Women In Stunts

Michelle Lee has appeared in numerous films and television series. She can be seen in Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Marvel's Venom, Mortal Kombat Legacy and video games such as Sony's Spiderman 4 and Capcom's Resident Evil 6, to name a few. Michelle's ability to show strength through both acting...

Remember the famous scene in Sholay where Hema Malini shouts “Chal Dhanno!” as she is chased by Gabbar Singh’s men? While the audience rooted for the actor, the real hero of that iconic action sequence was stuntwoman Reshma Pathan who rode the speeding cart. She has spent 3 decades as body double to Bollywood’s leading ladies.

Helen Gibson Silent Serial Queen is a book by Larry Telles about the life of a woman who spent her 51 year career in film, rodeo, circus and vaudeville. In 1930 she became Hollywood's first professional stunt woman for many major studios. She was fearless in her career and life on and off the screen.

Writer and director, Quentin Tarantino has written and directed very successful films, including Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and 2 (2003 and 2004), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Django Unchained (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015) and Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (2019).

Aja Frary was born in Seattle, Washington on July 1, 1978. She is Korean, African-American and Irish. She showed athletic promise even as a youngster in elementary school where she raced and won against even the boys on the playground. Her mother, Soun Frary, was a ballet dancer and...

Champion gymnast, Luci Romberg is an American stuntwoman and actress who was nominated for 3 Taurus World Stunt Awards in 2014. She has been stunt double for Melissa McCarthy in numerous films including Spy (2015), and for Annalise Basso in Captain Fantastic (2016) and Kelsey Chow in Run (2013).

Stuntwoman, stunt actress, and stunt coordinator Sonia Jo McDancer, formerly Sonia Izzolena, is married to fellow stuntman Buck McDancer. She is known for her work on Planet of the Apes (2001), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) where she was one of the stunt doubles for Marina Sirtis in Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek Nemesis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW0Cek0fnsw Sonia...

Stunt Performer, Stunt Double, and Actress Chandra De Alessandro was born as Chandra Sue Calvin. She is known for her work on Unbreakable (2000), Soldier (1998) and Get Carter (2000). She has been married to Mark De Alessandro since March 4, 2000. Chandra's most recent credits include 21 Grams, Outta Time, Spiderman, Daybreak, Unbreakable, Get Carter, Luck of...

Sophia Crawford landed her first small roles in film and commercials in Thailand and then moved to Hong Kong. She landed her first role and realized she needed extensive martial arts skills so she began training every day with stuntmen from the Jackie Chan Group and other top Hong Kong stunt professionals.

Katie Eischen grew up training in gymnastics. After seeing Tomb Raider, she wanted to be where the action was and moved to Los Angeles and began acting. After meeting a stuntman, she discovered that stunts was what she was interested in and she is known for DateNight, and The Bourne Legacy.