'PHENOMENALLY COOL' STUNTWOMAN REAPS REWARDS FROM RISKS.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer STUDIO CITY - The stunt looks impossible: Hook a helicopter with a crossbow from a moving Jeep. Shinny shin·ny 1 also shin·ney n. pl. shin·nies also shin·neys 1. Ice, street, or field hockey played informally with a ball, can, or similar object. 2. The stick used when playing this game. up the attached line. Wrestle the pilot. Then leap before the fiery crash. Yet to Studio City stuntwoman stunt·wom·an n. A woman who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk. Dana Lynn Hee, her award-winning stand-in as Cameron Diaz in ``Charlie Angels'' was all in a day's work (Naut.) the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. See also: Day . In its inaugural awards show, the World Stunt Academy of Burbank on Saturday presented her and the crew involved in the stunt with the Best Aerial Sequence Award. ``The sequence was phenomenally cool,'' said the tall and stately Hee. ``We got lifted out of a Jeep. We're swinging in the air. And obviously, if the line breaks, you're dead. But it's not as dangerous as other stuff I've done.'' Only 26 of the 900 academy members won awards. WSA WSA Web Services Architecture (Bow Street) WSA Wilderness Study Areas WSA Wilbur Smith Associates WSA Washington Software Alliance WSA World Shoe Association WSA Workers Solidarity Alliance Project Manager Andrew Medina praised Hee's work in ``Charlie's Angels.'' ``It's a cool little sequence. We're impressed with the technology of the stunt,'' he said. ``I've heard nothing but good things about her from the stunt people she's dealt with.'' Hee's other stuff includes 10 years of jumping through windows, rolling from explosions and falling from the sky. Besides stunting in such hits as ``X-Files,'' ``Baywatch,'' ``Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. Voyager'' and ``Independence Day,'' Hee
has doubled for Nicole Kidman, Geena Davis and Sandra Bullock.
She can currently be seen in movie theaters trapped in a bus dangling from a chopper in the movie ``Swordfish swordfish, large food and game fish, Xiphias gladius, of the warmer Atlantic and Pacific waters, related to the sailfish. It is named for its sharp, broad, elongated upper jaw, which it uses to flail and pierce its prey of smaller fish, rising beneath a school .'' She'll soon debut as a double for Jennifer Garner in the upcoming TV series ``Alias,'' about a college student inducted into the CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). . For her trouble - and about $300,000 a year - she's broken enough bones, suffered enough concussions and tended enough burns and stitches for a platoon of G.I. Joes. Not to mention winning an Olympic gold medal in tae kwon do tae kwon do Korean martial art resembling karate. It is characterized by the use of high standing and jump kicks as well as punches and is practiced for sport, self-defense, and spiritual development. In sparring, blows are stopped just short of contact. in 1988 - on South Korean turf, home of the martial art. Hee's life wasn't always so glamorous. A native of Baton Rouge, La., who grew up in the Silicon Valley, Hee muddled through a rough childhood of family, abandonment, sexual abuse and foster homes before finding her star in athletic achievement. It was track and field and an encouraging coach at Stanford University that gave her the springboard for her Olympic win - and upcoming motivational speaking tour. But it was in Hollywood that she pulled her biggest stunts - a scene from ``The Peacemaker'' that was supposed to depict Hee flying through a stained glass window stained glass window n → vidriera de colores stained glass window stain n → buntes Glasfenster nt stained glass window n in front of a wall of fire after a bomb exploded. ``The problem with bombs,'' said the 39-year-old stuntwomen, ``is that they go off. You're in God's hands. ``They arm the bomb, cameras rolling, action.'' The bomb engulfed her in a storm of flame and glass. She escaped with minor burns and a chuckle. ``I'm kind of nuts,'' said Hee, who in her spare time loves to ride horses. ``But then the bottom line is the stunt came off good.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: HEE |
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