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Lucy Lawless: Xena: Warrior Princess
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Lucy Lawless, television's iconic Xena: Warrior Princess is truly an international sensation with legions of fans throughout the globe. One year ago Lucy debuted her sensational musical concert at a sold out engagement at the world famous Roxy Nightclub in Hollywood, California.
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In 1994 Lawless appeared in the TV Movie Hercules and the Amazon Women as Lysia. She ... played the character of Lyla in an episode of the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys before the directors cast her in the role of Xena, a villainous Warrior Princess aided in her reformation by Hercules. Xena became a recurring character on the series. Her hair was dyed a darker color to distinguish her from the characters she'd previously played. The character was so popular that in 1995 she was cast in her own series, Xena: Warrior Princess. The show was a success and lasted six seasons ending in 2001.
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Lucy played a total of eight recurring and important characters on Hercules: the Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess: Lysia, Lyla, Xena, Princess Diana, Meg, Mel, Leah and Annie. This total doesn't include disguises, impersonations, clones or fairy tale stories. (edit)
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Lawless had a guest role in 1990 on New Zealand TV series Shark in the Park, around the same time compatriot Karl Urban appeared. In March 1995, Vanessa Angel was supposed to play a new character, the villainess Xena, in an episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, but became sick and was unable to travel to New Zealand. Lawless had previously played two different characters in Hercules, so the directors chose her as a replacement (though her hair had to be dyed to distinguish her from the previous, unrelated characters). Played by the 1.79 m (5'10 1/2") Lawless, Xena's character became popular and got her own series, Xena: Warrior Princess which debuted on 4 September 1995. The show was a hit, lasting six seasons.
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