Earlier this week we featured stunt performer Lee Chesley and now it’s time for half two of our sequence. Janeshia Adams-Ginyard is a stunt performer who’s additionally making her mark as an actor: she performed Nomble, a member of the Dora Milaje who appeared in Marvel’s Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Avengers: Infinity War, and Black Panther. And that’s simply the tip of her profession iceberg.

As a stunt performer, Adams-Ginyard has additionally doubled Teyonah Parris in WandaVision, Aunjanue Ellis in Lovecraft Country—a memorably fierce flip which earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Stunt Performance—and Danai Gurira in Avengers: Endgame, to call only a few credit on her in depth resumé. Aika Tanaka not too long ago spoke with Adams-Ginyard for io9 to be taught extra—take a look at the inspiring video above (which additionally features a glimpse of her skilled wrestling profession!), wherein the performer talks in regards to the relationships she’s constructed with the ladies she’s doubled on digicam.

“When my Emmy nomination came, Aunjanue Ellis—who was also nominated for an Emmy for Lovecraft Country—was so supportive, she congratulated me, she wished me good luck. And it’s just really awesome because on set she was super-supportive, too. She trusted my skills. I was happy to be her stunt double, and to just be that extension of that character that she had created.” Adams-Ginyard additionally talks in regards to the significance of staying in form “physically… mentally… and spiritually” to have the ability to excel at her job. “Being an athlete, it was a perfect blend, so to speak, to do the stunts, because I consider it as action acting. I am definitely a multi-hyphenate: I act and I do stunts.”

She additionally reveals her favourite scene up to now (it was from Disney+ and Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), and probably the most gratifying issues about being concerned with superhero motion pictures. “I’ve run across several women and little girls who have been dressed as my [Black Panther] character at different comic cons. It just makes me feel really good inside because I feel like I’m making a good impact.”

You can see extra from Adams-Ginyard, aka HollywoodLadyj, on Instagram and Twitter.

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