Word: stuntwoman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...body for film art--by, say, leaping off the top of a runaway truck to land splat! on the hood of Chan's speeding convertible--is all Michelle Yeoh does. She recalls that on one of her first L.A. photo shoots, "The beautician told me, 'You know, for a stuntwoman you have gorgeous nails.' Well, thank you, but I'm an actress who just happens to enjoy doing my own stunts. It'd be nice if people could see me for what...
...budget films. "America rolled out the red carpet for me," says Gardiner. "I'm very grateful." Nevertheless, this year, while her dress was attending a fund-raiser in Portland, Oregon, Gardiner watched the Oscar ceremony from her home in Bondi, Australia. Why did she go back? Seeing a stuntwoman she'd just been talking to decapitated on a set didn't help. Ultimately, though, her reasons were patriotic. "I want to see the film industry progress here," she says. "Even if it means I'll have trouble paying rent." Gardiner may work on another picture with Stephan Elliott, the director...
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