Lucy Lawless, (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Auckland, New Zealand), is a Kiwi actress best known as the title character on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001. A testament to the popularity of that show is that Lawless is a universally recognized celebrity even though she has not had a single career moment of great success aside from Xena. She was even immortalized as a character on The Simpsons (playing a super-powered, flying version of herself.)

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