Real Name: Lucille Frances Ryan Was Born: March 29, 1968. Mount Albert, New Zealand Bio: Actress and singer best known
for her role as Xena on the popular TV series Xena: Warrior.Lucy Lawless is
the fifth of seven children born to Frank and Julie Ryan. She has five brothers
and one sister, and began acting in secondary school. At Auckland University,
she studied foreign languages for a year. She dropped out and left for Europe
with her boyfriend, Garth Lawless, to travel in Germany and Switzerland. The
couple then moved to Australia, where she worked briefly as a gold miner...
