How to Use stuntwoman in a Sentence
stuntwoman
noun-
Part of that is thanks to Kern, who is a stuntwoman on the field and adventurer off it.
— Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2023 -
His mother was a stuntwoman in westerns and had been the movie double for the silent screen star Clara Bow.
— New York Times, 26 July 2022 -
If Lena can’t make it as a painter, what hope is there for Ria, who dreams of becoming a stuntwoman?
— Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 Jan. 2023 -
Where did your desire to become a stuntwoman come from?
— NBC News, 16 Feb. 2018 -
The stuntwoman was one of at least six people injured just after 1 a.m.
— Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024 -
He was told the video was meant for a person named Sandu who was becoming a stuntwoman.
— Shannon Bond, NPR, 27 Feb. 2024 -
Meet Tamiko Brownlee, the toughest stuntwoman and martial artist to ever grow up on the North Central side.
— René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2023 -
His mother, Muriel Montrose, was a stuntwoman and double for the actor Clara Bow.
— Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 27 July 2022 -
The show revolves around Anna, a 30 year-old stuntwoman who falls in love with a famous actress during a film shoot.
— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Then, whatever the actor can't do or doesn't feel comfortable with, that's when the stuntwoman will take over.
— Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2020 -
The young Estelle, training to become a stuntwoman, still doesn’t have the answer and dreams of powerful women’s roles.
— Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety, 16 Apr. 2022 -
Local media reported that the stuntwoman appeared to lose control of the vehicle, which drove off the set and through the window of a building across the street.
— Reuters, Time, 14 Aug. 2017 -
Priya Kansara leads as Ria, a daydreamer and keen martial artist who aspires to become a stuntwoman.
— Thomas Page, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023 -
After Holmes and her husband left the series to form their own production company in 1915, her stuntwoman became the star of the show.
— Elizabeth Weitzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023 -
In the film, Ria, the youngest in a British Pakistani family, attends high school while training hard to fulfill her dream of becoming a stuntwoman.
— Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023 -
And the stuntwoman, Kelsey Andrews, who played the Clicker was terrifying.
— James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023 -
This also allowed Ridloff to flaunt her running prowess on-screen instead of using a stuntwoman or stand-in.
— Rivea Ruff, Essence, 5 Nov. 2021 -
Last summer, a stuntwoman died during production, and in April one of its cast members, T.J. Miller, was charged with falsely calling in a bomb threat.
— New York Times, 2 May 2018 -
On top of her job as a stuntwoman, Graff still competes on American Ninja Warrior.
— Amy Schlinger, SELF, 13 June 2018 -
Even her longtime stuntwomen are acknowledging some aches and pains.
— Scott Huver, CNN, 21 July 2019 -
This commitment to verisimilitude led to some darkly humorous moments on set, as when a stuntwoman who had been lying on the floor all day stood up and the blood from her pregnancy belly poured out on the floor.
— Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022 -
True, watching Kacy Catanzaro be the first woman to complete a qualifying course and stuntwoman Jessie Graff the first to advance to city finals was glorious.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2020 -
Another audacious stunt by Emirates, which for the second time has sent a stuntwoman in full flight attendant uniform to a tiny perch some 830 meters up the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
— Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022 -
In addition to her acting roles, Inosanto is also a stuntwoman, a martial artist, and a director.
— Danny Horn, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2023 -
The show, which Cinétévé is producing with Canal Plus, revolves around Anna, a 30 year-old stuntwoman who’s expecting her first child with her boyfriend before falling in love with a famous actress during a film shoot.
— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Nov. 2021 -
The sole person who took a different take on the feminist designation was Canadian martial artist and stuntwoman Samantha Jo, who plays Euboea in the film.
— Sonaiya Kelley, latimes.com, 26 May 2017 -
There were carnival rides and stuntwomen zipping along wires, all part of a festival that is also evincing some complexities.
— Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2017 -
Phythian, who became a successful martial artist, stuntwoman and actor, married Marke in 2015.
— al, 11 May 2022 -
The stuntwoman, actor, and filmmaker started learning martial arts at age 2 and would often join the predominantly male classes taught by her father.
— NBC News, 25 Sep. 2017 -
The stuntwoman hasn’t made a film since the accident and is collaborating with a writer on her biography and working on a documentary about her recovery.
— Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2020
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