Lucy Lawrence: biography, filmography and photos

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Lucy Lawrence is an actress known in the US and far beyond. She has many outstanding roles on her account, but, of course, the image of the brave Xena, the warrior queen, who opened her way to the world of cinematography, brought her the greatest popularity.

Biography of Lucy Lawrence: childhood and adolescence

Born March 29, 1968 in a large family of Frank and Julie Ryan. Lucy became the fifth child of the couple. As a child, the future screen star was a tomboy, often playing tricks with her older brothers.

The parents sent the girl to a school at the monastery, where she began to be interested in acting, participating in various productions. After completing her high school education at the age of eighteen, the girl became a student at the University of Auckland, but soon left it, preferring to travel.

After university

Company Lucy Lawrence decided to make her beloved Garth Lawless. Young people were interrupted by small part-time jobs in order to somehow stay afloat. After the trip, the couple got a job at a gold mine near Kalgoorlie in Australia. According to Lucy, childhood with four brothers was not in vain for her, becoming an excellentschool of life. In Australia, the girl had to work hard: crush the rock and map the mine.

She walked around the neighborhood with a compass, constantly bumping into dangers in the form of snakes, insurmountable ravines, etc. At the age of twenty, the New Zealander married her boyfriend, and the young couple returned to their homeland, where they first became parents. A year later, the spectacular brunette became the owner of the title "Mrs. New Zealand 1989", which opened her way to the modeling business. A little later, she was invited to play in the Funny Business show, as well as to broadcast Travel Magazine.

As Xena

A little later, the actress became a member of the team of the series "The Amazing Journeys of Hercules", taking on two episodic roles. For the first time, Xena appeared in the project in the form of a villain. Vanessa Angel was the first to play the role, but suddenly she fell ill, and the producers had little time to find a replacement.

After appearing on television screens in three series of "The Amazing Journeys of Hercules", Lucy Lawrence instantly captivated the audience. Some time later, the producers launched a separate project about a charismatic warrior. The filming process of the series lasted from 1995 to 2001. "Xena Warrior Princess" was popular in America and subsequently in many other countries.

In the glory

The extraordinary role provided the actress with worldwide popularity, radically changing her life. In 1996, the celebrity broke up with her husband, leavingchild at home. A few months later, the New Zealander was invited to the famous show Tonight with Jay Leno. According to the director's idea, she was supposed to appear in the studio on a horse, but the animal slipped and fell along with her rider. As a result, Lucy received a severe hip injury. It is noteworthy that in the six years of working on a television hit, the leading lady did not receive any injuries, despite the fact that she often did without understudies.

A year after the treatment and the next season of the show that made her famous, the actress agreed to participate in the Broadway play Grease.

In the spring of 1998, there were changes in the personal life of Lucy Lawrence - she became the wife of the director of "Xena" Robert Tapert. A year and a half later, a boy was born in the family - Julius Robert Bay Tapert.

According to the artist, she met her lover when she was already working on the image of a famous warrior. Immediately after the first meeting, a "big spark" arose between them. Gradually, the lovers began to spend more and more time together. Photos of Lucy Lawrence and Tapert soon hit the press. But by then they had already realized that there was true love between them and they were made for each other.

After Xena

In 2001, Lucy Lawrence's filmography was replenished with episodic roles in the projects "You just shoot me", "The X-Files". According to the celebrity, the new images have served her acting experience well. In the same year, she starred in the film Spider-Man, portraying a punk girl. A year later, a stargave birth to her second son, Jude Miro Tapert. In 2003, on the Discovery Channel, she was offered the position of host of the documentary project "Women Warriors".

The authors of the films not only talked about famous stories of personalities, but also tried to analyze their motives. In the same year, one of the most recognizable brunettes in the world held the prestigious New Zealand Music Awards 2003. Photos of Lucy Lawrence constantly flashed in the press, and her popularity did not fade away.

2004-2005

In 2004, the celebrity took on a cameo role in the Eurotour comedy. She got a very ambiguous heroine - "Amsterdam mistress, seducing youth." A year later, a New Zealand horror film called The Boogeyman appeared at the box office. The actress appeared as the mother of a key character. According to her, it was interesting for her to play a woman in the film, with whose character she has nothing in common in real life. Also in 2005, she agreed to star in the CBS television project The Locust and to participate in the popular TV series Battlestar Galactica.

Singing career

In the show "Famous Duets" Lucy proved to the audience that she can be not only a warrior, but also a charismatic singer. After giving concerts in New York and Roxy, in the fall of 2007, the celebrity held two more concerts in Chicago, taking her partners in the Xena series with her.

She performed one of the compositions with Rene O'Connor, and one of the backing vocalists was her daughter from her first marriage, Daisy. The Chicago program was full of variety - the singer performed a number of novelties and tried her hand at R&B.

About Xena and Spartacus

Lucy Lawrence's personal life and her creative path are constantly of interest to her fans, but for a long time the most important question has been the possible continuation of the Xena: Warrior Princess series. Some viewers suggest that one day a full-length version of the project will be released. The New Zealander herself does not believe that she will ever return to Xena's history, considering it a distant past.

In 2010, the Starz channel launched a new historical project "Spartacus: Blood and Sand". Due to the many erotic scenes, violence, profanity, he was put in the TV-MA (adults only) category. Lawrence got the image of Lucretia, the wife of Batiatus. The pilot was not well received by critics, but the producers decided to continue filming.

Legal troubles and new projects

In early 2012, as a Greenpeace activist, the artist, in the company of six environmental activists, decided to seize an oil refinery moored off the coast of New Zealand for drilling off the coast of Alaska (and it was insured by Shel). Having climbed a tower more than 50 meters high, the members of the group held the ship for about three days until they were arrested by the police. The TV star was sentenced to 120 hours of community service and a fine of five thousand dollars.

In recent years, the actress has been actively filming in various television projects. She appeared inseries such as Parks and Recreation, Code, Top of the Lake, Agents of SHIELD, Salem, Ash vs Evil Dead. In 2017, she starred in the New Zealand thriller Change.

In 2019, fans of the actress will be able to hear her voice in the new animated project Mosley. For her, such an experience is not the first - she has previously voiced characters in animated projects: Justice League: The New Frontier (2008), American Dad (2005-2014), Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008). Also in 2011 she was engaged in the voice acting of the game Hunted: The Demon`s Forge.