ACTOR

Lucy Lawless

1968 - Today

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Lucille Frances Lawless (née Ryan; born 29 March 1968) is a New Zealand actress and director. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucy Lawless has received more than 11,157,015 page views. Her biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Lucy Lawless is the 1,177th most popular actor (up from 1,212th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular New Zealander Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lucy Lawless ranks 1,177 out of 13,578. Before her are Jessica Alba, Suzanne Somers, Arthur Kennedy, Katharine Ross, Teri Hatcher, and Christine Kaufmann. After her are Ashton Kutcher, Irene Cara, Christian Oliver, Brittany Murphy, Martin Weinek, and Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Lucy Lawless ranks 44. Before her are Hashim Thaçi, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Oliver Bierhoff, Mswati III, Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, and Abdul Ghani Baradar. After her are Ashley Judd, Sadyr Japarov, Josh Brolin, Hervé Renard, Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, and Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Lucy Lawless ranks 16 out of 303. Before her are Thomas Williams (1930), Helen Clark (1950), Chris Amon (1943), Burt Munro (1899), Martin Campbell (1943), and Kiri Te Kanawa (1944). After her are John Money (1921), Jane Campion (1954), Rosé (1997), Karl Urban (1972), Bruce Spence (1945), and Nancy Wake (1912).

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Among ACTORS In New Zealand

Among actors born in New Zealand, Lucy Lawless ranks 2. Before her are Russell Crowe (1964). After her are Karl Urban (1972), Bruce Spence (1945), Marton Csokas (1966), Cliff Curtis (1968), Temuera Morrison (1960), Alan Dale (1947), Manu Bennett (1969), Clive Revill (1930), Taika Waititi (1975), and Antony Starr (1975).

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Television and Movie Roles

Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena
Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves.
7.548 / 10
Bedtime Stories
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 fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?
Dec 24th 20086.151 / 10
Spartacus
Lucretia
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment.
8.018 / 10