Lucy Lawless Net Worth

Lucy Lawless's Quotes

• Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot.
• 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 [ . . . ] 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 defuse a lot of tension and the teachers would focus on you. I just found out the value of being a funny dunce at times.
• 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.
• We live at the edge of the world, so we live on the edge. Kiwis will always sacrifice money and security for adventure and challenge.
• My plan is to shock people with what I can do, because I've got a few sides to me that I've never used on screen.

Interesting Facts about Lucy Lawless

1. In 1997 was chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.
2. In October 1996 she fractured her pelvis after falling from a horse while practicing a scene for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) .
3. In 1991 studied drama at the William Davis Center for Actors Study under William B. Davis.
4. Sister-in-law of Mary Beth Tapert.
5. Wanted to be an opera singer until she was 16, then learned that they have a strict diet and were not allowed to stay out all night. After that she changed her mind, but still sings. Her vocal range is alto.
6. Speaks German, French, some Italian.
7. Owns a holiday house at Taupo on the shores of Lake Taupo, New Zealand.
8. Asked by Peter Jackson to audition for the role of "Galadriel" in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), but declined because her pregnancy would stall production.
9. A natural ash blonde, she colored her hair black for Xena: Warrior Princess (1995).
10. Said that her partner at Xena: Warrior Princess (1995), Renée O'Connor, has been one of the few people who have joined her true friends from youth. As an example, she invited her to her wedding with Rob Tapert. They also appear together at conventions.
11. Was offered the role of "Ellen Tigh" in Battlestar Galactica (2004), but refused. That role was played by Kate Vernon and the scriptwriters created another role for her, the evil "D'anna Biers".
12. Awarded the New Zealand Order Of Merit (NZOM), Queen's Birthday Honours 2004, for services to NZ entertainment and the community.
13. Member of the Starship Foundation board of trustees since 2000. Starship is NZ's main children's hospital.
14. A vocal supporter of gay rights, she is considered something of a gay icon. After the cancellation of Xena: Warrior Princess (1995), she said she considered her character a lesbian. Since that time she has also worked to support equal protections for gay and lesbian couples, including protesting Proposition 8, which stripped gay and lesbian couples of the right to wed in California.
15. The dwarf planet Eris was originally informally named Xena, with its moon nicknamed Gabrielle (after Xena's sidekick). The official names, Eris and Dysnomia, refer to Greek goddesses associated with lawlessness.
16. Gave birth to her first child at age 20, daughter Daisy Lawless, on July 15, 1988. Child's father is her first husband, Garth Lawless.
17. Gave birth to her second child at age 31, son Julius Robert Bay Tapert, on October 16, 1999. Child's father is her second husband, Rob Tapert.
18. Gave birth to her third child at age 34, son Judah Miro Tapert, on May 7, 2002. Child's father is her second husband, Rob Tapert.
19. Says she had "no regrets" about boarding and preventing an oil-drilling ship from leaving a New Zealand dock in 2012, for which she was arrested. She pleaded guilty on June 14, 2012, to trespass charges.
20. According to the book "The Evil Dead Companion", she was horrified by The Evil Dead (1981) and wondered what kind of people could make such a movie. Not only did she end up working with these same people, since Sam Raimi later created Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995), she ultimately married one of them, producer Rob Tapert.