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Ren�e O'Connor

Age: 38
Height: 5' 4"

Birth Place: Katy, Texas, USA
Born: Feb. 15th, 1971

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Ren�e O'Connor's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Xena: Warrior Princess	Gabrielle Hope
FBI: The Untold Stories	Tina Marie Ri&hellip Ofc. Renee La&hellip

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Ren�e O'Connor was born in Houston, Texas, to Walter and Sandra O'Connor (now Wilson), and raised in Katy, a Houston suburb. She attended Taylor High School and the Houston High School of Visual and Performing Arts. Ren�e has one older brother, Chris.

Ren�e appeared in commercials, including one for McDonalds, a feature film called Night Game (1989), and some work for the Mickey Mouse Club in 1989. She also made guest appearances on TV shows such as NYPD Blue, before starring as Deineira in the Hercules TV movie "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom". She caught the eyes of executive producers Sam Raimi and Robert G. Tapert, who cast Ren�e in the 1994 film Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995) (V). Soon after, Hercules' sister show, "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995) was launched, and Ren�e was cast as Gabrielle, Xena's trusty sidekick.

Until 2001, Ren�e resided in Auckland, New Zealand, where Xena was filmed. She was married to restaurant owner Steve Muir (II) (a kiwi, or New Zealander) in October 2000, in Austin, Texas, and they had a son. However, after the series ended, Ren�e returned to Texas and was divorced from Steve. In 2005, she had a baby girl with her new boyfriend, actor Jed Sura.

TRIVIA:

Played Lady Macbeth in the Shakespeare by the Sea's production of Macbeth. (Seven locations in the Los Angeles area, June 20 - August 17, 2002)
Is proficient in several forms of martial arts and the use of martial arts weapons to including the Nunchaku, Bo-Staff and the Sai.
She and the other star in _"Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995)_ (qv), 'Lucy Lawless' (qv), are good friends.
While Lucy only had the one trademark armor that she wore for every episode of _"Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995)_ (qv) (except in season 5 when she was pregnant), Ren�e had a total of seven main costumes -- two of them being used for the first season with a new one introduced for every season after that. As each season went by, each outfit continued to get smaller and more revealing.
Favorite movie is _The Piano (1993)_ (qv).
She also paints. Her paintings have been exhibited in a show. She usually auctions her paintings via eBay in order to finance her independent projects and raise money for charity.
Was voted # 3 of the most intriguing people in 1996, # 2 in 1997, and one of the most beautiful people of 1997, by People Online. She made the cover of TV Guide on the July 29, 2000 to August 4, 2000, issue. It was one of eight collector's covers.
At the end of 2006 Rene� was chosen by LesbiaNATION.com as their most loved woman of 2006, a poll that she dominated all year. Her co-star from the _"Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995)_ (qv) series, 'Lucy Lawless' (qv), ended up second in the poll.