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48-722: In its mission statement the Resource Centre for the Arts states that it "aims to provide accessible, supportive and well-resourced programs and venues, with a primary focus on the creation, development, and advancement of the performing arts in Newfoundland and Labrador". Many prominent artists from Newfoundland and Labrador have performed at the Hall, including Mary Walsh , Andy Jones , Rick Mercer , Bob Joy , Jillian Keiley , Allan Hawco and Danielle Irvine . The LSPU Hall

96-553: A Gemini Award for the best writing in a comedy or variety program for their work in Hatching, Matching and Dispatching . She has won 18 Gemini Awards . She won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for the film Happy Place . Walsh received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in

144-513: A contestant on Celebrity Duets , which she finished as runner-up to Alfonso Ribeiro . She made her solo debut at the Roxy in Hollywood, a venue of 500 seats, on 13 January 2007, with a sold-out crowd for consecutive concerts. Xena's ambiguous romantic relationship with travelling companion Gabrielle ( Renee O'Connor ) led to Lawless becoming a lesbian icon, a role of which she has said she

192-627: A film in general release across Canada. Walsh has battled alcoholism. The Toronto Star reported that the end of CODCO coincided with the end of Walsh's active alcoholism, with Walsh stating "which was a damn good thing because I could have never done This Hour Has 22 Minutes if I'd been drinking." She won Best Supporting Actress at the Atlantic Film Festival in 1992 for her performance in Mike Jones' Secret Nation . On November 4, 2006, Walsh and Ed MacDonald picked up

240-494: A fine of NZ$ 651 and undertake 120 hours of community service . The judge denied the NZ$ 545,000 in reparations that Shell Todd Oil Services had sought from the activists. Following the sentencing, Lawless said: "I consider it a great victory that the court has struck down the reparation demand from Shell, which I think was absolutely ludicrous." In 1988, she became pregnant from her boyfriend Garth Lawless while working with him in

288-521: A fractured pelvis when the horse she was riding lost its footing in the studio car park. She made a complete recovery, but several episodes of the second season of Xena were rewritten to focus on background characters to minimise the time Lawless was needed on set. Lawless first appeared on Broadway in September 1997 in the Grease revival, as the "bad girl" character Betty Rizzo. She wanted to play

336-461: A large group of people who went and stripped naked standing next to St. John's Harbour in −11 °C (12 °F) weather to be filmed as a part of the show's closing. Walsh herself did not go nude. In 2017, Walsh published her debut novel, Crying for the Moon . Walsh made her feature directorial debut with the 2007 movie Young Triffie . She was the first Newfoundlander in six years to have

384-633: A madam with connections to a murder and helping Horatio "H" Caine with his inquiries. In 2009, Lawless appeared in two episodes of the final season of The L Word as Sergeant Marybeth Duffy. She played a role in the Adam Sandler movie Bedtime Stories released December 2008. Also in 2008, Lawless appeared with her former Xena stuntwoman Zoë Bell in Sony ( Crackle )'s new web series Angel of Death , written by Ed Brubaker , which debuted online in early 2009. In 2009, Lawless guest-starred in

432-558: A reporter with the Fleet News Service who worked on a critical documentary about the crew of the Galactica and was later revealed to be Humanoid Cylon model Number Three. Lawless has also performed as a voice actor in several animated features: In 2008, Lawless voiced the animated character of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in the direct-to-video superhero animated film Justice League: The New Frontier , adapted from

480-603: A scripted piece intended to humiliate the politician, often by providing criticism and "grandmotherly" advice. Sometimes Marg appeared as "Marg, Princess Warrior", a parody of the title character of Xena: Warrior Princess portrayed by Lucy Lawless . Walsh is also noted for her comical segment chronicling the Canadian Auto Workers Union 's tense blockade of the Volvo Halifax Assembly plant in 1998. In 2007, she revived Marg Delahunty for

528-614: A segment on the CBC documentary series The Greatest Canadian , in which she championed the case for Sir Frederick Banting (the Nobel prize-winning discoverer of insulin ) as the greatest Canadian who ever lived. In June 2007, she hosted the Pride Toronto Gala & Awards ceremony. On December 15, 2007, Walsh made national news with a story about her upcoming special, Nudity, Sexuality, Violence and Coarse Language , in which

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576-492: A spokesperson for Oxfam , Canada's human rights campaign, and in 2010 received Oxfam 's Spirit of Change Award, in recognition of her years of dedication to eradicating poverty and ensuring public services for all. On May 29, 1998, Mary Walsh received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Trent University . McGill University honoured Walsh with an honorary doctorate during the November 2008 convocation ceremony. Her speech to

