Flawless Lucy Lawless

I guess it doesn't matter that I prefer Lucy Lawless with black hair since I'm not her husband or anything -- but in my personal opinion she is more gorgeous with black hair. Seeing her with blonde hair seems like a slap in the face to my childhood. She's Xena: Warrior Princess, she can't possibly have blonde hair. She's prettier when she has black, it just seems correct. With her blonde hair she just seems like another pretty face. Lame!

• Her full name: Lucille Frances Ryan (Lawless) (Tapert)
• Her birth date was March 29th, 1968

• Mt Albert, New Zealand was her birthplace.
• She is married to Robert Gerard Tapert
• She has three children:
  a daughter Daisy Lawless, and two sons Julius and Judah Tapert.
  

• Her height is 5'9.5
• Her natural hair color is blonde and her eyes are blue.
  
• She has four older brothers, and a younger brother and sister.
  
• She speaks English, German, French, and Italian

• In June 2004, Lucy was awarded Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday Honour List for 2004

• 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.

• Lucy Quotes: Her husband Rob Tapert

'Rob is the finest man I've ever known.'

• Her Children

'In addition to Daisy, who is experiencing all the joys and horrors of the early teen years, I have Julius Tapert, who's in the terrible twos. Then there's sweet little Judah Miro Tapert, my new baby. They're my greatest blessings.'

• On Playing Xena:

'Xena doesn't rely on a man for help, and she doesn't come across as stupid. I loved playing her. It gave me a husband, a beautiful family and a home. It is probably the best role I will ever play in terms of scope and range.'

• Lucy loves Fishing:

'It's become a passion -and it's a sport I share with my husband. Rob loves the sea.'

• On fans being nasty:

"I really hated the things they said about my beloved husband, who's one of the most wonderful, kindest men on the planet and the one who came up with the ideas that got them excited in the first place.

• On the benefits of Ren Pics had on the NZ filming industry

"I'm really proud of the kind of company those Pacific Renaissance producers set up. I do wish they had got more recognition. I got plenty of recognition for everything I've done, more than enough. I got paid and I get all this underserved kudos. But I do mind that my husband never got the kind of credit that he should have. He employed 800 people sometimes - and for years and years and years."

• On what she wants out of life:

"I would rather do two movies a year and raise my kids because that would be an interesting career. I don't know how financially lucrative that would be. But if the right thing doesn't pop then the decision is to do nothing." Does she consider herself funny? Usually? I don’t even consider myself usually. Soccer mom, that’s what I consider myself. Yeah, I think I’m a funny person. I started out in comedy. You know I remember the moment I realized the value of comedy is when I was eight years old and I was sitting in class and I realized that if I just acted really stupid, I could get away with a lot of stuff. And it would diffuse a lot of tension and the teachers would focus on you. I just found out the value of being a funny dunce at times.

• On her cooking skills

I’m a terrible cook of all foods. I have no interest. I’m really good at cooking 20 minute meals that are really nutritious, pretty darn tasty and only using one pot because I don’t like cleaning up. My husband’s a chef and he makes unbelievable, ungodly mess and he doesn’t like cleaning up either. You know when you first get married, you strike some dumb deals where you go oh, I’ll cook and you clean, you go okay, that sounds fair and then you just regret it forever. I’ve renegged on that bet actually.

• What does Lucy take seriously...

I don’t take business seriously, I take acting seriously. I take my job really seriously, but a lot of the job is not about acting, but I don’t take business seriously.

All this information was compiled from: http://www.lucylawless.info/lucy.php. I've always liked Lucy Lawless and I will forever remember her as Xena. My friend Ashley and I used to pretend to be Xena and Gabriella. I always got stuck with Gabriella because I was a blonde. It wasn't fair. I wanted to be Xena, because we all know she's the one that was more awesome.

Ah well. Kudos to you, Miss Lawless, and good luck on the continuation of your acting career.