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Lucy Lawless: Biography

Lucy Lawless

Birth Name: Lucille Frances Ryan
Birth Place: Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/29/1968, Aries
Profession: Actor

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Lucy Lawless Fast Facts:

Childhood nickname was "Unco," short for uncoordinated.
Dropped out of college to travel; worked as a grape picker in Germany and as a gold miner in Australia.
Speaks German, French and Italian.
Crowned Mrs. New Zealand in 1989.
Attended the William Davis Centre for Actors' Study in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1991.
Thrown from a horse and broke her pelvis while taping a skit for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 1996.
Awarded New Zealand's Order of Merit in 2006.
Her singing career includes the song Little Child on the 2006 album Unexpected Dreams: Songs From the Stars, a 2007 single called Come to Me and live concert performances at venues such as the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood.
In 2009, she costarred in the Web series Angel of Death with Zoe Bell, the woman who was her stunt double on Xena: Warrior Princess.
Embraces her gay fans, who consider her character Xena a lesbian icon, as well as her geek fans, explaining that "geeks have given me my career."
Described her role of Lucretia on Spartacus: Blood and Sand as "challenging" because she tends "to go in a comedic direction" when acting.
Is a board member of the Starship Foundation, which raises funds for the Starship Children's Hospital in her hometown of Auckland, New Zealand; in 2010, she donated several of her Xena: Warrior Princess outfits to an auction to raise money for the foundation.

Lucy Lawless Relationships:
Daisy Lawless - Daughter
Garth Lawless - Ex-husband
Judah Miro Tapert - Son
Julius Robert Bay Tapert - Son
Frank Ryan - Father
Julie Ryan - Mother
Robert Tapert - Husband
College:
Attended University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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Spartacus: Vengeance Starz Entertainment

Spartacus: Vengeance, Lucy Lawless Starz Entertainment

No Ordinary Family Richard Cartwright/ABC

No Ordinary Family, Lucy Lawless Karen Neal/ABC

Spartacus Gods of the Arena, Jamie Murray, Lucy Lawless Starz

Spartacus Gods of the Arena, Craig Walsh-Wrightson, Jamie Murray, Lucy Lawless, John Hannah Starz

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