Women In Stunts

Stuntwoman, actress and producer Teresa Tree O'Toole was a top Olympic-style boxer for more than six years. Tree began doing stunts in North Carolina on television shows and movies. She moved to Los Angeles to continue her career and is a member of the United Stuntwomen's Association and the Board of the Stuntwomen's Foundation.

After losing two consecutive matches while wrestling on his high school wrestling team, Rick Avery learned from his wrestling coach what would become Rick’s life motto—regardless of the risk factor and intensity of whatever obstacles he faced, he would show “no quit.” Throughout his challenging careers as a police...

Andy Armstrong is part of the Armstrong family, a living dynasty of stunt performers who have been responsible for as many action moments on film as any family on earth. Andy has written, directed and produced movies and TV and lectures on the art of action movie making in colleges and film schools.

Action Movie Maker's Handbook is Movie Action Director and Stunt Coordinator Andy Armstrong's instruction manual for anyone making action movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zj7MdCEi48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LApk23xdgI Norwegian actress Ingrid Bolsø Berdal was born March 2, 1980 in Utøy, Inderøy. She began her career in the short film Limbo (2005) and got her first leading role in Norwegian slasher film Cold Prey (2006), which won her the Norwegian Amanda Award for Best Actress. She was...

Yancy Butler is an an American actress. producer and voice over artist. She the damsel in distress to Jean-Claude Van Damme in Hard Target (1993), the Hollywood debut of legendary Hong Kong action filmmaker John Woo. She also had the lead role in the TNT made-for-TV movie version of the popular comic book, Witchblade (2000).

Jessie Graff is a stuntwoman who was a champion pole vaulter, a competitive gymnast and a martial artist. She is a top competitors on American Ninja Warriors and attributes her success to a career in stunts. Her credits include Wonder Woman, Ant-Man and the Wasp, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Live Free or Die Hard, and The Dark Knight.

Director, writer and producer, Kimberly Peirce is one of the 105 people invited to join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2008. She is a director and writer, known for BOYS DON'T CRY (1999) starring Hilary Swank. his film earned numerous honors including the Best Actress Oscar and Golden Globe for Hilary Swank.

Whitney Coleman is the daughter of stunt coordinator and second unit director Doug Coleman and of stunt performer Eliza Coleman. Whitney is known for her work on Jurassic World (2015), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Whitney Coleman is a stunt performer on HBO's Westworld (2016) where she served as an stunt...

Helen Gibson’s strong, handsome face and dark hair gave her the look of someone who would try anything. In 1915, while in her early twenties, she was doubling for the star The Hazards of Helen. She was supposed to leap from the roof of the station to the top of a moving train. Years later, she called it her most dangerous stunt.