Lucy Lawless

Where you’ve seen her:
As the ass-whuppin', village-plundering, girl-loving, leather-corset-wearing Xena: Warrior Princess. She also has appeared in the movies Eurotrip, Boogeyman, Locusts, and Vampire Bats. Keep an eye out for her in The Darkroom and on season three of Battlestar Galactica.

Super fly:
“Xena would probably think Superman is a fruit. She'd distract him with something like, 'Hey, look at that run in your tights!' then stuff him back into his telephone booth.”

Size matters:
“I'm sure there are people who wouldn't want to see me because they are convinced I am seven feet tall. I'm only 5'9"—I used to say 5'10" but I actually checked it, did the math the other day. But then, I think the average man is, what, 5'8"? So I guess I am still a little taller.”

Rubber maid:
“There's a part of London I call 'Rubberland' because there's all these shops where you can buy everything made from rubber. So I went to this dodgy part of London. It was quite an education…shopping for latex clothing was quite a departure for me…for a housewife.”

We love Lucy:
Our 2005 interview with Lucy
Lucy's Stuff Cover Girls gallery and interview

April 1999 (#17)