Patsy Kensit

In 2004 Kensit joined the cast of British soap opera Emmerdale, playing the role of Sadie King, and also regularly featured in the third series of Channel 4's Bo Selecta. Although she is heterosexual, Lucy Lawless has enhanced this reputation by appearing at gay pride events such as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Her last starring role was in the Newcastle based flop The One and Only which failed to get wide distribution. A new term, dykon, was coined to describe her status as a gay icon. They divorced in 2000. Due to her character Xena's ambiguous sexuality, Lucy Lawless gained a large cult following in the lesbian community. Kensit and Gallagher had a son, Lennon, named after John Lennon. She has had brief appearances in the movies Eurotrip and Spider-Man, and will appear in the upcoming horror film Boogeyman.

During her second marriage she gave birth to her first child, James. In 1997 she married Liam Gallagher from Oasis. She has since appeared in the Vagina Monologues, on the first two episodes of the ninth season of The X-Files, and in the short-lived (eight episodes) television series Tarzan. In 1992 she married Jim Kerr, lead singer of Simple Minds. She was even immortalized as a character on The Simpsons (playing a super-powered, flying version of herself). In 1988 she married Dan Donovan of band Big Audio Dynamite. A testament to the popularity of Xena: Warrior Princess is that Lawless is a universally recognized celebrity even though she has not had a single great success outside of it. All her husbands have been musicians. She had a guest role in 1990 on New Zealand TV series Shark in the Park, around the same time compatriot Karl Urban appeared.

Patsy has been married three times. Lucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Auckland, New Zealand), is a Kiwi actress and singer best known for her role as Xena on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001. Kensit attracted ridicule for stating in an interview that she was a serious actress and did not trade just on her looks before doing gratuitous nude in three films back to back. Another notable film role was in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), in which she played Rika van den Haas, the South African consulate secretary that cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) falls in love with. The film was critically panned and was also box office flop.

Her big break came in 1986 when she was selected to play Crepe Suzette, the female lead in the movie Absolute Beginners, with David Bowie as her co-star. The band had three Top 40 singles ("Stay with me", "I'm not scared" and "Cross My Heart") but television appearances on programmes like Top of the Pops gave much needed exposure to Kensit. In 1985 Kensit was the lead singer of band Eighth Wonder. In 1974 she had her first role in a movie; The Great Gatsby starring Mia Farrow.

Aged only four, she appeared in a television advert for Birds Eye Peas. It soon became clear that Patsy was to become an actress. She was born Patsy Jude Kensit in Hounslow, London, with Reggie Kray as her godfather. She has starred in several prominent films but is perhaps more well-known for her three celebrity marriages.

Patsy Kensit (born March 4, 1968) is a British actress.