In June 2004, Lucy was awarded Order of Merit in the Queen's
Birthday Honour List for 2004
Lucy has been given this honour for services to entertainment and
the community.
Another person from the entertainment world to be honoured was
Lucy Lawless, made a member of the NZ Order of Merit. The
36-year-old actor, whose role as Xena in Xena: Warrior Princess
made her a cult television star, has been involved with the
Starship Foundation for the past 10 years and has held a role on
its board of trustees for the past four years. Starship
Foundation chief executive Andrew Young said Lawless gave freely
of her time.
An active child of diverse interests and with many siblings,
Lawless went on to study German, French, and Italian at Aukland
University for a year before traveling through Europe with
boyfriend and eventual first husband Garth.
Lucy fractured her pelvis when she was thrown from a horse while
preparing for a skit for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 1996.
Made her broadway debut in Grease in 1997 after a producer of the
stage show saw her sing "I'm An Old Cowhand" on the
Rosie O'Donnell Show and offered her the part of Rizzo.
Lucy ended her OE experience with her last stop in Australia
splitting rocks for a gold-mining company in Kalgoolie. She
married her boyfriend Garth Lawless in 1988 and they went back to
New Zealand where Lucy gave birth of her daughter, Daisy.
Studied acting at the William Davis Center for Actors in Vancouver
in 1991.
Found international fame as Xena in the television series Xena:
Warrior Princess, which ran from 1995-2001.
Lucy has a unique fashion sense that she credits her mother for.
Her fans love her for it.
Loves NZ fashion and promotes New Zealand to the world.
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