Jessie Graff

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Jessie Graff (born January 12, 1984 in New York City ) is an American stuntwoman and winner of American Ninja Warrior . There she was the first woman ever to make course 1 of the finals.

Life

Graff studied aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech and then moved to theater at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln , where she graduated in 2007.

Sports

She has a black belt in Taekwondo and a black sash in Kung Fu . She is trained in five other martial arts. She is still a runner, high jumper and gymnast. She is 1.73 m tall.

In 2008 she ran her first obstacle course on the US show WipeOut . She has been participating in American Ninja Warrior since 2013 .

Movie

So far she doubled in over 70 films and series a. a. GI Joe , Transformers , Die Hard , The Dark Knight , Agents of SHIELD , Leverage , Wonder Woman or the actress Melissa Benoist in Supergirl .

Web links

Commons : Jessie Graff  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/jessica-graff-192957
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxgcrtEZ0w
  3. An interview by Frank Joung: Stuntwoman Jessie Graff: "We are allowed to play superheroes". In: Spiegel Online . October 10, 2016, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  4. http://journalstar.com/entertainment/movies/former-unl-pole-vaulter-lands-in-hollywood-as-a-stuntwoman/article_0eba2dea-ab6b-534a-8a49-f9a246a48050.html
  5. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3795722/American-Ninja-Warrior-star-Jessie-Graff-kicks-way-2016-Emmy-Awards-red-carpet.html