Mar 29, 1968

Mount Albert, New Zealand

Lucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan) is a New Zealand actress and singer best known for her role as Xena on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001.
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The fifth of seven children (five brothers, one sister) to Frank and Julie Ryan, Lawless found the joy of acting in secondary school. At Auckland University, she studied foreign languages for a year. She dropped out and left for Europe with her boyfriend, Garth Lawless, to travel around Germany and Switzerland... ... (read more...) . For money they did odd jobs, including working for a mining company in Australia.
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While in Australia, 19-year-old Lucy found out she was pregnant. In 1988, Lucy and Garth were married in Kalgoorlie, Australia. They returned to New Zealand and had a daughter, Daisy Lawless (born July 15, 1988). They divorced in 1995. Lawless married Xena executive producer, Robert G. Tapert, on March 28, 1998. The couple have two sons: Julius Robert Bay Tapert (born October 16, 1999) and Judah Miro Tapert (born May 7, 2002), both born in Auckland, New Zealand.