Women In Stunts

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...

https://youtu.be/e6otNixHP80 Lexi Alexander was born in Germany to a Palestinian father and German mother. She is a former World Kickboxing Champion and a United States Marine Corps close-quarter-combat instructor. She worked her way up from stunt woman to Oscar-nominated director with her first short film Johnny Flynton, a drama about...

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...

Jeannie Epper is cited as one of the greatest stunt women who ever lived and Steven Spielberg called Jeannie "one of the greatest stunt coordinators" in the entertainment industry. She was always a regular on director Steven Spielberg’s productions. Jeannie comes from a family of stunt professional.

Stuntwoman Ming Qiu has an impressive lineup of films including Charlie’s Angels, Kill Bill, and Ultraviolet. Inside Kung Fu magazine saluted her as their 2006 Woman of the Year. In a recent interview, the veteran wushu champion quickly brushed aside any suggestions of celebrity. “I’m a very low key person,” she insisted.