(written from a Production point of view)
Alyma Dorsey (born 27 September 1973; age 50) is a stuntwoman, stunt actress, and model who played stunt roles in the first and second seasons of Star Trek: Picard. She also served as stunt double for Michelle Hurd in the third season. She received no credit for her appearances.
Singing opera from age eight, Dorsey received a BA diploma in Vocal Performance at the Florida State University. She played volleyball in the Junior Olympic team, and later in the Florida State University team. After graduation, she moved to New York City where she worked as a model and personal trainer, with several celebrity clients. Moving to Los Angeles, she established her own fitness company, and also played beach volleyball professionally for a year.
She started her stunt career in 2012, after one of her clients, Quentin Tarantino invited her for the shooting of his Django Unchained. She appeared in stunt roles in films such as The Purge: Anarchy (2014), The Hateful Eight (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016, with Alfre Woodard and Guy Fernandez, Jr.), Ghostbusters (2016, with Chris Hemsworth, Ed Begley, Jr., and Eugene Cordero), Baywatch (2017), Peppermint (2018), Captain Marvel (2019, with Kenneth Mitchell), Joker (2019, with April Grace), Dolemite Is My Name (2019), Jumanji: The Next Level (2019, starring The Rock and featuring Bebe Neuwirth), Birds of Prey (2020, with Keisha Tucker), and The Matrix Resurrections (2021).
Her television credits include Teen Wolf (with Maya Eshet and Tamlyn Tomita), Community, Criminal Minds, Homeland (with F. Murray Abraham and Maury Sterling), Grey's Anatomy, Blindspot (where she doubled for Michelle Hurd), Gotham, The Orville (starring and created by Seth MacFarlane, with Penny Johnson, Scott Grimes and Tim Russ), The Blacklist, Orange Is the New Black (with Kate Mulgrew), American Horror Story (with Zachary Quinto, James Cromwell, Barbara J. Tarbuck, Gary-7, and Heather Wynters), Hawaii Five-0 (with Michelle Hurd), NCIS: New Orleans (with Scott Bakula, Necar Zadegan, and Michael Nouri), and Lovecraft Country.
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