Bitter Song (1990) ..as Nurse 1 

Within the Law (1990) ..as Verity 

"Funny Business" (1989) TV Series ..as Various
 
 

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