Renee O'Connor biography, net worth, husband, married, divorce

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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_O'Connor">Renée O'Connor</a> was born on February 15, 1971 in Houston Texas. She is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_O'Connor">daughter</a> of Walter and Sandra O’Connor. She has one older brother, Chris. Her parents got a divorce and she was raised in Katy, one of Houston suburbs. As far as it comes to her education, she went to Taylor High School and Houston High School of Visual and Performing Arts. While she was in high school, one of the teachers spotted her talent and asked her autograph before she got famous.

Acting Career

Her career started with some commercials she did. One of them was for the renowned fast-food chain McDonald’s. In 1989 she made her debut on TV screen with her part from a movie called Night Game (1989) and The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989). She also had some guest appearances on the TV show NYPD Blue (1993). In 1994 she played the character of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deianira">Deineira</a> from the movie Hercules: The Legendary Journeys-Hercules and the Lost Kingdom.

Among other movies she also starred in The Adventures of Huck Finn together with <a href="/biography/elijah-wood">Elijah Wood</a>, Follow the River, Changes Rockford Files.

In 1995 executive producers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Raimi">Sam Raimi</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tapert">Rob Tapert</a> gave her a role in the movie Darkman II: The Return of Durant. Also in 1995, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_O'Connor">Renée</a> was included in the TV series that made her famous – Xena: Warrior Princess. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_O'Connor">Renée</a> played the part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_(Xena:_Warrior_Princess)">Gabrielle</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xena">Xena</a>’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_(Xena:_Warrior_Princess)">partner</a> in battle.

Her net worth is evaluated at $ 5million.

Personal Life

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_O'Connor">Renée</a> moved from Texas to Auckland, New Zeeland where the shots for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xena">Xena</a> were taken. She fell in love and married to a New Zealander in October 2000. Her husband, Steve Muir was a restaurant owner. When they first started dating, she told Steve that she is working on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xena">Xena</a>’s set, not that she is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_O'Connor">co-star</a>. Only when he introduced her to his friends, one of them recognized her as being <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_(Xena:_Warrior_Princess)">Gabrielle.</a>Together they had a son- Miles William Muir. Unfortunately, she divorced her husband. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_O'Connor">Renée</a> found herself in love again, this time with actor Jed Sura. In 2006, they had a baby girl. They named her Iris.

ROC Production Pictures

After her huge success with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xena">Xena</a> she launched her own film production company – ROC Pictures. The company’s name comes from her own name’s initials: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_O'Connor">Renee O’Connor</a>. Her first movie production was the romantic-comedy Diamonds and Guns. The movie was launched on DVD in January 2008. She extended her career with writing and directing. In 2010 she received an award for her own short film Words Unspoken.

She took some roles in some independent movies like Beyond The Farthest Star. In 2011 she played in Deadrise, a supernatural movie directed by Rich Brauer, the Michigan Filmmaker of the year.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_O'Connor">Renée O'Connor’s</a> free time

Among her hobbies we can name practicing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwondo">Tae Kwon Do</a>. She did her own stunts during her shows and this made her highly appreciated. She is also a painter. Most of the time she is selling her paintings, and whatever money she gets, she uses them for charity. She also practices kickboxing, and loves rock climbing. This is why she climbed on Mount Kilimanjaro.

As a fun fact, in 2006, LesbiaNATION.com voted her as one of the sexiest and loved women in 2006. Her friend and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Lawless">co-worker</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Lawless">Lucy Lawless</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xena">Xena</a>) was number two in the same chart.

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