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The Hybrid: Progress reports arriving. The farms of Aerilon are burning. The beaches of Canceron are burning. The plains of Leonis are burning. The jungles of Scorpia are burning. The pastures of Tauron are burning. The harbors of Picon are burning. The cities of Caprica are burning. The oceans of Aquaria are burning. The courthouses of Libran are burning. The forests of Virgon are burning. The Colonies of Man lie trampled at our feet.
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Brother Cavil: But first we're going to die in a vacuum.
Brother Cavil: There's a 170 ft launch tube in front of us, we might die of our injuries before we get to the vacuum.
Brother Cavil: I don't like you.
Brother Cavil: I understand that.
Lucy Lawless
Lucy Laolai Si (Lucy Lawless) , born March 29, 1968 in Auckland, New Zealand, she graduated from The University of Auckland, New Zealand actress, singer, environmentalist. The most famous role is to play the role of Xina in the TV series version of the movie " Warrior Princess " that hit the world in the 1990s . Other well-known characters include " Battlestar Galactica " NO.3 and " Spartacus " Lucretia (the boss lady). In addition, she also served as "Spiderman", " Euro Trip ", " Boogeyman ", " Spartacus "》The latest work Spartacus and other performances released in 2010. In addition, she has also released many singing albums as she stepped into the singing world.
Early Experience
Lucy Lawless was born in Mont Albert, Auckland, New Zealand. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a banker and mayor. Lucy has 4 older brothers and 1 younger sister, and her family believes in Irish Catholicism. In 2004, while filming a show on the Irish Discovery Channel, Lucy said that her father's family came from Quilty, County Clare, and her great-grandfather came to New Zealand as a criminal.
Lucy first appeared in a musical when she was ten years old, and began acting when she was in high school. Lucy Lawless studied foreign languages for one year at The University of Auckland , including German, Italian and French, and then studied opera for three years. After knowing that opera would change her lifestyle, she decided to become a singer and began to learn violin and jazz.
At the age of 18, like most young New Zealanders, he began his "overseas experience", traveling around Europe and Australia, until he met her first husband, Ghaith Lawrence, in Australia.
Performing Experience
Lucy Lawless made her television debut in a comedy series "Funny Business" in New Zealand-after that, she studied theater acting at William Davis in Vancouver. In 1994, Lucy appeared in the TV movie "Hercules and the Amazon Woman", playing Lysia, and later played Lyla and the well-known Xena in the American TV series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
" Warrior Princess " is a spin-off of Hercules. At the beginning of filming this series, Lucy was not the first choice to play Xena, but because the actor was sick, Lucy Lawless finally got the role.
Xena first appeared in the first season of Hercules, paving the way for subsequent spin-offs, from a bad woman to a good hero image. This role was very popular at the time and brought out a series of peripheral products.
" Warrior Princess " debuted from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001, for a total of six seasons. The success of the play also made Lucy Lawless an international celebrity.
In 1997, Lucy Lawless was selected as the "World's 50 Most Beautiful People" by People Weekly.
In September 1997, Lucy appeared in a Broadway stage for the first time, playing the "bad girl" character Betty Rizzo, another successful role after Xena.
Lucy Lawless became the "Lesbian icon" because of the ambiguous relationship between Xena and Gabrielle. This reputation was consolidated after the sex show in the American drama "Spartacus: Arena of God". Although Lucy Lawless is heterosexual, she often appears in gay pride events, such as the Sydney Gay Carnival in 1999 and LGBTQ events in 2008.
In a 2003 interview with Lesbian New magazine, she admitted that the relationship between Xena and Gabrielle was gay, although on different occasions she said that she was not sure about their relationship when she played that role.
In 2004, at the Queen's birthday party of New Zealand, Lucy Lawless received the Queen's Medal of Honor.
From 2005 to 2009, Lucy appeared in the sci-fi American drama " Battlestar Galactica ", playing D'Anna and NO.3.
In 2006, he won the second place in the TV show "Celebrity Duets" as a star singer.
In 2007, Lucy Lawless participated in American Broadcasting Corporation, Inc 's Football Wives as one of the leading actors , but the play was aborted.
In 2009, Lucy Lawless played the role of the slave owner's wife "Lucretia" on Starz TV's " Spartacus ".
In 2012, played Ron Swanson's lover Diane Lewis in " Parks and Recreation ".
Personal Life
At the age of 19, Lucy was pregnant with Ghaith's child. The two married in Kalgoorlie , Australia in 1988 . Then they returned to New Zealand and had a daughter-Daisy Lawrence. The two divorced in 1995.
In 1989, she participated in the Miss World competition as Miss New Zealand .
On March 28, 1998, Lucy married Robert Tapte, the producer of "Warrior Princess Hina", and they have two sons.
Was invited to play Galadriel, the elf leader in " The Lord of the Rings ", but declined due to pregnancy and fear of affecting the filming process
She once said that her partner in "Warrior Princess Hina", Renée O'Connor, the actor of Gab, is one of the few people who have been true friends since she was young.
Outspokenly supporting gay rights, Lucy is considered a gay icon. After the end of "Warrior Princess", Lucy Lawless said that she thought Xena was a lesbian. Since then, the actress has also worked to support equal protection of the rights of gay couples, including protesting Proposition 8, because it deprived gay couples of their right to marry in California.
Extended Reading
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan quotes
