Heidi Hudson Lake is a famous American film and television actress who was born in May 1969. The Russian audience remembered the talented blonde for her role as the fearless and brutal warrior Callisto in the series "Xena - the Queen of Warriors". But on her account there are many other roles in the movie, mainly heroic themes.
Childhood
The future actress was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, in one of the richest American cities in Cincinnati. Lake's parents divorced when she was 13 years old and her mother moved with her two daughters to Rochester. Here, the girl went to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York.
Since childhood, Hudson Lake gravitated to creativity and performances in front of the public, but she was complex because of her high growth. But a cute baby with model data was noticed by scouts of the Japanese agency. After completing secondary education, Hudson received an offer to go to Japan to master the profession of a model. The girl liked this opportunity - because more than anything she loved to travel and perform.
Returning to America and settling in New York after successfully conquering the Japanese catwalks, Lake continued to engage in modeling, but she had already outlined the next step in her career - to become an actress. After the “French” period of her activity in 1992, she received an offer to star in the series and abandoned the profession of model.
Creation
The first work on television, an episodic role in the television series "Special School Holidays" in 1992, did not bring the actress much success, but became a key point in her biography. Hudson acquired the necessary acquaintances and a good resume. In 1993, she appeared in an episode of the famous serial film "Law and Order", and already in 1994 she played one of the central characters in the fantastic film "Knight of the Roads".
The breakthrough occurred in 1995, when Hudson appeared in several episodes of Melrose Place, and a little later came to audition for the role of Callisto. She was required to show a kick and effectively throw a chakram - the main weapon of Xena. And Lake coped with this task brilliantly, literally frightening the entire commission with its undisguised, natural aggressiveness. And instantly got a role in the cult saga.
