Women In Stunts

Meegan Godfrey was born on December 1, 1975 in the United States. She is known for her stunt work on The House (2017), Insidious: The Last Key (2018) Zombieland (2009) and Poseidon (2006). Meegan is not sure what lead her into the entertainment industry, but her first job was performing stunts in the 1999 direct-to-video film Power...

It was a natural progression for Caroline Day to take her love of competition and performing to the next level, and she became a professional stuntwoman performing in films and TV. She found her way to Hollywood and was invited to join the United Stuntwomen’s Association. She is also a board member of the Stuntwomen’s Foundation.

In 1967 a group of women joined together to let the film and television industry know that they needed "women to stunt double, women!" Today, the Stuntwomen's Association of Motion Pictures has 32 members and is growing. Together members have hundreds of major motion picture and television credits.

After a successful career in the circus, Noby Arden pursued a career in stunts. She has stunt doubled for many actresses including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rose McGowan, Alicia Silverstone and others. She has worked on Rush Hour 2, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2 and 3, Star Trek: Nemesis, and National Treasure: Book of Secrets.

Jessica Medina is a stuntwomen and an action actress who has trained in the martial arts, as a distance running, aerobics and military tactics. Her work includes the feature films The Fate of the Furious (2017) and Domestic Seduction (2017), and TV shows including Madam Secretary (2016), and Luke Cage (2018) MacGyver (2016-2018).

Actress Melissa McCarthy destroyed all misconceptions that women can’t be funny and take on leading roles in action films. She did both in The Heat (2013), Spy (2015) and Ghostbusters (2016) and Superintelligence (2019) and helped re-invent action comedy, buddy movies, and comedy sci-fi blockbusters.

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.