Women In Stunts

Zoë Bell is a stuntwoman and actress. She was the double for Lucy Lawless on Xena: Warrior Princess (1998-2001) and for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill (2003-2004) As an actress, she appeared both on TV and in films. Tarantino was impressed with her work in Kill Bill and cast her in a leading role in Death Proof.

Katie Rowe is a former world-class swimmer from Long Beach, California. Whether she found herself at the beach, in the surf, on a pool deck or racing between the backstroke flags, Rowe cuts a eye-catching figure. The all-around waterwoman turned to Hollywood after her academic studies were over. Anxious to enter the...

On November 10, 1950 Lane Leavitt was born in Pleasanton, California, USA, where he graduated from the Amador Valley High School in 1969. Stuntman, stunt coordinator, actor and special effects technician, Lane Leavitt was formerly a professional competitive motorcycle trials rider for Bultaco motorcycles. His titles include 3-Time...

Stuntwoman and Actress Melissa Barker was born on September 6, 1972. She attended Quartz Hill High School in Quartz Hill, California. Before she began working in stunts, she was a pre-school teacher. Melissa's first union television experience was performing gymnastic flips and twists without wires on a windy backyard patio...

The Taurus World Stunt Awards are held mid-year every year in Los Angeles. The award ceremony honors stunt performers in movies. The Taurus Awards deciding committee was formed in 2000 and the first awards were given out in 2001. In the tradition of Hollywood’s finest awards presentations, the best stuntwomen and...

When you’re drooling over Megan Fox in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) reserve some drool for Stacey Carino, who, as Fox’s stunt double, did a lot of the legwork. In her six-year career Stacey has worked on movies as varied as Bruce Almighty, The Jane Austen Book Club, and Tim Burton’s upcoming Alice in Wonderland.

The Taurus World Stunt Awards are held mid-year every year in Los Angeles. The award ceremony honors stunt performers in movies. The Taurus Awards deciding committee was formed in 2000 and the first awards were given out in 2001. In the tradition of Hollywood’s finest awards presentations, the best stuntwomen and...

Angela Meryl has career highlights including flipping ambulances, plunging into New York’s Hudson River, smashing through glass tables, crashing down massive flights of stairs, and dangling from a helicopter in mid-air. She is a two-time Taurus Award nominee for performances in Kill Bill and Obsessed.

Stuntwoman Heather Arthur, has been a stunt double in the numerous films and television shows. She won a SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series for her work on Heroes (2000) and she and Angela Meryl shared a Taurus Award for Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Woman for Obsessed (2009).

The Taurus World Stunt Awards are held mid-year every year in Los Angeles. The award ceremony honors stunt performers in movies. The Taurus Awards deciding committee was formed in 2000 and the first awards were given out in 2001. In the tradition of Hollywood’s finest awards presentations, the best stuntwomen and...