Lucy Lawless

Lucy Lawless

1968-03-29 Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand 38 Credits

Biography

Lucy Lawless, born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968, in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand, is an actress, singer, and activist. She gained international recognition and became an iconic figure for her role as Xena in the television series "Xena: Warrior Princess." Lawless began her acting career in New Zealand, initially appearing in various local productions. However, it was her portrayal of the fierce and courageous warrior princess Xena in "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995-2001) that ca...

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Never Look Away

Never Look Away

2024

Director, Writer, Producer

7.4
Directing Writing Producing

CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth fearlessly captures footage of war zones. After receiving catastrophic injuries in the crosshairs of battle, she returns...

Other Men's Careers

Other Men's Careers

2023

as Self

8.5
Acting

Eccentric, outspoken, and unfiltered TV and low budget film director Josh Becker struggles to emerge from the shadow of his work on "The Evil Dead", "...

Antarctica from Above

Antarctica from Above

2022

as Narrator

8.0
Acting

At the bottom of the world is a place of wild isolation. Antarctica. Its vastness and extremes defy description. From volcanoes to glaciers... and pe...

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Minions: The Rise of Gru

2022

as Nun-Chuck (voice)

7.3
Acting

A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers,...

The Spine of Night

The Spine of Night

2021

as Tzod

6.0
Acting

In this ultra-violent, fantasy epic, ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. A group of heroes from...

Mothers of the Revolution

Mothers of the Revolution

2021

as Herself

9.0
Acting

On 5th September 1981, a group of women came together to change the world. These women marched from Wales to Berkshire to protest over nuclear weapons...

Toke

Toke

2020

as Duke

Acting

Drama set in the sleepy town of Tokerangi, New Zealand in which three laid-back orchard workers accidentally grow a strong strain of marijuana.

Mosley

Mosley

2019

as Bera (voice)

6.8
Acting

The film tells the story of Mosley, a "thoriphant" who rebels against his life of servitude and embarks on a treacherous journey to find the fabled ci...

Soldiers Without Guns

Soldiers Without Guns

2019

as Narrator

Acting

The riveting journey of coalition soldiers as they land unarmed into the heat of a 10 year civil war using only the weapons of Music, Maori Culture an...

The Breaker Upperers

The Breaker Upperers

2018

as Client

5.2
Acting

Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.

The Changeover

The Changeover

2017

as Miryam Carlisle

5.7
Acting

Laura Chant, 16, lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Ze...

How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire

2014

as Herself

10.0
Acting

How Bizarre starts with Pauly at the height of his fame, appearing twice on the UK music show “Top of the Pops”, sharing the stage with Cher, the Spic...

Lez Chat

2010

as Construction Worker

1.0
Acting

A fake commercial for a lesbian telephone hot line. A short by Kyle Dunnigan and Tig Notaro.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

2009

as D'Anna Biers (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) ...

Angel of Death

Angel of Death

2009

as Vera

4.8
Acting

In the tradition of Grindhouse, Kill Bill and Sin City, award-winning comic book writer Ed Brubaker (Incognito, The Death of Captain America, Daredevi...

Bitch Slap

Bitch Slap

2009

as Mother Superior

4.8
Acting

Three bad girls - a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer, and a corporate powerbroker - arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort and steal...

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

2008

as Aspen

6.2
Acting

Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fa...

Justice League: The New Frontier

Justice League: The New Frontier

2008

as Wonder Woman (voice)

6.8
Acting

The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter a...

Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight

Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight

2008

as Goldmoon (voice)

5.4
Acting

A barbarian woman with a miraculous blue crystal staff gains the help of a group of adventurers as an army of dragons invades the land of Krynn.

Lucy Lawless in Concert

2007

10.0
Acting

Filmed live on January 13 &14, 2007 to a sold out crowd of delighted fans from around the globe, Xena star Lucy Lawless made her concert debut wit...

The Darkroom

The Darkroom

2006

as Cheryl

5.0
Acting

A teenage boy befriends an escapee from a mental institution who sees visions of horrible murders being committed.

Vampire Bats

Vampire Bats

2005

as Maddy Rierdon

4.6
Acting

A biology professor discovers a deadly species of vampire bats are responsible for a series of bizarre murders and now she must find a way to stop the...

Locusts

Locusts

2005

as Maddy Rierdon

3.6
Acting

Dr. Maddy Rierdon, an investigator for the Department of Agriculture, is the only person who can protect America from a deadly breed of bioengineered ...

Boogeyman

Boogeyman

2005

as Tim's Mother

5.0
Acting

Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature...

Double Dare

Double Dare

2004

as Self

6.7
Acting

With being thrown off buildings an occupational hazard, professional stuntwomen Jeannie Epper and Zoë Bell (the alter egos of Wonder Woman and Xena, r...

EuroTrip

EuroTrip

2004

as Madame Vandersexxx

6.6
Acting

When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

2002

as Art Teacher (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

The best skits from Will Ferrell's days on Saturday Night Live 1995-2002

Spider-Man

Spider-Man

2002

as Punk Rock Girl

7.3
Acting

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to b...

Ginger Snaps

Ginger Snaps

2001

as Announcer on School's PA System (Uncredited)

6.9
Acting

The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is sa...

I'll Make You Happy

I'll Make You Happy

1999

as self

7.0
Acting

Siggy (Jennifer Ward-Lealand) is a teenage "bad girl" who lives and works in a red-light district of Auckland, New Zealand. Just like her fellow stree...

Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus

Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus

1998

as Xena

5.7
Acting

Mighty Zeus brings Hercules' mother, Alcmene, to Mount Olympus, and Hercules, believing she has been kidnapped, leads a rescue mission to save her. Ze...

Hercules & Xena: Wizards of the Screen

Hercules & Xena: Wizards of the Screen

1997

as Xena

6.0
Acting

Members of the audience fight against stage performers set to a specially created Xena/Hercules movie.

The Rainbow Warrior

The Rainbow Warrior

1997

as Jane Redmond

5.0
Acting

Peter Wilcox, as skipper of the 'Rainbow Warrior', a Greenpeace ship, docks in Auckland, July 1985, preparing for a protest against French nuclear t...

Peach

Peach

1996

as Peach

6.5
Acting

Lucy Lawless stars in this short which predated her rise to fame as Xena Princess Warrior. Sal is in a relationship going nowhere with Mog, a layabout...

Your Studio and You

Your Studio and You

1995

as Lucy Lawless

6.8
Acting

A parody of 1950s corporate/industrial films, commissioned by Universal Pictures executives after the studio's purchase by Seagrams, and featuring cam...

Hercules and the Amazon Women

Hercules and the Amazon Women

1994

as Lysia

5.9
Acting

Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from "monsters". When they reach their des...

Typhon's People

Typhon's People

1993

as Mink Tertius

Acting

A scientist in New Zealand has a secret lab where experiments are performed on humans. When he is assassinated, opposing forces rush to his hideaway t...

A Bitter Song

1990

as Nurse 1

Acting

Writer/director Athina Tsoulis's short film is a portrait of an immigrant Greek family in 1950s Auckland. The story focusses on middle child Thalia (A...