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LucyLawless

  • Actor
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Eight years after her TV debut in sketch show Funny Business, Lucy Lawless won global fame as Xena: Warrior Princess. The series won her a devoted fan following, and invitations to guest star on everything from The Simpsons to bro' Town. Since the end of Xena's six season run, Lawless has acted in New Zealand and the United States, including locally-shot series Spartacus and an ongoing starring role in My Life is Murder.

Screenography

Pike River
2025 As: Helen Kelly Film
Spartacus: House of Ashur
2025 As: Lucretia Series
Never Look Away
2024 Director, Writer Film
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022 As: Voice of Nun-Chuck Film
My Life is Murder - Silent Lights (Season 3, Episode 5)
2022 Executive Producer, As: Alexa Crowe Television

Biography

Lucy Lawless won international fame in 1995 with Xena: Warrior Princess, a spin-off from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. A rare female hero on television, Xena was hailed as both a feminist and gay icon, and appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, feminist trailblazer Ms, and men's magazine Maxim. Since shooting the last scene of Xena in New Zealand in 2001, Lawless has acting extensively, sung, and directed feature-length documentary Never Look Back.

Awards

2025 New Zealand Screen Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Best Documentary - Feature: for Never Look Away (with Tom Blackwell and Matthew Metcalfe)

2024 Sundance Film Festival (United States)
Nominated for Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema Documentary Section: Never Look Away

“I'm not really attracted to the role of a damsel in distress. It's so one-dimensional. I go for interesting roles.”

— Lucy Lawless

Related images

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The Topp Twins meet Xena Warrior Princess in documentary In Search of the Lonesome Yodel (2000). From left to right, Jools Topp, Lucy Lawless and Lynda Topp.
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The clapperboard for a 2001 episode of Xena: Warrior Princess.
Photo by Greg Riwai
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Second unit director Paul Grinder and actor Lucy Lawless on the set of Xena: Warrior Princess. Grinder commanded the second unit on dozens of episodes of the show.
Photo by Greg Riwai
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A publicity image for My Life Is Murder, from left to right: Reuben Wulf (Joe Naufahu), Madison Feliciano (Ebony Vagulans), Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless) and Harry Henare (Rawiri Jobe).
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A publicity image for My Life Is Murder, from left to right: Madison Feliciano (Ebony Vagulans) and Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless).