Sharon Shaffer

Sharon M. Shaffer is a stuntwoman and stunt actress who performed stunts as a stunt actress in and worked as stunt double in.

In 2006 she was part of the five leading African-American Hollywood stuntwomen who did the stunt documentary Hollywood at its Best (with fellow Star Trek stuntwomen LaFaye Baker and Kim Washington).

Among her stunt resume are films such as The Blues Brothers (1980), City Heat (1984, with Nicholas Worth), The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985, with Michael Berryman, John Bloom, Penny Johnson, Nicholas Worth, and stunts by Jeff Smolek, Tony Cecere, Christopher Doyle, Rex Pierson, and Kane Hodder), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986, with Whoopi Goldberg and Stephen Collins), Burglar (1987, with Whoopi Goldberg), Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988, with David Graf, Matt McCoy, and Rene Auberjonois), Alien Nation (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995, with Joanna Cassidy, Marcelo Tubert, Wendy Robie, and stunts by LaFaye Baker, Irving E. Lewis, Dennis Madalone, Rusty McClennon, and Kim Washington), Showgirls (1995), Hollow Man (2000), and Blood Work (2002, with Tina Lifford, Glenn Morshower, Amanda Carlin, and stunts by Todd Bryant, Ian Eyre, and Gary J. Wayton).

Shaffer has also appeared in television series such as B.L. Stryker (1990), The Practice (1998, with Michael Cavanaugh, Carolyn McCormick, and stunts by Noon Orsatti, Spike Silver, and Alan Oliney), and Next Action Star (2004).