Women In Stunts

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.

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.