Evelyn
Renée O'Connor (born 15 February 1971, Katy,
Texas) is an American actress, best known for playing
the role of Gabrielle on the television series Xena:
Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001. Her mother and stepfather,
Sandra and Eddie Wilson, own a famous restaurant called
"Threadgills" in Texas. She also has a brother
named Chris.
Since her first role at age 8 as a
caterpillar during a Theater on Wheels production,
Renee has had a passion for acting. At age 12, she
began studying acting at Houston's Alley Theatre,
and later attended The High School for the Performing
and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas. She began her real
career at the age of 16 in a commercial for McDonalds.
A string of other commercials followed
(as well as a string of odd jobs such as Porky Pig
at Astroworld and an aerobics instructor in L.A.)
and in 1989, she landed a recurring role in a serial
called "Teen Angel" featured on the "New
Mickey Mouse Club." This led to another Disney
serial called "Match Point" and an episode
of "Tales From the Crypt" (directed by Arnold
Schwarzenegger!), though it was later cut.
Renee then went on to portray an
imperiled student on an NBC special called "The
Flood", Cheryl Ladd's daughter in Danielle Steel's
"Changes", a woman captured by Shawnee Indian's
in ABC's "Follow the River", an actress
who hires Rockford as her bodyguard in "The Rockford
Files: A Blessing in Disguise", Julia Wilkes
in Disney's "The Adventures of Hick Finn",
and the daughter of a murdered couple in an episode
of NYPD Blue.
Renee then came to the attention of
Xena: Warrior Princess executive producers Rob Tapert
and Sam Raimi with an "over-the-top" audition
that won her the role of the young Deianeira in their
two-hour "Action Pack" adventure "Hercules
and the Lost Kingdom." They were so impressed
by her performance opposite Hercules: The Legendary
Journeys star Kevin Sorbo that they signed her for
a starring role in "Darkman II: The Return of
Durant." She was later cast as Gabrielle, Xena's
sidekick on Xena: Warrior Princess.
Renee later married New Zealand native
Steve Muir on 14 October 2000 and their son, Miles
William Muir, was born on 22 September 2001.
She most recently took the lead in
Eric Escobar's Sundance Short One Weekend A Month
and co-starred with Bruce Campbell in the Sci-Fi channel
movie Alien Apocalypse.
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