624-588: Is a Canadian actress, comedian, and writer. She is known for her work on CODCO and This Hour Has 22 Minutes . Walsh was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador , the daughter of Mary and Leo Walsh. Leo was a merchant marine turned firefighter on commercial vessels. She is the seventh of eight children, and is of Irish ancestry. She is a past member of Girl Guides of Canada . Walsh studied theatre in Toronto at Ryerson University but dropped out to work with

672-438: Is a New Zealand actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Xena in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess , as D'Anna Biers on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, and Lucretia in the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and associated series. Since 2019, she has starred as Alexa in the television series My Life Is Murder . Lawless had recurring roles as Diane Lewis-Swanson on

720-611: Is on the site of "the first Congregationalist Church in Newfoundland" that was built in 1789. After that was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1817 , a meeting hall was built on the site, which was purchased by the Sons of Temperance in 1853. This meeting hall was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1892 and rebuilt. The Longshoremen’s Protective Union purchased the building from the Sons of Temperance in 1912, to be used as their union hall. There

768-588: Is part of the Auckland District Health Board. It is set up to provide additional equipment, support and help to staff, patients and families. She helps fundraising for the organisation. She recently sat for the New Zealand television series The Sitting , an arts series where celebrity portraits are produced during an interview session, with the portraits later auctioned for charity. Since 2006, 21 September marks "Lucy Lawless Feel

816-495: Is proud. She has said that during the years she was playing the role, she had been undecided on the nature of the relationship, but in a 2003 interview with Lesbian News magazine, she said that after viewing the series finale, she had come to see Xena and Gabrielle's relationship as definitely gay, adding "they're married, man". This reputation became cemented after her "graphic lesbian sex scenes" in Spartacus: Gods of

864-800: Is the fifth of six siblings (four brothers and one sister). She has described her family as "this big, sprawling Irish Catholic family", and while filming in Ireland for the Discovery Channel in 2004, told Ireland on Sunday that her father's family originated in Quilty, County Clare , Ireland. Her first musical was at age 10 and she began acting in secondary school. She attended Marist College, Auckland , and began studies at Auckland University in languages. At 18, she went on her " overseas experience ", travelling through Europe and Australia with her future husband, Garth Lawless. At 21, she won

912-540: The Arctic where it was going to take part in oil exploration . She was subsequently arrested and charged with burglary, which carried an imprisonment term of up to 10 years if convicted. She pleaded guilty on 14 June 2012 to trespass charges regarding the February incident. Lawless said she intended for now to remain involved with Greenpeace. In February 2013, Lawless and the other six activists were each sentenced to pay

960-460: The CBC Gem web series Broad Appeal: Living with E's , for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. Walsh's other television work included the short-run sitcoms Dooley Gardens (1999); Hatching, Matching and Dispatching (2006); and a guest starring role as Miranda Cahill on

1008-739: The CODCO comedy troupe on a series of stage shows, which eventually evolved into a sketch comedy series. The CODCO series ran from 1988 to 1993 on CBC Television . In 1992, she began to work with former co-star Rick Mercer and former CODCO co-stars Cathy Jones and Greg Thomey to create a new television series called This Hour Has 22 Minutes . The show was a parody of the nightly news, and poked fun at Canadian and international politics. 22 Minutes received strong ratings during its earlier seasons and Walsh's character Marg Delahunty became famous for buttonholing politicians and submitting them to satirical interviews. Usually Marg Delahunty would recite

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1056-676: The DC Comics limited series. In 2014, Lawless voiced the militaristic "Queen of the Ants" in the American animated television series Adventure Time on the Cartoon Network . In 2007, Lawless was to appear as one of the leads in the ensemble cast of the ABC television series, Football Wives , based on the popular British series Footballers' Wives . The series did not continue past

1104-641: The HBO series Flight of the Conchords as Paula, assistant to the Prime Minister of New Zealand . Lawless co-starred in the Starz original series Spartacus: Blood and Sand . The show was based on the life of Spartacus , the famous gladiator, and the slave revolt he led, and was produced by long-time Xena producers Sam Raimi and "Rob" Tapert , her own husband. Lawless played the role of Lucretia ,

1152-603: The NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2012–2014), and as Countess Palatine Ingrid Von Marburg on the WGN America supernatural series Salem (2015). She also starred as Ruby on the Starz horror-comedy series Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018). Lucille Frances "Lucy" Ryan was born on 29 March 1968 in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert to teacher Julie Ryan (née Haynes) and Mount Albert's mayor, banker Frank Ryan . She

