Lucy Lawless

Lucy Lawless MNZM
Lawless at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Lucille Frances Ryan (1968-03-29) 29 March 1968 (age 56) Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupations	Actress singer
Years active	1989–present
Spouses	Garth Lawless ​ ​ (m. 1988; div. 1995)​ Robert Tapert ​ ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	3

Lucille Frances Lawless MNZM (née Ryan; born 29 March 1968)^[1] is a New Zealand actress. She is best known for her roles as Xena in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, as D'Anna Biers on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, and Lucretia in the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and associated series. Since 2019, she has starred as Alexa in the television series My Life Is Murder.

Lawless had recurring roles as Diane Lewis-Swanson on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2012–2014), and as Countess Palatine Ingrid Von Marburg on the WGN America supernatural series Salem (2015). She also starred as Ruby on the Starz horror-comedy series Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018).