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

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British woman to become a stunt double.

Early life

Foster worked as a part-time physical education teacher while bringing up three children."Breaking through barriers: Life of a Phuket stunt woman"
''Phuket News'', Jean-Pierre Mestanza, 2 January 2014, She performed as an actress and an extra in several stage and film productions. While working as an extra on ''

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'', she found out that there were no black female stunt actresses in the UK. She trained for six years and was accepted on the stunt register in six disciplines. She qualified in 1997.

Career

Foster won the 2003 Taurus World Stunt Award for her work on ''

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''. Foster has performed in well-known films, including the Harry Potter series, ''

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''."Essex stunt woman finally under the spotlight"
''ITV News'', Natalie Gray 3 October 2013

Filmography

References

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