Sharlene Royer

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Sharlene Royer
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NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Actress, Stunt performer
Years active1995–present

Sharlene Royer is a Canadian actress and stunt performer.

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Early life

Royer was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. [1]

Career

Royer began her career as a child actor, at age 9 an agent came to her dance class looking for children interested in performing in a commercial. [2] Her stunt career began in 1999 when the stunt coordinator on The Adventures of Pluto Nash needed a stunt double for Rosario Dawson, [3] he recruited Royer offering to train her in stunt work. [2] She has been a stunt performer on films such as Warcraft: The Beginning , [2] X-Men: Days of Future Past , [2] Star Trek Beyond [2] and the television series Legends of Tomorrow . [1] Royer has also done motion capture work for video games, most notably on the Assassin’s Creed [2] series and the Far Cry series. [2]

In 2015 Royer, and her follow stunt performers, were nominated for the SAG Award Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture, for their work on X-Men: Days of Future Past . [4]

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