Renee O'Connor (born February , ) is an American actress, producer,
and director, known for the role of Gabrielle on the television series
Xena: Warrior Princess.Raised in suburban Katy, Texas, by her mother
Sandra, O'Connor at age studied acting at the Alley Theatre in
Houston, Texas. She attended Kinder High School for the Performing and
Visual Arts in Houston, and made her professional debut as a dancing
Porky Pig at that city's Six Flags AstroWorld. Afterward, she moved to
Los Angeles, California, to pursue an acting career.She made her
screen debut at , starring in the "Teen Angel" segment of the Disney
Channel's The Mickey Mouse Club, and the subsequent Teen Angel TV
series. She went on to the Disney film The Adventures of Huck Finn and
TV-movies including Follow the River, Danielle Steele's Changes, and
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, starring Kevin Sorbo There, in the role
of Deianeira, she came to the attention of Hercules executive
producers Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi, who cast her as Gabrielle in the
spinoff TV series Xena: Warrior Princess.[citation needed]In ,
O'Connor began her own film production company, Roc Productions. The
following year, she played Lady Macbeth in the Shakespeare by the Sea
production of Macbeth. She reprised the role in a House of Bards
Theatre Company production in San Pedro, California, from October to
November , . She played Nurse in the Southern Shakespeare Company's
May â€", , production of Romeo and Juliet alongside her -year-old son
Miles Muir.
and director, known for the role of Gabrielle on the television series
Xena: Warrior Princess.Raised in suburban Katy, Texas, by her mother
Sandra, O'Connor at age studied acting at the Alley Theatre in
Houston, Texas. She attended Kinder High School for the Performing and
Visual Arts in Houston, and made her professional debut as a dancing
Porky Pig at that city's Six Flags AstroWorld. Afterward, she moved to
Los Angeles, California, to pursue an acting career.She made her
screen debut at , starring in the "Teen Angel" segment of the Disney
Channel's The Mickey Mouse Club, and the subsequent Teen Angel TV
series. She went on to the Disney film The Adventures of Huck Finn and
TV-movies including Follow the River, Danielle Steele's Changes, and
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, starring Kevin Sorbo There, in the role
of Deianeira, she came to the attention of Hercules executive
producers Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi, who cast her as Gabrielle in the
spinoff TV series Xena: Warrior Princess.[citation needed]In ,
O'Connor began her own film production company, Roc Productions. The
following year, she played Lady Macbeth in the Shakespeare by the Sea
production of Macbeth. She reprised the role in a House of Bards
Theatre Company production in San Pedro, California, from October to
November , . She played Nurse in the Southern Shakespeare Company's
May â€", , production of Romeo and Juliet alongside her -year-old son
Miles Muir.
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