“Any man who abused his status or power, she went after them in a way that was quite violent,” Lawless, now 56, says from her home in New Zealand, spectacles on and hair dirty blonde (Xena’s ...

Now, Lawless plays a private detective from New Zealand with a fondness for justice and baking bread. Lucy Lawless is well aware of the "long shadow" her iconic role in "Xena: Warrior Princess ...

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