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Michelle Alvarado-Martins Michelle Alvarado-Martins Gender: Female Service: 818-769-1777 Height: 5 ft. 2 in. Mobile: 818-451-6941 Weight: 110 pounds E-mail: [email protected] Hair Length: Long Waist: 26 Inseam: no info Shoe Size: 7 Physique: Athletic Coat/Dress Size: 3/4 Ethnicity: Indian/South Asian, Latin/Hispanic, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Mixed, Pacific Islander / Polynesian Unique Traits: TATTOOS (Don't Have Them) Photos Film Credits Ouija Bianca A. Santos Dbl (Simulated Ben Bray T-Bone) Sabotage Bar Girl (5 1/2in heels pushed Billy Lucas backward into stall) Keepers Justina Machado Dbl ( 3/4 Fire Sean Christopher Burn, Tackle) Home Naya Rivera Dbl (Ratchet, Wire Chris Daniels Work, Ground Pound) Laboratory Conditions Marisa Tomei Dbl (Stunt/Fight Michelle Alvarado Martins Coordinator) I'll Be There Bat Hit/Ground Pound Buddy Sosthand Savages Salma Hayek Dbl (Reaction, Keith Woulard Ground Pound) Black Forest Bianca Saad Dbl (Utility Stunts) Matt Anderson A Haunted House Essence Atkins Dbl (Hand Mikal Karvedt Pull/Face Plant) Flipped Stella Maeve Dbl (Partial Fire Tim Soergel Burn) Generated on 09/27/2021 01:21:16 am Page 1 of 4 Van White Let Me Explain Party Girl #1 (Near Robair Simms Miss/Stampeed/Jump) Television Murder In The First Corina Calderon Dbl ( Kicked, Rag Mary Albee Dolled, Ground Pound) The After Gangster #3 (Guns, Window Blast) Danny and Lisa Weselis CSI Mrs. Garnez (Multiple lamp hits to Jon Epstein head) NCIS Jody Ray (CGI Car Hit, Header, Diamond Farnsworth Ground Pound) Grimm Fernanda Stier Dbl (Ground Matt Taylor Pound, Struggle) Vegas Aimee Garcia Dbl Kurt Bryant Delirium High School Party Goer (Party Norman Howell Raid) Schooled in Revenge Reena (Karate Forms/Fight/Face Lou Simon Plant) Touch Patricia Rae Dbl (Tackled away Norman Howell from Truck) Mentalist Emmanuelle Chriqui Dbl Kevin Derr Criminal Minds Veronica Carranza Dbl Spike Silver Desperate Housewives Madison De La Garza Dbl (35ft Wally Crowder Ledge/Wire) Jessie Jennifer Veal Dbl (Fight, Wall Hit, Ray Siegle Ground Pound) Clean Ops Gloria Govan Dbl (Fights, Ground Robair Simms Pounds, Reactions) These Things We Do Mexican Cartel/ Mexican Villager Austion Priester Boxing Pilot Lead Female Boxer/ Bulldog/ Anthony Martins Ground Pound East Los High Alicia Sixtos Dbl (Face Plant, Fight, Ryan Sturz Chase, Fence Fall) Mentalist Kamala Lopez Dbl (Knife Fight, Alex Daniels Ground Pound) Commercial Generated on 09/27/2021 01:21:16 am Page 2 of 4 Todd Bryant Southwest Passenger Rene Mousseux Monster Energy Drink ND Driver (Near Miss Pedestrian) Marcus Young Doritos Spec Commercial Fight/Flip/Ground Pound Kristen Kery Jockey Spec Commercial Lead Female Boxer Damien Moreno Stage Democracy Stunt Dancer Doug Varone Music Videos Jada Pinkett-Smith Video Stunt Double - Gabrielle Walsh La Faye Baker (Roof Jump to Van) Motion Capture Guild Affiliations SAG / AFTRA Stunt Teams No Affiliation at this time. Stunt Skills Stunt Skills: Ratchets, Squibs, Fight-Guy/Gal - General, Reactions, Wire Work, Fire Burns, Weapons ~ General, I Ground Pound, Dialogue, Martial Arts Basic, Tumbling ~ Basic, Fire: Partial Burn Athletic Skills: Boxing , Football, Soccer, Yoga, Cheerleader Accents: Southern Spoken Languages: Spanish, English Dance: Ballet, Ballroom, Club/Freestyle, Disco, Hip Hop, Line, Modern, Salsa, Swing, Tango, Waltz, Belly, Jazz Training 818 Boxing Club, Van Nuys, CA, Boxing, Anthony Martins, 2011, shadow box, speed bag, double end bag, heavy bag, hand mitts, sparring. International Fight Center, Van Nuys, CA, Boxing, Efrain Zepeda, 2011 Sport Club, Reseda, CA , Boxing, Anthony Martins, 2010 White Lotus, Reseda, CA, Martial Arts Basics, Gabriel Pena, 2011 Paragon, Fredericksburg, VA, Martial Arts Basics, 2009 Joy of Motion, Washington, DC, Salsa partnering tricks, Stracy Diaz, 2007 West Hollywood Studios, West Hollywood, CA, Acting, Brian Reise, 2010 Awards References **Available Upon Request**, **Available Upon Request**, **Available Upon Request** Generated on 09/27/2021 01:21:16 am Page 3 of 4 Stunt Skills Work History: Commercial, Film, Internet Projects, Music Video, Television, Theater, Voice Over Job Categories: Dialogue / Acting, Stunts, Stunt Double Prior Job Title(s): Fights, Stunt Double, Boxer Are you willing to work Globally?: yes Authorized to work in United States?: yes What state are you considered a Local Hire?: California What state are you considered a Local Hire?: California Do you have a valid passport?: yes Generated on 09/27/2021 01:21:16 am Page 4 of 4.
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