Monica Staggs

Monica Staggs is a stuntwoman and stunt actress who worked as stunt double for Jeri Ryan on the seventh season episode for which she filmed her fall under Stunt Coordinator Dennis Madalone on Friday on Paramount Stage 16. Staggs also performed stunts in .
Born in Boulder, Colorado, Staggs attended The University of Arkansas, where she acted in plays, studied dance, and majored in Drama and Creative Writing. During her senior year she worked on her first film, becoming a stand-in, playing a small role, and ultimately becoming the lead actress's stunt double. After traveling to Los Angeles to work on her second film, she decided to make Los Angeles her permanent home.
In addition to her work on Star Trek, she did stunts for such television series as , , , , and Passions, and in such films as Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, (2000), (2001), Joy Ride, John Q, and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. She was the stunt coordinator for (2002) and co-coordinator for films such as Pumpkin. Staggs was 's stunt double in Red Dragon, 's stunt double for Paramount Pictures' (2003), and 's stunt double in Quentin Tarantino's (2003) and (2004). Staggs received two Taurus Awards at the 2005 World Stunt Awards for her work in Kill Bill Volume 2, one for Best Fight and another for Best Overall Stunt by a Woman. She shared both awards with Zoe Bell, who doubled for Uma Thurman.
Staggs has also acted in a few films, including The Settlement (1999, co-starring Bill Bolender), Slammed! (2001, also featuring Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.), and Sorority Boys (2002, with Bruce French). She also appeared in Tarantino's Death Proof, one of the two features shown as part of 2007's Grindhouse.
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