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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Never Look Away
2024
Director, Writer, Producer
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
2023
as Self
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
2022
as Narrator
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
2022
as Nun-Chuck (voice)
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
2021
as Tzod
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
2021
as Herself
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
2020
as Duke
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
2019
as Bera (voice)
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
2019
as Narrator
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
2018
as Client
Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.

The Changeover
2017
as Miryam Carlisle
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
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
A fake commercial for a lesbian telephone hot line. A short by Kyle Dunnigan and Tig Notaro.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009
as D'Anna Biers (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
2009
as Vera
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
2009
as Mother Superior
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
2008
as Aspen
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
2008
as Wonder Woman (voice)
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
2008
as Goldmoon (voice)
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
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
2006
as Cheryl
A teenage boy befriends an escapee from a mental institution who sees visions of horrible murders being committed.

Vampire Bats
2005
as Maddy Rierdon
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
2005
as Maddy Rierdon
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
2005
as Tim's Mother
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
2004
as Self
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
2004
as Madame Vandersexxx
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
2002
as Art Teacher (archive footage)
The best skits from Will Ferrell's days on Saturday Night Live 1995-2002

Spider-Man
2002
as Punk Rock Girl
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
2001
as Announcer on School's PA System (Uncredited)
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
1999
as self
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
1998
as Xena
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
1997
as Xena
Members of the audience fight against stage performers set to a specially created Xena/Hercules movie.

The Rainbow Warrior
1997
as Jane Redmond
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
1996
as Peach
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
1995
as Lucy Lawless
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
1994
as Lysia
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
1993
as Mink Tertius
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
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...