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...

For more than 50 years Bob taught, trained, supported, and often housed stuntwomen and stuntmen at his home and training facility in the San Fernando Valley. Bob Yerkes is one of the premier stuntman in the world. He has received the World Acrobatics Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award – Gallery of Acrobatic Legends.

Stuntwoman and martial artist Ming Qiu got her break in Hollywood when she was stunt double for Nia Peeples in Walker: Texas Ranger. She then landed several roles in high profiles films like Charlie’s Angel, Kill Bill , Mission Impossible 3 , Die Hard 4, Gi Joe 2: Retaliation and the Television show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Hollywood stuntwoman, Marla Casey, has found herself driving speeding vehicles, jumping out of helicopters, and fighting bad guys in films and TV. She has risked life and limb daily, performing stunts in Charmed, VIP, and X Files, and movies like Dante's Peak, Charlie's Angeles and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Stuntwomen and action actress Donna Evans Merlo is known for her work on Iron Man (2008), Charlie's Angels (2000) and The Punisher (2004). She is the sister of Debbie Evans. Donna won a Taurus World Stunt Award in 2001 for Best Aerial Work in Charlie's Angels (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFen2CCEu-g

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...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T2QneC_NZA Eileen Weisinger is trained in a variety of martial arts, including Tae Kwon Do. As a stunt woman she is skilled in high falls. Eileen Weisinger is known for her work on Iron Man (2008), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Gotham (2014). She is one of the actresses to portray characters for both Marvel...

Jill Brown was born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She began working as a stuntwoman in 1989 and began working as a stunt coordinator in 2007. She has worked in the stunt industry for some 30 years. Jill worked a the stunt double for Jennifer Lopez for 9 years, and also...

Actress, stuntwoman and martial artist, Michiko Nishiwaki is also a fight choreographer, and was Japan's first female bodybuilding and powerlifting champion. She performed the high-risk stunts as a stunt double for Lucy Liu in Charlie's Angels and won a Taurus World Stunt Award for Best Speciality Stunt in 2001.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgTi2qa34BY There are a small number of gutsy Hollywood stars who insist on doing their own stunt work. But because most A-listers are happy to hand the really dangerous stuff over to the professionals, stunt doubles are always in demand in Tinseltown. Unfortunately, not every stunt has a happy ending....