How to Use stuntwoman in a Sentence
stuntwoman
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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
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He was told the video was meant for a person named Sandu who was becoming a stuntwoman.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 27 Feb. 2024
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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
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Even her longtime stuntwomen are acknowledging some aches and pains.
—Scott Huver, CNN, 21 July 2019
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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
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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
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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
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Priya Kansara leads as Ria, a daydreamer and keen martial artist who aspires to become a stuntwoman.
—Thomas Page, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
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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
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The movie is an ode to all the guys—and, ostensibly, women, though there are no obvious stuntwomen in the film—who take hard knocks to make stuff look real on film.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 May 2024
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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
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His mother, Muriel Montrose, was a stuntwoman and double for the actor Clara Bow.
—Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 27 July 2022
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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
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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
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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
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In addition to her acting roles, Inosanto is also a stuntwoman, a martial artist, and a director.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2023
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And the stuntwoman, Kelsey Andrews, who played the Clicker was terrifying.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
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Meanwhile, Marabeth also worked as a model and stuntwoman and continues singing and writing songs while living in Nashville.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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Christopher’s grandmother, Muriel Montrose, was a stuntwoman.
—Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Worse yet, all four actors were on the same tether, so when they were simultaneously released, the stuntwoman was dropped 20 feet onto the concrete below.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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In one of the most famous scenes ever put to film, actress-stuntwoman Susan Backlinie played Chrissie, Jaws' first victim.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026
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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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Phythian, who became a successful martial artist, stuntwoman and actor, married Marke in 2015.
—al, 11 May 2022
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Winner Brie Larson brought on her Captain Marvel stuntwoman after winning best fight sequence to pass along inspiration.
—Mara Reinstein, Billboard, 18 June 2019
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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
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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
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