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November 17th, 2011
11:42 AM ET
Lucy Lawless goes to TEDMEDYou may know her as Xena from "Xena: Warrior Princess" and, more recently, Lucretia from "Spartacus," but you may not expect that Lucy Lawless would fly all the way from New Zealand to California for TEDMED, a conference about great ideas in health care. "It's like a beauty pageant for brilliant people, where you sit in the audience and all these geniuses comes out and like, parade their incredible brilliance in front of you," said the New Zealand-born actress in Coronado, California, in October. Lawless, 43, was not dressed as a warrior, an ancient social climber or a "honey-badgerette." Making her first conference appearance in athletic pants and flip-flops, she avoided broad recognition, although many attendees did figure out her identity. Friendly to everyone, and eager to learn about the fascinating people at the conference, she wasn't even put off when a biochemist told her, "I heard Lucy Lawless is here!" She merely showed him her ID badge and, after a moment of awkwardness (during which I joined the conversation), we all naturally turned to topics such as genetic testing.
Her favorite role to play is her current one, Lucretia, on a show inspired by the life of the gladiator Spartacus. The role of the wife of Spartacus' master Batiatus is challenging, and the character is complex, she said. In her spare time, she helps the fund-raising arm of a children's hospital in New Zealand, and is involved with Greenpeace in New Zealand. "Life out in space is cold - or it's really hot, but it's inhospitable. You don't want to go there. There is no planet B. This is it. Its very fragile, let's save it." This is the first CNN.com interview from TEDMED 2011. Check back next Thursday for more.
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"I'm not a geek, but I love geeks," she said. "I love these people who have focused all their attention on like, lasers, on some particular area."
Great Interview!!!!!!
Lucy Lawless is a goddess! She will always be Xena to me
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she'll always be a liberal
Don't let her near them, she's a Cylon!
My name is Michael Weston, and I used to be a spy...loved Lucy's performance in the "False Flag" espisode of Season One of Burn Notice.
Yeah she was....Hey Mkiey, you know i boned her, right?
Yeah, Sam, about that...
A beautiful lady in and out.
Special person and very intelligent.
Smart, sensitive and beautiful lady. Oh yeah, and she's a great actress! Can't say all these things about alot of them!
"Life out in space is cold – or it's really hot..."
It's also very dark – or it's really light...
It's also very dry – or it's really wet...
It's also very open – or it's really cramped...
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NO WAY! Lucy likes Geeks? I'm a Geek!! Why did she get that restraining order against me?!
Hey Sahrky, you too?
A very kind and inspiring lady.
What an intelligent and classy lady. Beautiful inside and out. I'm a big fan of Xena and Spartacus.
"This is the first CNN.com interview from TEDMED 2011." And they pick Lucy Lawless as the subject of that first interview instead of someone actually presenting a panel? Nothing against Lucy, I like her work, she's quite talented, but this is TEDMED, not Comic-Con.
Very true, but, sadly, society at large is more concerned with celebrities and entertainment than events like TEDMED's conference. She's been involved with Greenpeace for a long time, from what I gathered online. So, I guess it makes sense that she would be there and, at the same time, that CNN would feature her there. More average Joes and/or couch potatoes would recognize Lucy Lawless over some unknown genius who has never had the exposure she has. That's not to say that CNN specifically cares so much about TEDMED's purpose, they're just going to do whatever piques viewers and internet browsers' interest while sticking loosely to their role of a "news" network. That is, covering this vs. not covering it. Back to Lucy Lawless: I don't think I've ever seen her on a televised red carpet, so I'm just glad that I see her involved in something like this than in Hollywood glitz and glamour!
Hello Leaf on the Wind, we have a great lineup of interviews with scientists and doctors who spoke at TEDMED coming up. We just thought it would be fun to have Lucy, who herself is a fan of this conference, to begin.
Check back in next Thursday!
Regards,
Elizabeth Landau, CNN
How many people would have read the story if it hadn't had LL's name in the headline?
I LOVE LUCY!!!!!!! Warrior, yet down to earth, classy Lucy.
She is like wonder woman
You wrote "I love these people who have focused all their attention on like, lasers, on some particular area."
I do wish you would learn some English. Wouldn't it make more sense if you punctuated it as:
"I love these people who have focused all their attention on – like lasers – on some particular area."
Or if you are willing to correct the spoken word of an interviewee:
"I love these people who have focused all their attention on, like lasers, some particular area."
It makes reading it easier, and far less likely to miscomprehension. It even makes your interviewees look like they understand the language they are purported to speak.
JP
Dude! Take a break!
here's some punctuation for you – (.)(.)
Lucy does a lot of great charity work. As for TEDMED and CNN – I would never have known about TEDMED if CNN hadn't interviewed Lucy. Thats a win in my books!
A very interesting interview with a very talented lady.
No one has yet thought to research why she came to TEDMED. The merest search turns up a good reason....
Oh Lucy, I would submit to you like a Frenchman in wartime.
God i love this lady so much. A true inspiration to all!!!
xoxo
My hats off to Lucy for getting informed and involved in health care research and technology.
Fajne fotki ...Na Alasce pada sporo ,a w driguej polowie lipca do polowy sierpnia najwiecej ...Ale tyle to juz sami wiecie .Thanksy za suvenirki
Glad to hear this about Lucy. Would have expected to read a little more about TEDMED.
Jak zbzocayłem ostatnie dwa zdjęcia, zanim przeczytałem wpis, to wyglądało to dla mnie jak miejsce, gdzie dzielni mieszkańcy Alaski mają rzeźnię, a wzorki są zrobione z krwi.
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OK – Lucy flies all the way from NZ to CA – why? For a cool conference? Well, TEDMED is as cool as they come, but look for a deeper reason: anybody notice that her dear friend and co-star died recently from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma? Ah, yes, now the lightbulbs....
She is still and always Xena no matter what.
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