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Lucille Frances Lawless MNZM (née Ryan; born 29 March 1968) 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.
Xena: Warrior Princess starred Lucy Lawless as Xena and Renee O'Connor as Gabrielle. The first choice for Xena was the British actress Vanessa Angel, [27] but an illness prevented her from travelling, and the role was offered to four other actresses before the relatively unknown Lawless.
The star reflects on how her hit show paved the way for LGBTQ representation on television and embraced "ethnic diversity and empowerment generally."
Steven Bergman/AFF-USA.COM/MEGA Lucy Lawless has done it all — fantasy television, reality singing competitions and even Broadway — but the success of her directorial debut is something the ...
Xena: Warrior Princess has been referred to as a pop cultural phenomenon and feminist and lesbian icon. [1] [2] The television series, which employed pop culture references as a frequent humorous device, has itself become a frequent pop culture reference in video games, comics and television shows, and has been frequently parodied and spoofed.
Lucy Lawless has been wanting to work with her Xena: Warrior Princess co-star, Renee O’Connor, ever since the series ended in 2001. “For 20 years,” she tells ET’s Matt Cohen. “And we ...
Callisto (portrayed by Hudson Leick and Lucy Lawless) - Callisto is born as a mortal and loses her family at an early age when Xena's army razes Callisto's village Cirrha. Her hatred towards Xena fuels her motivation to kill in Xena's name. She hates Xena, but despises Hercules and often works as Hera's assassin to destroy both of them.
All hail the queen: Lucy Lawless will reprise her Spartacus role as Lucretia in the upcoming Starz sequel series Spartacus: House of Ashur, our sister site Deadline reports. (TVLine has reached ...