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{{quote|''"I like the one who plays me. She's kinda sexy."''|'''[[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]]''', on Lucy Lawless}}
'''Lucy Lawless''' (born 1968, as Lucille Francis Ryan) is an actress, musician, and singer from New Zealand. She began as a singer, then as a jazz musician, and transitioned to acting in the 1990s. Her first major role was in ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' pilot ''Hercules and the Amazon Women'' as Lysia the Amazon. She later played Lyla in the regular show, and then appeared in one episode, "The Warrior Princess," as...
...Xena. Xena proved so popular she got her own show, ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', which made Lucy Lawless a star. Xena ran for six seasons, and Lucy Lawless continued to act in other roles. She appeared on the Broadway revival of ''[[Grease]]'' as Betty Rizzo. She made a cameo appearance on ''[[Spider-Man]]'' as a punk rock girl. But her next really big role would not be until the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'', where she played [[Intrepid Reporter]] D'Anna Biers, AKA Cylon Number Three.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Tends to play these.
* [[Awesome Aussie]]: Well, no, [[New Zealand| but close]].
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: But not by design; she just happened to marry a guy named Lawless. However, at the time of the marriage she was trying to break into acting, and she recounted in one interview that upon realizing her name was now 'Lucy Lawless', she worried no one would take her seriously.
* [[Alliterative Name]]
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* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: On Galactica as [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cX03JySIRGQ/TF1f6B_otoI/AAAAAAAAC0s/puCY0aZ7nZ0/s1600/number-three.jpg Number Three]. Not to mention her [http://thetorchonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/old_xena.jpg signature role of Xena.]
* [[Older Than They Look]]
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Once portrayed Rizzo in a Broadway production of ''[[Grease]]''; she even stated in an advertisement for it how challenging it was going from "Warrior Princess to Pink Lady".
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: Forced a few of these during her time starring on "Xena", most notably, Xena's body switching exploits with Callisto when Lawless broke her pelvis, and Xena's pregnancy when Lawless (duh) became pregnant.
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: At 5'9".
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