1200-637: The Royal Canadian Air Farce 's 300th episode. On October 24, 2011, Walsh was once again in the spotlight as she reprised the role of Marg Delahunty conducting an ambush interview of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at his home. Ford's reaction and alleged verbal abuse directed at a 911 operator made national headlines. She also reprised Marg, Princess Warrior for an episode of the 25th season of 22 Minutes in December 2017. In 2020, Walsh reprised her longtime 22 Minutes character of Miss Eulalia in

1248-624: The definition of a planet . (Observations made by New Horizons subsequently found Pluto to be marginally larger than the object, which was ultimately named Eris .) The object's nickname "Xena" was used in the press. New Scientist magazine polled the public on their preferred final name for the so-called tenth planet; "Xena" ranked number 4. Lawless called Brown in December 2005 to thank him for his "senseless act of beauty", and claimed that she "never dared hope [the name] would stick". Eventually, both it and Pluto were deemed not to be true planets, and were instead classified as dwarf planets. In 2006,

1296-433: The season two premiere , and reprised the role later in episode 15 of season two, " One Door Closes ". In 2015, Lawless landed the recurring guest role of Countess Palatine Ingrid Von Marburg in WGN America 's Salem . Countess Marburg is presented as one of the last remaining survivors of the legendary line of ancient German witches. The series ended in 2017. In March 2015, it was announced that she would be portraying

1344-643: The 1989 Mrs New Zealand competition. Lawless has said she suffered from bulimia as a child, but was able to overcome the illness. Lawless's television debut was in the New Zealand sketch-comedy series, Funny Business . Then she studied drama at the William Davis Centre for Actors Study in Vancouver , Canada. In 1994, Lawless appeared in Hercules and the Amazon Women , that became

1392-856: The Arena . She has appeared at gay pride events such as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras . For her support of LGBT rights , including her public support for same-sex marriage, Lawless was given the Star 100–Ally of the Year award at the Australian LGBTI Awards ceremony in 2017. Lawless is a member of the board of trustees of the StarShip Foundation, the charity arm of the Starship Children's Health which

1440-596: The Australian outback . They married in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia , that year, then returned to New Zealand where their daughter was born. They divorced in 1995. On 28 March 1998, Lawless married Xena's executive producer, Pacific Renaissance Pictures CEO Robert Tapert at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California . They have two sons. In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours , Lawless

1488-648: The CBC television series Republic of Doyle . She currently has a recurring role on CBC's Little Dog . She created the CBC program Mary Walsh: Open Book , a talk show about books and literature, in 2003. Walsh revived the Fury family from Hatching, Matching, and Dispatching by writing and starring in A Christmas Fury in 2017 . Besides TV acting, she has worked on movies such as Mambo Italiano , Geraldine's Fortune , Rain, Drizzle and Fog , Buried on Sunday , The Divine Ryans , Young Triffie , Violet, and The Grand Seduction . 2004 saw Walsh host

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1536-631: The Love Day/Week". The day, organised by the Official Lucy Lawless Fan Club, begins a week of charitable acts and donations by fans in honour and support of Lawless. In May 2009 Lawless became a "climate ambassador" for the Greenpeace "Sign On" campaign. In February 2012, she and six other Greenpeace activists boarded an oil drilling ship at Port Taranaki , and remained on it for 77 hours to stop it leaving for

1584-664: The World Cinema Documentary Competition section of the 40th Sundance Film Festival in Park City and Salt Lake City , Utah , in January 2024, and has gone on to feature at several other film festivals in 2024. Lawless, who has a background in musical theatre, played Betty Rizzo on Broadway in a production of Grease in 1997. She continued to sing during the run of Xena , even contributing dirge music of her own composition; this made it into

1632-1015: The class of 2008 focused on political satire. Mary Walsh was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada on 27 April 2000. This gave her the Post Nominal Letters "CM" for Life. She was awarded the Canadian Version of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002. She was awarded the Canadian Version of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. Crying for the Moon: A Novel (April 18, 2017 HarperCollins , ISBN   9781443410380 ) Lucy Lawless Lucille Frances Lawless MNZM ( née   Ryan ; born 29 March 1968)

1680-406: The episode "The Path Not Taken" as the dirge "Burial", which she sang for the first time in the episode. Two musically-oriented episodes, "The Bitter Suite" and "Lyre, Lyre, Heart's on Fire", also showcased not only her singing but also that of some of her castmates. ( See also List of Xena: Warrior Princess episodes for details .) Lawless was encouraged to resume her singing career after being

1728-629: The first season of Hercules , which portrayed her turn from villainess to a good, heroic character. The character was popular enough that a spin-off series was created: Xena: Warrior Princess debuted on 4 September 1995. Xena: Warrior Princess , like its parent programme, was a huge hit and achieved high ratings and cultural significance, lasting six seasons. The series brought Lawless an immense amount of attention and she became an international celebrity. While taping an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in October 1996, Lawless suffered

