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Trivia
Birth name: Lucille Francis Ryan
Date of birth: 29 March 1968
Place of birth: Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand
Nickname: Unco (short for Uncoordinated), Loo, Luce
Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Spouse: Robert G. Tapert (28 March 1998 - present) 2 children, Garth Lawless (1988 - 1995) (divorced) 1 daughter.
Son, Julius Robert Bay Tapert, born in New Zealand. [16 October 1999]
Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful
People in the World. [1997]
fractured her pelvis after falling from a horse. She was practicing a
scene for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) . [October
1996]
Daughter, with Garth Lawless, Daisy (born 1989).
Studied drama at the William Davis Center for Actors Study, under
William B. Davis. [1991]
Gave birth to third child, Judah Miro Tapert, May 7, 2002 in New Zealand
w/ weight 8 lbs, 8 ou. It's her 2nd child with Robert Tagert.
Lucy suffered a miscarriage immediately following the filming of the
last episode of Xena. She considered canceling the appearance she was to
make with Xena partner Renée O'Connor (Gabrielle) at a fan convention.
However, she decided to showed up despite the tragic event just a few
days earlier and even though Renee was 6 months pregnant with her first
baby.
Sister-in-law of actress Mary Beth Tapert.
Wanted to be an opera singer until she was 16. Then she learned they
have a strict diet and can't stay out all night. After that she changed
her mind but still sings.
Measurements: 35 1/2C-25-36 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Speaks some German, French, Italian and Hebrew.
Owns a holiday house at Taupo on the shores of Lake Taupo, New Zealand.
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.
Was asked by Peter Jackson to audition for the role of Galadriel in
"Lord of the Rings", but declined because her pregnancy would
stall production.
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