Lucy Lawless

12/18/2008 – Lucy Lawless – “Bedtime Stories” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – El Capitan Theatre – Hollywood, CA. USA – Photo Credit: Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos

Birth Name: Lucille Frances Ryan

Place of Birth: Mount Albert, Auckland City, New Zealand

Date of Birth: 29 March, 1968

Ethnicity: Irish, English

Lucy Lawless is a New Zealand actress, musician, and activist. She is famous for starring on, and as, Xena: Warrior Princess. Lucy is married to American producer Robert Tapert. She has a daughter with her former husband, Garth Lawless; and two children with Robert.

Lucy’s paternal grandfather was Timothy Ryan (the son of John Ryan and Annie Walsh). Timothy was born in Westport, Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand, of Irish descent.

Lucy’s paternal grandmother was Gladys Ida Cartwright (the daughter of Francis Edgar Cartwright and Florence Smith). Gladys was English, born in Birmingham, West Midlands. Francis was the son of George Dawson Cartwright and Emma Wiggin. Florence was the daughter of Edwin Smith and Emily Louisa Belton.

Source: Genealogy of Lucy Lawless (focusing on her father’s side) –