Jennifer Caputo (born 9 February 1971; age 53) is a stuntwoman and stunt actress who was the stunt double for Rosalind Chao in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fifth season episode "The Assignment", where she doubled her in a high fall scene. She received no credit for her work. More recently, she worked as stunt performer on Star Trek Into Darkness, also uncredited.
Caputo graduated from the Lake Mary High school in Lake Mary, Florida in 1989. She is the sister of stuntman and stunt actor Jay Caputo and specialized for high falls and motorcycle work. She has doubled for stars such as Melanie Griffith, Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gia Carides, Milla Jovovich, Halle Berry, Sheryl Crow, and Tea Leoni. In 2007 she was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for best stunt by a stuntwoman as stunt double for Milla Jovovich in Ultraviolet.
Among her stunt resume are films such as Batman Forever (1995, with René Auberjonois, Eileen Seeley, Gary Kasper, Noby Arden, Kevin Grevioux, Ed Begley, Jr., and stunts by Diamond Farnsworth, Dana Hee, Scott McElroy, Jeff Smolek, Doug Coleman, Anita Hart, and Kim Robert Koscki), From Dusk till Dawn (1996, with Fred Williamson, Marc Lawrence, and stunts by Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Anita Hart, Dana Hee, Tom Huff, Jeff Imada, and Spice Williams), Independence Day (1996, with Brent Spiner), Batman & Robin (1997, with John Glover, Steve Blalock, Mark Chadwick, Paul Sklar, and stunts by Shawn Crowder, Dana Dru Evenson, Jay Caputo, Faith Minton, Mic Rodgers, Dana Hee, Alex Daniels, Scott Workman, and Spice Williams-Crosby), Species II (1998, with James Cromwell), Vampires (1998, with Marjean Holden, Steve Blalock, Cary-Hiroyuki, Gregory Sierra, Jimmy Ortega, and Anita Hart), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998, with Bill Cobbs and Jeffrey Combs), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, with Clint Howard, Jack Kehler, Tony Jay, and Rebecca Romijn), Charlie's Angels (2000), Ghosts of Mars (2001, with Joanna Cassidy and Marjean Holden), Daredevil (2003), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003, with Kristanna Loken), Catwoman (2004), Ultraviolet (2006, with Thom Williams), and J.J. Abrams' Mission: Impossible III (2006, with Tracy Middendorf, written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci).
Her resume also includes television series such as Team Knight Rider, Passions, Days of Our Lives, The District, Black Scorpion, 24, General Hospital, and Fastlane.
She worked as stunt double in Trade (2007) and Next (2007, with Lisa Hoyle, Theo Kypri, and Scott Workman) and performed stunts in Disturbia (2007, under stunt coordinator Manny Perry), Georgia Rule (2007, with Katie Rowe and John Alden), and Planet Terror (2007, with stunts by Buddy Joe Hooker and Tim Trella). Caputo also worked as associate producer on The Karaoke King (2007).
External links[]
- JenniferCaputoArmstrong.com – official site
- Jennifer Caputo at the Internet Movie Database