Zoë Bell

Zoë Bell
Zoë Bell at the 2013 premiere for Oblivion
Born	Zoë E. Bell (1978-11-17) 17 November 1978 (age 38) Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation	Actress, stuntwoman, stunt coordinator
Years active	1992–present

Zoë E. Bell (born 17 November 1978) is a New Zealand stuntwoman and actress. Some of her most notable stunt work includes doubling for Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess and for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill.

As an actress, she has appeared both on television and in feature films and also starred in the web series Angel of Death. She is probably most recognized for playing herself in the Quentin Tarantino film Death Proof. In 2015, she appeared as an actress in Tarantino's eighth feature film, The Hateful Eight.

Bell was born on Waiheke Island, New Zealand, to Tish, a nurse, and Andrew Bell, a doctor. She has a younger brother named Jake and a foster brother named Leonhard, who is living in his old hometown in Germany. She grew up on Waiheke Island in Auckland.

At a young age, she participated in competitive gymnastics and at the age of 15, she began studying taekwon-do. She also participated in dance, high diving, scuba and track and field activities. Bell attended Auckland Girls' Grammar School and Selwyn College.

Bell began her career in 1992 when her father treated a stuntman for a head injury and came home with a phone number for her to call. Her first stunt job was jumping out of a car in Shortland Street, a New Zealand soap opera.

She did stunts for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, both of which were filmed in New Zealand; by the fourth season of Xena, she was the stunt double for Lucy Lawless. She fractured vertebrae in her back doing wire work stunts on the show, but continued working for a week until another stunt, in which a breakaway chair was smashed on her back, incapacitated her.