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Hudson Leick
Born	Heidi Hudson Leick May 9, 1969 (1969-05-09) (age 40) Cincinnati, Ohio
Years active	1992–present
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Heidi Hudson Leick (born May 9, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actress, best known for her role as Callisto in the popular TV series Xena: Warrior Princess.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early and personal life 1.2 Career 1.3 Yoga 2 Selected filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 2.3 Voice 2.4 Self 2.5 Archive footage 3 Notes and references 4 External links

Biography

Early and personal life

Heidi Hudson Leick was born on May 9, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she lived for a short period of time before moving to Rochester, New York. She later attended the Neighborhood Playhouse Acting School in New York City.

Career

Hudson Leick started her career as a model in Japan, but decided to concentrate on acting. She took courses in drama and diction to improve her voice. In 1992 she appeared in one episode of the series CBS Schoolbreak Special. The following year, Leick appeared in an episode of Law & Order. She also played small roles in University Hospital as Tracy Stone and Knight Rider 2010.

Hudson Leick's big break came in 1995 when she won a part on Melrose Place. Leick appeared in ten episodes of the series. After a couple of small roles in Hijacked:Flight 285 and Dangerous Cargo, the director Robert Tapert selected Leick for the role of Callisto on Xena: Warrior Princess. Leick also portrayed Callisto on three episodes of Xena companion TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and&; she also portrayed screenwriter Liz Friedmann in two Hercules episodes.

In 2000 Hudson Leick announced at a convention that she would not be in any more episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess or Hercules: The Legendary Journeys because she got more roles to play and needed to portray another character besides Callisto.

Hudson Leick also appeared in Blood Type, 7th Heaven, Denial, Touched by an Angel, After the Game and Safe Harbor. She performed in A.I. Assault, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Lords of Everquest, Tru Calling (in its pilot episode), Primal, Fastlane and Cold Heart.

Recently, Leick finished recording One, Two, Many and began to work on Hallowed Ground.

Yoga

Leick has a long term interest in yoga, she is qualified to teach yoga professionally in the USA, and holds certificates in Kundalini, Hatha and Vipassana meditation she teaches classes in Santa Monica.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2008	Unconditional	Alice	short movie
2007	One, Two, Many	Darla
2007	Hallowed Ground	Sara
2005	Cold Heart	Julia
1999	Chill Factor	Vaughn
1999	Blood Type	Tiffanie
1998	Denial	Deborah
1997	After the Game	Grace
1996	Dangerous Cargo	Carla

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	Nip/Tuck	Wendy	Episode: Dr Joshua Lee
2007	A.I. Assault	Tiffany Smith
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dr. Jeri 'Buffy' Cohen
2003	Tru Calling	Rebecca	Episode: Pilot
	Fastlane	Randi
1996–2000	Xena: Warrior Princess	Callisto	13 episodes
	Safe Harbor	Delores
	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Callisto, Liz Friedman	3 episodes
	7th Heaven	Ms. Hunter
	Touched by an Angel	Celeste
	Hijacked: Flight 285	Shayna Loring
	Melrose Place	Shelly Hanson
	University Hospital	Trace Stone
1994	Knight Rider 2010	Hannah Tyrie
	Law & Order	Kathy Rogers
	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Stephanie

Voice

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
	Lords of Everquest	Lady Leisen
	Primal	Jennifer 'Jen' Tate

Self

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2005	Xena: The 10th Anniversary Collection	Callisto, herself
2005	Xena Warrior Princess: The Final Season	Herself

Archive footage

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1997, 1998, 2000, 2001	Xena: Warrior Princess	Callisto

Notes and references

External links

• Hudson Leick at the Internet Movie Database
• Hudson Leick Online
• Hudson Leick (dot) Info
• Healing Heart Yoga Center
• Hudson Leick Biography

Persondata
NAME	Leick, Hudson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Leick, Heidi Hudson
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American television, film, and voice actress and yoga instructor known best for her role as Callisto in American popular TV series Xena: Warrior Princess.
DATE OF BIRTH	May 9, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH