Lawless, a New Zealander, rose to international fame through her groundbreaking performance as "Xena: Warrior Princess" in the cult hit series that was also executive produced by the "Spartacus" team of Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi. Her other major television role was as D’Anna/Number Three in the critically acclaimed Syfy Channel series "Battlestar Galactica."
She has continued to demonstrate her versatility with a wide range of television work, most recently in "Flight of the Conchords." This followed such notable series as "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "The L Word," "CSI: Miami" and "The X-Files."
In film, she played Aspen in Adam Sandler’s Bedtime Stories, Mother Superior in Bitch Slap (produced by "Xena" producer Eric Gruendemann and directed by Rick Jacobson of "Spartacus: Blood and Sand") and she cameos in Raimi’s Spider-Man and Tapert’s Boogeyman.
Lawless is a member of the board of the Starship Foundation, the fundraising body for the Starship Children’s Hospital in her hometown of Auckland. She was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004. She has three children, is married to producer Rob Tapert and lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
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