See Gabrielle from "Xena" now at 51

The actor Renee O'Connor is still dear friends with the former co-star Lucy Lawless.


From 1995 to 2001,Renee O'Connor played in Gabrielle onXena: Warrior Princess, transforming during the series of a simple Acolyte potidian farm of faithful to Amazon Queen and Warrior, using his skills like "The Battling Bard of Potidaea" to record the adventures with the soul mate Xena along the way. During the years that followed, O'Connor remained near his roots as a warrior princess, appearing to fans conventions, continuing to act and bringing together the CO-StarLucy Lawless in a new surprising role. Read more to find out how the actor has spent the last 21 years and what she does now.

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She launched a film production company and a theater company.

Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor in 2001
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While appearing onXena, O'Connor tried to run with episodes in season 4 and season 6 of the series. After finishing the show, she then launched her own production company,Roc productions, in 2002. According to the company's website, she was behind eight positionsXena Productions, including the 2009 short filmTacit words, that she wrote, produced and produced. It also started to edit and produce marketing videos for brands in 2019. The same year, O'Connor founded the non -profit associationHouse of Bards Theater Company in San Pedro, California. She is artistic director of the company, who brings a "classic and contemporary literature on the scene of an immersive and intimate experience", according to her website.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

She played in two films focused on faith.

Renee O'Connor in 2003
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In addition to the theater, O'Connor continued to act on the screen, with roles in filmsBOOGEYMAN 2,,Diamonds and cannons, a handful of TV movies, and the Science Fiction Web / Hulu series 2009Ark. Recent roles also include prospects in confessional filmsBeyond the furthest star (2015) andA question of faith (2017).

"As an actress, I ... really looked for films that have a kind of message, a superior message, a spiritual message, something with morality, thenConfessional roles Come to me, "she said an untouchable magazine in 2017. In the same interview, she expressed her empathy for gay fans who" feel separated and deprived of their rights "from the Church and said that 'She tried to be careful not to make them feel alienated by sharing it opinions and spirituality.

She made a family affair play.

O'Connor married New Zealand Food DistributorSteve Muir While she was still onXena, and the couple had a son,Miles Muir, in 2001 before divorce in 2004. O'Connor then started a relationship with the actor and the producerJed Sura, giving birth to his daughterIris Sura O'Connor in 2006. The couple married in 2017.

The family seems to have a shared love to act and work together. Based in southern California, Surah and O'Connor lead Roc Productions, teach acting lessons and manage the House of Bards Theater Company. The two acted inDiamonds and cannons, which was co-produced and produced by O'Connor. Sura also played inTacit words Alongside his stepson, and the two children worked with the company and appeared in the filmLook at the sky, that O'Connor produced. Iris recently played the role of Juliette in the production in 2022 of Romeo and Juliet. Frequented milesThe program of actors in New Zealand and aplayed alongside his mother inMy life is murder in 2021 and in the productions of the theater company ofMacbeth andRomeo and Juliet.

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She found Lucy Lawless.

Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor in 2018
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O'Connor joined the former co-star Lucy Lawless, whom she describes asOne of his "most expensive friends", " For the final of the season of his seriesMy life is murder In 2021. As a guest star, O'Connor played a well-being guru / head of worship investigation by the character of Lawless after the murder of her husband. Although the two have not acted together since the creation of a cameo in an action film of 2009, O'Connor told TooFab to associate again "" "

She thinksXena It would be a little different if it was done today.

Renee O'Connor on A Current Affair in 2021
A current affair

While Xena was famous for having masked the relationship between Xena and Gabrielle in subsext and innuendo, O'Connor (who was elected the woman of lesbianation of 2006), says that if she was filmed today , she thinks that the relationship of Xena and Gabrielle would have been explicitly romantic .

"I think the opportunity to be frank is more obvious in all the media now," said O'Connor Page Six in 2021. "I just think that it would certainly be adopted with all my heart."


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