Kiralee Hayashi
American stunt woman, actress, researcher
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Kiralee M. Hayashi is an American stunt woman, actress,[1] and gymnast.
- Actress
- stuntwoman
- gymnast
Kiralee Hayashi | |
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| Born | Hawaii, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | kiraleehayashi |
She is known for her work on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and The Book of Eli.[2]
Background
Hayashi is of Japanese, Portuguese, English & Irish descent.[1] Her success as a gymnast gained her a full scholarship to UCLA,[1] where she studied neuroscience.[3]
Academia
While at UCLA she did research in the Paul Thompson's group at Laboratory of Neuro Image (LONI). She co-authored several papers on neuroscience topics.[4]
She has a low Erdős number of just three through the publication Brain surface parameterization using Riemann surface structure which was coauthored by Shing-Tung Yau.[5] Yau published On sampling Markov chains together with Ronald Graham, and Graham authored On Sum of Fibonacci Numbers together with Paul Erdős.[6]
Gymnastics
While at UCLA she was also a notable gymnast.[3] One of the most highly recruited freshmen her graduating year. She garnered 9 All-American titles (both first and second team) and was a National Balance Beam champion in 1999. She was Pac-10 gymnast of the year in 1999 and Pac-10 Conference Medalist[a] for 1998-99, her senior year.[7][8] And was a two-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection. Hayashi was a finalist for the AAI American Award, given annually to the nation's most outstanding all-around senior gymnast.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Wasabi Tuna | "Sexy Asian Girl #2"[9] | |
| 2007 | Balls of Fury | "Hot Asian Servant Girl"[10] | Uncredited |
| 2007 | Haunted Forest | Satinka[11] | |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Stuntwoman | |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Stuntwoman[12] | Uncredited |
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Stuntwoman | |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Stuntwoman | |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Stuntwoman[13] | |
| 2016 | Independence Day: Resurgence | Stuntwoman | |
| 2016 | Dirty 30 | Stuntwoman[14] | |
| 2017 | Sleepless | Stuntwoman[15] | |
| 2017 | Clinical | Stuntwoman[16] | |
| 2018 | The Cloverfield Paradox | Stuntwoman[17] | |
| 2024 | Twisters | Stuntwoman[18] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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| NCIS | ||||
| Grey's Anatomy | Tracey Mitchell | |||
| Supah Ninjas |
Notes
- A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.