Renee O'Connor stars as Gabrielle, a spirited young woman who idolizes Xena and follows Xena pursuing a more adventureous life, in the one-hour television series "Xena: Warrior Princess." She is the guiding force for Xena and at the same time is a faithful companion. She is beautiful, humerous and a good fighter in her own right.

O'Connor first starred in Hercules in the role of the young Deianeira in the two-hour "Action Pack" adventure "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom. "

She was signed for a starring role in "Darkman II: The Return of Durant," a feature released on home video in July 1995. This was a film about a hero who had a disfigured face and could adapt, by means of liquid skin, the face of any person for 99 minutes.

Prior to "Darkman II," she co-starred with Ellen Burstyn and Sheryl Lee in the ABC-TV movie "Follow the River," portraying a young woman captured by Shawnee Indians. In her next role, she starred opposite James Garner as a self-obsessed actress who hires Rockford as her bodyguard in "The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise".

Born in Katy, Texas, O'Connor began studying acting at the age of twelve at Houston's Alley Theatre, and later attended Houston's High School of the Performing and Visual Arts.

She made her professional acting debut in 1989 starring in the "Teen Angel" serial, which was featured on the Disney Channel's "Mickey Mouse Club" & also launched the career of one Jason Priestly, and went on to star in "Match Point," another serial for the popular children's show. That same year, O'Connor moved to Los Angeles and soon landed a featured role in the episode of "Tales from the Crypt" that marked Arnold Schwarzenegger's directing debut.

O'Connor went on to portray Cheryl Ladd's daughter in Danielle Steel's "Changes," and starred as one of a group of students whose lives are suddenly endangered in the NBC movie "The Flood. " Her most recent theatrical film role was that of Julia Wilkes in Disney's "The Adventures of Huck Finn," starring Elijah Wood. She also guest- starred as the daughter of a murdered couple in an episode of the acclaimed television series "NYPD Blue."