1776-604: The interior of the building "has been extensively changed over the years", the exterior is "virtually unchanged since 1922". There are also remains of the original stone foundation walls from the Congregational Church built in 1789. Its plain architectural style is typical of early twentieth century Newfoundland meeting halls. 47°33′58″N 52°42′23″W  /  47.56613°N 52.706491°W  / 47.56613; -52.706491 Mary Walsh (actress) Mary Cynthia Walsh CM (born May 13, 1952)

1824-454: The lead role of Sandy and later stated her belief that the producers typecast her to play "bad girls" following her success as Xena. She said the Sandy character was very similar to her sheltered childhood, growing up in New Zealand with many protective older brothers. From 2005 to 2009, she had a recurring role in the television series Battlestar Galactica . Lawless appeared as D'Anna Biers,

1872-698: The performing arts, in 2012. A sufferer of macular degeneration , she has served from time to time as a spokesperson for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). In 1993, Walsh was chosen to deliver the prestigious Graham Spry lecture which was broadcast nationally on CBC Radio . In 1994, Walsh addressed the United Nations Global Conference on Development in New York. She has also served as

1920-447: The pilot episode, but the network extended the options on its contracts with Lawless and the other actors slated to star in the series, including Gabrielle Union , Kiele Sanchez , Ving Rhames , and James Van Der Beek . Lawless returned to television on 10 November 2008 in a guest-starring role on the CBS television series CSI: Miami , in a Season 7 episode, "Cheating Death", playing

1968-531: The role of Ruby in Starz horror-comedy series Ash vs Evil Dead . The series ended in 2018. In 2019, Lawless began playing Alexa Crowe, a private investigator in My Life Is Murder . The Acorn TV series began in 2019 and reached its third season in 2022. In 2023, Lawless co-wrote and directed Never Look Away , a film based on the life of New Zealand-born CNN photojournalist and camerawoman Margaret Moth . The film had its world premiere in

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2016-538: The sequel Spartacus: Vengeance . Lawless provided the voice of Goldmoon for Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight , a direct-to-DVD animated movie based on the novel of the same name. From 2012 to 2014, she had a recurring role on the NBC series Parks and Recreation as Diane, the love interest and eventual wife of Ron Swanson . In 2014, Lawless guest-starred in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Isabelle Hartley in

2064-447: The teleplay from a story that Robert G. "Rob" Tapert commissioned John Schulian to write. The character became a fan favourite. Vanessa Angel was originally cast in the role, but she fell ill and was unable to travel to New Zealand for shooting. To differentiate between Xena and the similar Lysia, Lawless's hair, previously an ash blonde, was dyed black. She also wore a much darker costume. Lawless returned as Xena in two more episodes of

2112-493: The television pilot for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys . In that episode , she played a man-hating Amazon named Lysia. She went on to play another character, Lyla, in the first-season episode "As Darkness Falls". Lawless received her best-known role as a heroic warrior woman named Xena in the first season of Hercules . She first appeared in the episode "The Warrior Princess" which aired in March 1995. R. J. Stewart dramatised

2160-546: The wife of Lentulus Batiatus , who were both the owners of a gladiator ludus , which also saw Lawless doing nude scenes for the first time. Lawless won the 2011 Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lucretia in Spartacus: Blood and Sand . Lawless reprised her role as Lucretia in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena , which chronicled life in the Ludus before Spartacus's arrival, and she also returned for

2208-493: Was another fire in 1922, when the building was extensively damaged. Subsequently "the building was used for both union meetings and local activities including speeches and bingo". The Resource Foundation for the Arts was founded by The Mummers Troupe who helped purchase, renovate and develop the LSPU Hall as a downtown St. John's performance centre. The RFA started leasing the building in 1975 and bought in 1976, The Mummers Troupe

2256-487: Was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit , for services to entertainment and the community. Astronomer Michael E. Brown nicknamed his newly discovered dwarf planet "Xena" in 2003, its then-provisional designation being 2003 UB 313 . When this object was initially determined to be larger than Pluto , it gained international attention and forced a year-long debate among astronomers as to

2304-526: Was founded in the autumn of 1972 by Chris Brookes and Lynn Lunde, and is best known for their performances of the "Traditional Newfoundland Christmas Mummers Play" every December from 1972 to 1982. The Hall is now "one of the most important centres for the arts in Newfoundland and Labrador". The LSPU Hall is a registered heritage building "because of its historical and architectural values". This followed renovations done to "enhancing its heritage features" in 1984. There were further major renovations in 2008. While

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