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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 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.
Xena: Warrior Princess is set primarily in a fantasy version of ancient Greece (sometimes alluding to Roman Greece) and was filmed in New Zealand.Some filming locations are confidential [clarification needed], but many scenes were recorded in places such as the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park, part of the Auckland Regional parks often credited at the end of the episodes.
The star reflects on how her hit show paved the way for LGBTQ representation on television and embraced "ethnic diversity and empowerment generally."
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 ...
The return of My Life Is Murder just got more epic thanks to a long-awaited reunion between Xena: Warrior Princess stars Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. Twenty years after Xena ended, the two ...
Only the name of Lucy Lawless appears in the opening sequence although Renee O'Connor also stars. Danielle Cormack played Ephiny, an Amazon warrior, and Alison Bruce played Melosa, queen of the Amazons. The main actors of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst, [5] appeared during the season.
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 ...