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Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series 1995–2001) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
With Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Kevin Smith. Xena, a mighty Warrior Princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself. She is joined by small town bard, Gabrielle. Together they journey the ancient world and fight for the greater good against ruthless Warlords and Gods.
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- 1995-09-04
- Action, Adventure, Drama
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- Shooting Locations
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- Hercules–Xena Universe Franchise Media
- Reception
- Cancelled Reboot
Xena: Warrior Princess is set primarily in a fantasy version of ancient Greece (sometimes alluding to Roman Greece) and was filmed in New Zealand. Some filming locations are confidential[clarification needed], but many scenes were recorded in places such as the Waitākere Ranges Regional Park, part of the AucklandRegional parks often credited at the...
Series format
Xena is a historical fantasy set primarily in ancient Greece, although the setting is flexible in both time and location and occasionally features Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, Central Asian, and Medieval European elements. The flexible fantasy framework of the show accommodates a considerable range of theatrical styles, from high melodrama to slapstick comedy, from whimsical and musical to all-out action and adventure. While the show is typically set in ancient times, its themes are essentially...
Casting
Xena: Warrior Princess starred Lucy Lawless as Xena and Renee O'Connor as Gabrielle. The first choice for Xena was the British actress Vanessa Angel, but an illness prevented her from travelling, and the role was offered to four other actresses before the relatively unknown Lawless. Sunny Doench was cast as Gabrielle, but she did not want to leave her boyfriend in the United States, so O'Connor, who had appeared in Herculesin another role, was chosen. The show features a wide assortment of re...
Theme music
Composer Joseph LoDuca wrote the theme music and incidental music, and co-wrote the lyrics for the songs in "The Bitter Suite." The theme music was developed from the traditional Bulgarian folk song "Kaval sviri," sung by the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir. The original "Kaval sviri" can be heard where Xena races into battle in the Hercules episode "Unchained Heart." The musical score of Xena: Warrior Princess was critically well received and garnered seven Emmy nominations for...
Main
The series follows Xena and her traveling companion Gabrielle. Xena is on a quest to redeem herself for her dark past by using her formidable fighting skills to help people. In Hercules, during her two first episodes, Xena was a villain and a powerful warlord, but in her third appearance she joins Hercules to defeat the warlord Darphus, who had taken her army. During her own series, Xena spends almost every episode on a different mission, always trying to do the right thing, fighting for what...
Others
In the first season, Xena and Gabrielle meet two of their greatest enemies: Callisto (Hudson Leick), a vengeful warrior woman, and Ares (Kevin Tod Smith), the Greek God of War. Callisto is Xena's arch-enemy and a major antagonist over the course of the series. When Callisto was a child, her home village of Cirra was burned nearly to the ground by Xena, killing her family. She was left traumatized by the attack and eventually went insane, becoming obsessed with exacting revenge on Xena. She di...
The vast majority of locations in the series are fictional. However, a few locations in the plot are centered on real Ancient Greek towns, including:
There have been numerous Xenaspin-offs into various media, including films, books, comics and video games.
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a rating of 89%, based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Lucy Lawless exudes steely charisma in Xena: Warrior Princess, a swashbuckling actioner that transcends its origin as a spinoff and becomes a fully realized saga in its own right." Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly, giving the season a B+: "Xena is Wonder Womanon steroids, and Lawless — with her dark bangs, moon face, light blue eyes, and small,...
Influence on the lesbian community
Xena has enjoyed a particular cult status in the lesbian community. Some of the lesbian fan base see Xena and Gabrielle as a couple and have embraced them as role models and lesbian icons. Xena's popularity was successfully utilized by Subaruwhen trying to establish a healthy base of lesbian customers: one ad had a car with the license plate "XENA LVR" (Xena lover). A subject of much interest and debate among viewers is the question of whether Xena and Gabrielle are lovers. The issue is left...
Costume donation
In 2006, Lucy Lawless donated her personal Xena costume to the National Museum of American History. In an interview the same year with Smithsonianmagazine, she was asked the question "Was the Warrior Princess outfit comfortable?" and responded:
On July 20, 2015, it was reported that NBC was developing a Xena reboot series, with Raimi and Tapert returning as executive producers, with the show's debut sometime in 2016. Insiders also requested that Lawless return to the series as Xena, as well as take up a role in the show's production. A day later, Lawless tweeted that the reboot was a rumo...
← Back to main. Series Cast 444. Lucy Lawless. Xena (134 Episodes) Renee O'Connor. Gabrielle (134 Episodes) Ted Raimi. Joxer (42 Episodes) Kevin Smith. — (20 Episodes) Hudson Leick. Callisto (13 Episodes) Alexandra Tydings. Aphrodite (11 Episodes) Karl Urban. Mael (6 Episodes), Cupid (2 Episodes), Caesar (2 Episodes), Julius Caesar (1 Episode)
Learn more about the full cast of Xena: Warrior Princess with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide.
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Series Cast 198. Lucy Lawless. Xena (24 Episodes) Renee O'Connor. Gabrielle (24 Episodes) Bobby Hosea. Marcus (2 Episodes) Maggie Tarver. Hermia (1 Episode), Villager (1 Episode)
30 de jan. de 2023 · Television. What The Cast Of Xena: Warrior Princess Is Doing Today. Renaissance Pictures. By Sezin Koehler / Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 8:10 am EST. Xena, as inimitably portrayed by Lucy...
