Acting and doing the stunts on the same shoot
Two lines on a call sheet, two contracts. What the double role buys in the edit and the schedule, and the three good reasons productions still split it.
Actress & stunt performer
MarineKrischer
Twenty years of classical dance on one side, falls and fight work on the other. Based in Brussels and Paris, she acts and she performs the stunts, often on the same set.
ShowreelPhotograph by Nicolas Didier
She spent twenty-five years learning to hold a position, then a few years learning to fall. Both serve the same craft.
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What she does
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Acting
Trained at UCLouvain and Brussels Cine Studio. Feature, series, short film and stage, in French, English and Dutch.
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Stunts
Two-year programme at Campus Univers Cascades. Wire work, ground falls, stair falls, high falls, parkour, diving, full body burn.
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Fight
Taekwondo and Muay Thai. Choreographed combat with blades, katana and empty hand.
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Showreel
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Selected credits
- 2026 Meurtres à Soissons
- 2026 Pax Massilia, saison 3
- 2026 Je te quitte, déso
- 2026 Clepsydra
- 2026 Marave
- 2025 Amina Traoré : l'héritage du Mandé
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Journal
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Do actors really do their own stunts?
The honest answer, shot by shot. What actors almost always perform, what they never perform, and how to spot a double while you are watching.
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How many stunt women work in France?
About ten a decade ago, about fifty today. The only attributed figure the profession has, what it hides, and two stunt-award errors worth correcting.
A role or a stunt?
Bookings go through her agent. Tell them the production, the dates and what the role asks for physically.
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