Women In Stunts

Many women dream of being swept off their feet, but not like Tammie Baird does it, using the front fender of a moving car. Tammie's journey into entertainment began as an actress, but she quickly became a top level stuntwoman known for her car stunts, wire work, acrobatics and martial arts fights.

Tom Cruise has a distinguished career in films and everyone knows about his greatness as an actor and producer, but few realize that he is one man in Hollywood who features women in physically strong, empowered action roles in his movies, offering an opportunity for wide audiences to see powerful women on screen.

Jennifer Caputo amazed audiences with her daredevil racing stunts in the TV show Fastlane (2002-2003) and with her work in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Next (2007), and Thor (2011). In The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) she was stunt double for Emma Stone and in Heist (2015) for Gina Carano.

The Artemis Women in Action Film Festival 2017 honors Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Cynthia Rothrock, Gina Carano and Luci Romberg at their next festival in April 2017. “Our Artemis Women in Action Film Festival seeks to redefine the image of women, not just on screen, but in culture as well,” said Melanie Wise.

Nayah Murphy began working in the entertainment industry with her first stunt job, as a stunt double for the female clone of Wolverine known as Laura Kinney or X23 in Logan (2017).She performed fight scenes, did falls and many other stunts and played one of the Mutant Child characters in the film.

Stuntwoman Cassandra McCormick was born on September 28, 1966 in Huntington Beach California as Cassandra Lynn Crider. She is known for her work on Into the Storm (2014), Smokin' Aces (2006) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Takers (2010). She is married to animal trainer John R. McCormick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3zsuQdkRqg Cassandra is a member of...

Paula Dell, whose acrobatic feats made her a Muscle Beach star in Santa Monica, Calif., and a pioneering and fearless Hollywood stuntwoman — for one film, she was shot out of a cannon — died on Jan. 9, 2017 at her home in Santa Monica. She was 90. The cause...

There’s a certain method to being set on fire from head to toe. Or falling down a flight of stairs. In a tube top. And high heels. Joni Avery could tell you all about it. As a Hollywood stuntwoman for about 30 years, she leapt, flipped, tightrope-walked and elbowed her...

Sadiqua Bynum was born on November 18 and, at 24 years old, she is currently the youngest and most successful African-American stuntwoman working in the film industry. Sadiqua began gymnastics at the age of 2 and started competing at age 8 in vault and floor exercises. In 2011, she...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHq1rrCp-iM Caitlin Dechelle was born in Miami Florida and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. At the age of 6 she began training in the martial arts. By the time she was 9 she was competing. Competition was her high and she continuously perfected her skills. Those skills allowed her...