Renée O'Connor

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 ' 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.

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15 February - 1971 - Katy, Texas - American - Gabrielle - 1995 - 2001

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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 ' 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 ' 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 '.

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High School for the Performing and Visual Arts - Houston, Texas - McDonalds - Arnold Schwarzenegger - NYPD Blue - Rob Tapert - Sam Raimi - Deianeira - Kevin Sorbo - Gabrielle - Xena

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Renee later married New Zealand native Steve Muir on 14 October 2000 and their son, Miles William Muir, was born on 22 September 2001.

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New Zealand - 14 October - 2000 - 22 September - 2001

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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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Bruce Campbell - Alien Apocalypse

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