But she is perhaps best known for playing Eve -- Xena's daughter. When she appeared in the fifth season episode "Livia" she captured the attention of fans across the country.
Adrienne will be returning for the first three episodes of Xena next season. I spoke with her last week as she was getting ready to leave for New Zealand for a fourth episode. We had a wonderful time chatting about the series, her acting technique, and the realities of show business.
We had such an enjoyable time, in fact, that I haven't finished transcribing the tape of the interview. Not only that, it is significantly longer than my usual pieces.
As a result, I have broken the interview up into three parts. The first is available now, and the others will be avaialble over the course of the next couple of weeks. I think you'll find it a fascinating conversation.
Incidentally, Adrienne will make her first Xena convention apppearance at the Cherry Hill Con in New Jersey August 26 and 27. If you can, why not head over there and show your support?
Q. Did you have an artistic family while you were growing up?
A. "Not artistic in the professional sense, but I've always lived relatively close to Branson, Missouri. Right now there's something close to seventy live theatres there. Through people we know and so forth I saw more live stage productions than I care to count. My mother was always taking us to touring Broadway shows and things like that. All of my siblings and I were involved in more extracurricular activities than we even had time for. So I can definitely see that an appreciation for the arts was cultivated while I was growing up."
Q. How large is your family?
A. I have a sister, Tracy, who's twenty. I also have a half-brother and sister. Amy is twelve, and Daniel also just turned twelve.
Q. So with all this exposure to the theatre growing up it must have seemed natural to get involved with that when you entered High School.
A. It did, really. It's one of those things where it was such a large part of my life that I just assumed it was part of everyone's. It was one of those things I didn't know was an advantage until I got a little bit older.
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