I am not intimidating. I am a woman's woman. I love hanging out with women. And people are really inspired by this show.
I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory.
Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot.
We live at the edge of the world, so we live on the edge. Kiwis will always sacrifice money and security for adventure and challenge.
At the tenth anniversary
Lucy has stated that the first thing she bought with her money on
Lucy received a New Zealand Oder of Merit in Auckland for her success in acting.
Lucy has stated that while filming
Lucy has stated that she calls herself a "recovering Christian."
For six seasons, Lucy never gave a direct comment on her feelings about her title character on
The San Francisco Chronicle once did a poll for kids asking who they would like to be. Xena came in at number three. After learning this, Lucy still did not consider herself important enough to be a role model.
Lucy invited her
Lucy was amongst a group of guests invited to share lunch with President Bill Clinton when he was in New Zealand for the APEC economic summit. She found Bill "incredibly engaging", and he says he is "a big fan of Lucy's".
While Lucy was in New York filming a guest appearance on
Lucy has recently taken up ballet for her role on Football Wives.
Lucy actually has Xena greeting cards that she hands out to people that say "Welcome to the Lucy Lawless experience."
Lucy started singing on stage professionally and even released her own CD because of what she did on
Lucy played "Madame Van der Sexx", the owner of an Amsterdam brothel in the movie Ugly Americans. While in Prague filming, Lucy went busking in her spare time. She found a group of street musicians and asked if she could sing along. They were delighted, and asked her if she knew any Pink Floyd.
Lucy's favorite episode on Xena was "Is There a Doctor in the House?".
Lucy loves to go out in disguise in public to fool her friends. She fooled Bruce Campbell at a signing for his book "If Chins Could Kill" and Rebecca Weinberg, stylist for
Lucy said she envisioned a warrior princess to look like Gabriela Sabatini, the tennis player from Argentina.
If you watch closely, you will notice that it is always Lucy's left eye that tears up first during a "crying" scene.
Lucy rarely had moments on "Xena" when she put her foot down and said they couldn't do something. But once when her regular stunt double was busy with another unit they asked another woman stuntie to fill in. The stuntie didn't mention to the crew that she was six months pregnant, but when Lucy saw who they'd gotten she stopped the production. She said that she had stunties to take risks for her when she was pregnant, but she couldn't allow a pregnant woman to take them for her.
In 2007, Lucy held a concert in Los Angeles that was sold out.
When Lucy was eighteen she traveled in Europe by herself for a year, going to Switzerland, Yugoslavia, and Greece, among other places. She states that when she did this, she was running away from home.
Lucy had a surefire way of losing the extra weight after she gave birth to Julius, her second son. Was it dieting, exercise? No, it was breastfeeding! Lucy credits Baby Julius for literally sucking the weight right off of her.
Lucy is a big fan of Judge Judy. She also loves the show
Lucy's nickname is Unco, which stand for "uncoordinated."
Lucy played the part of Rizzo in Grease on Broadway from September 9 to October 19 of 1997. Her fans were thrilled when she did the "Xena" warcry every performance during the dance contest.
Lucy has a daughter with ex-husband Garth Lawless, to whom she was married from 1988 to 1995. Their daughter, Daisy, was born on July 15, 1988.
Lucy was originally turned down for the role of Xena, as she already played a part previously on
Lucy has four older siblings and two younger siblings.
Lucy owns a holiday house at Taupo on the shores of Lake Taupo, New Zealand.
Lucy studied drama at the William Davis Center for Actors Study.
At 5' 10" tall, Lucy is known for her tall stature. When she was starring on
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