Amanda Foster

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Amanda Foster (born 18 March 1967) is a British stunt actress. Foster was accepted to the UK stunt register in 1997 (latterly known as The British Stunt Register), and was the first black British woman to become a stunt double. [1]

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Early life

Foster worked as a part-time physical education teacher while bringing up three children. [2] [3] She performed as an actress and an extra in several stage and film productions. While working as an extra on Patriot Games , she found out that there were no black female stunt actresses in the UK. [1] She trained for six years and was accepted on the stunt register in six disciplines. She qualified in 1997. [4] [5]

Career

Foster won the 2003 Taurus World Stunt Award for her work on Die Another Day . [3] [6]

Foster has performed in well-known films, including the Harry Potter series, The Da Vinci Code , and Johnny English . [7]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Die Another Day Halle Berry's body double [8]
2004 Ella Enchanted
2009 Ninja Assassin
2013 World War Z

References

  1. 1 2 Cawley, Laurence. "From Halle Berry to Brad Pitt: How Amanda Foster became a stuntwoman". BBC.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "From Halle Berry to Brad Pitt: How Amanda Foster became a stuntwoman". By Laurence Cawley BBC News 28 June 2014
  3. 1 2 "Breaking through barriers: Life of a Phuket stunt woman". Phuket News, Jean-Pierre Mestanza, 2 January 2014,
  4. ↑ "AN INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA FOSTER – THE UK'S FIRST STUNT WOMAN OF AFRICAN CARIBBEAN HERITAGE". ThisWomansWord. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Amanda Foster - you go! - is England's first and only black stuntwoman". Essence , April 2003, by Esther Armah
  6. ↑ "2003 Taurus World Stunt Awards Nominations" (PDF). TaurusWorldStuntAwards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Essex stunt woman finally under the spotlight". ITV News, Natalie Gray 3 October 2013
  8. ↑ "Vertical catwalk: Model abseils into Oxford circus". London Evening Standard 6 September 2010, pg. 3, by: Miranda Bryant.


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