Leigh Hennessy is a world trampoline champion who runs the acclaimed trampoline Website Trampoline Pundit. In addition to being the Trampoline Pundit, she also enjoys a career as an actress and stunt performer in the film and television industries.Leigh's father, Jeff Hennessy, a retired associate professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then named the University of Southwestern Louisiana) was an expert in the sport of trampolining and was her first trampoline coach. According to Guinness World Records, she holds the record for winning the most US national championships in trampoline for women. She competed for the United States in several world championships in individual trampoline, synchronized trampoline, and double mini-trampoline, winning two world titles.While Leigh was one of the best female trampolinists in United States history, she was also a successful trampoline coach. She founded a trampoline academy in Lafayette, Louisiana and served as a coach for the United States national team.After earning a master's degree in communication at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and working for Congressman Jimmy Hayes in Washington, D.C., Leigh's career shifted to stunt work in Hollywood. She has worked as Demi Moore's stunt double in GI Jane and many other films, television shows and commercials. In 2006, Leigh starred in the opening scenes of The Guardian, a film with Kevin Costner, in which she played the role of the drowning wife. She was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award in 2007 for her work in this movie. More recently, she transitioned into stunt coordinating and coaching stunt performers.
Shaved her head to double 'Demi Moore' in G.I. Jane (1997).
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Doubled 'Jennifer Tung' in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002), doing acrobatics with a heavy prosthetic of one large breast strapped to her chest.
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First job in the film business was modeling for 'Bruce Weber' in a Ralph Lauren ad.
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Inductee in the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame, 2007. Father was inducted in 2005. They are the first ever father-daughter inductees in the USAG Hall of Fame.
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Father was the US National Trampoline coach for over 2 decades.
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Member of the United Stuntwomen's Association.
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Husband once hosted coin shows for ShopNBC as "Dr. Mark.".
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Husband's mother was an actress for UK theater and BBC radio and television: Diana Robson.
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Maternal Grandfather was Native American.
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In the Guinness Book of World Records for holding the Most National Trampoline Championship titles for Women in the US and for the highest score in the World Trampoline Championships for the Women's Double Mini-tramp event (since broken).
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Inducted in the World Acrobatics Society Legends Hall of Fame, 2005.
Stunts
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Evil Within
utility stunts post-production
Midnight Special
2016
stunt performer
Hot Pursuit
2015
stunt performer
The Culling
2015
additional stunts
Left Behind
2014/I
stunt performer
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014
utility stunts
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013
stunts
Beautiful Creatures
2013
stunts
Paranormal Abduction
2012
stunt coordinator
Tornado Warning
2012
TV Movie stunts
21 Jump Street
2012
stunt driver - uncredited
Bending the Rules
2012
stunts
Swamp Shark
2011
TV Movie stunt coordinator
Mask Maker
2011
stunt coordinator
Scream of the Banshee
2011
TV Movie stunt coordinator
Monsterwolf
2010
TV Movie stunt coordinator
Mirrors 2
2010
Video stunts
Revenge of the Bridesmaids
2010
TV Movie stunt coordinator
Legally Blondes
2009
Video stunt double: Brittany Curran - uncredited
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
2008
stunt double
Alien Raiders
2008
stunts
True Blood
2008
TV Series stunts - 2 episodes
Life
2007
TV Series stunt double - 1 episode
The Guardian
2006/I
stunt performer
Poseidon
2006
utility stunts
Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun
2005
stunt coordinator
Surviving Christmas
2004
stunts
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003
stunt double
Six Feet Under
2003
TV Series stunts - 1 episode
The Scorpion King
2002
stunts - uncredited
Clockstoppers
2002
stunts
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
2002
stunt double: Jennifer Tung
Planet of the Apes
2001
stunt player
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
stunts - uncredited
Firetrap
2001
stunt double
Charlie's Angels
2000
high fall stunt double: Lucy Liu - uncredited / stunts