Biography
Lucy Lawless is a New Zealand actress, singer and director. Born Lucille Frances Ryan on 29 March 1968 in Mount Albert, Auckland, she began her career in local New Zealand productions before gaining international recognition for her lead role as Xena in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001).
She has appeared in numerous other television series and films, including as D'Anna Biers in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica and as Lucretia in Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010) and its associated series, for which she received a Saturn Award. Lawless guest-starred as Paula in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords (2007). She is married to producer Robert Tapert.
