Born into water at her home in Mount Albert, Aukland, New Zealand, in 1968 to the mayor of that city, Lawless began acting early and frequently appeared in school plays in her youth. A active child of diverse interests and with many siblings, Lawless went on to study German, French, and Italian at Aukland University for a year before traveling through Europe with boyfriend and eventual first husband Garth. They worked odd jobs to finance their trip and eventually ending up in Australia. Working in a gold-mining camp in Kalgoorlie to finance the final leg of their journey, the couple was married in Australia in 1988 and soon returned home to bear a daughter.

Crowned Mrs. New Zealand the following year, the busy new mother got her first acting experience in Funny Business, a popular TV comedy troupe. Studying acting in Vancouver, Canada, at the William Davis Center for Actors Study, Lawless soon landed small roles in films (The End of Golden Weather [1991]) and television (For the Love of Mike [1991]), with her next regular job as of co-host on television's Air New Zealand Holiday. After appearing in The Rainbow Warrior in 1992, Lawless landed the role that would propel her to stardom and become her calling card into the new millennium.

Initially appearing in the role of Lysia in Hercules and the Amazon Women, Lawless went on to appear as Xena in three episodes of Hercules before spinning off into her own series in 1995. It was a physically demanding adventure series in which the sporty actress performed many of her own stunts; Lawless ironically broke her pelvis after falling off of a horse while preparing to make a grand entrance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 1996. After a quick recovery, Lawless made her Broadway debut as Rizzo in Grease the following year. Her first marriage dissolved, Lawless was remarried to Xena producer Rob Tapert in October 1999, two years before the final episode of Xena.

> "Battlestar Galactica"
- Dowloaded (2006) TV Episode .... D'Anna Biers
- Final Cut (2005) TV Episode .... D'anna Biers
> "Veronica Mars"
- Donut Run (2006) TV Episode .... Agent Morris
> The Darkroom (2006) .... Cheryl
> Vampire Bats (2005) (TV) .... Maddy Rierdon
> Xena: The 10th Anniversary Collection (2005) (V) .... Xena
> Locusts (2005) (TV) .... Maddy Rierdon
> "Two and a Half Men"
- It Was Mame, Mom (2005) TV Episode .... Pamela
> Boogeyman (2005) .... Tim's Mother
... aka Boogeyman - Der schwarze Mann (Germany)
> "Less Than Perfect"
- Ignoring Lydia (2004) TV Episode .... Tracy Fletcher
> EuroTrip (2004) .... Madame Vandersexxx
> "Tarzan" (2003) TV Series .... Kathleen Clayton
> Spider-Man (2002) .... Punk Rock Girl
> "The X Files"
... aka The X-Files (USA)
- Nothing Important Happened Today: Part 2 (2001) TV Episode .... Shannon McMahon
- Nothing Important Happened Today: Part 1 (2001) TV Episode .... Shannon McMahon
> "Just Shoot Me!"
- The Auction (2001) TV Episode .... Stacy
> Ginger Snaps (2000) (voice) (uncredited) .... Announcer on School's PA System
> "Saturday Night Live"
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: original title)
... aka SNL
... aka SNL 25 (USA: new title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: new title)
- Episode >24.3 (1998) TV Episode .... Host
> "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
- Armageddon Now: Part 2 (1998) TV Episode .... Xena
- Stranger in a Strange World (1997) TV Episode .... Xena
- Judgement Day (1997) TV Episode .... Xena
- Outcast (1995) TV Episode .... Lyla
- Unchained Heart (1995) TV Episode .... Xena
(3 more)
> Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (1998) (V) (voice) .... Xena
> "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995) TV Series .... Xena
> "High Tide"
- Dead in the Water (1995) TV Episode .... Sharon List
- Shanghied (1994) TV Episode .... Undercover policewoman
> Peach (1995) .... Peach
> Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994) (TV) .... Lysia
> Typhon's People (1993) (TV) .... Mink Tertius
> "The Ray Bradbury Theater"
... aka Monde fantastique de Ray Bradbury, Le (Canada: French title)
... aka Mystery Theatre (UK: rerun title)
... aka Ray Bradbury présente (France)
... aka The Bradbury Trilogy (UK: rerun title)
... aka The Ray Bradbury Theatre (UK)
- Fee Fie Foe Fum (1992) TV Episode .... Liddy Barton
> The Rainbow Warrior (1992) .... Jane Redmond
... aka The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
> "The Black Stallion"
... aka The Adventures of the Black Stallion
... aka The New Adventures of the Black Stallion (USA: new title)
- Riding the Volcano (1992) TV Episode .... Sarah McFee
> The End of the Golden Weather (1991) .... Joe's Girl
> "For the Love of Mike" (1991) TV Series .... Helen
> A Bitter Song (1990) .... Nurse 1
> Within the Law (1990) .... Verity
> "Shark In the Park"
- Double or Quits (1990) TV Episode
> "Funny Business" (1987) TV Series .... Various (1989)
> "Lucie, postrach ulice" (1980) TV Series (uncredited) .... Verkäuferin
... aka Luzie, der Schrecken der Straße (West Germany)

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