LUCY LAWLESS
Name: Lucy Lawless.
Birth name: Lucille Frances Ryan
Born: 27 March 1968 Mount Albert, New Zealand
Lucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Mount Albert, New
Zealand) is an actress and singer.
As an actress, Lawless is best known for her role as Xena on the popular
American TV series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001.
Lucy Lawless is the fifth of seven children born to Frank and Julie Ryan. She
has five brothers and one sister, and began 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 in Germany and
Switzerland. The couple then moved to Australia, where she worked briefly as a
gold miner.
At 19, she became pregnant with Garth's child. In 1988, they married in
Kalgoorlie, Australia. They returned to New Zealand and had a daughter, Daisy
Lawless (born July 15, 1988). The couple divorced in 1995. Lawless married Xena
executive producer, Robert Tapert, on March 28, 1998. Lawless and Tapert 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.
Name: Lucy Lawless.
Birth name: Lucille Frances Ryan
Born: 27 March 1968 Mount Albert, New Zealand
Lucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Mount Albert, New
Zealand) is an actress and singer.
As an actress, Lawless is best known for her role as Xena on the popular
American TV series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001.
Lucy Lawless is the fifth of seven children born to Frank and Julie Ryan. She
has five brothers and one sister, and began 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 in Germany and
Switzerland. The couple then moved to Australia, where she worked briefly as a
gold miner.
At 19, she became pregnant with Garth's child. In 1988, they married in
Kalgoorlie, Australia. They returned to New Zealand and had a daughter, Daisy
Lawless (born July 15, 1988). The couple divorced in 1995. Lawless married Xena
executive producer, Robert Tapert, on March 28, 1998. Lawless and Tapert 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.