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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

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