When you think of the skills of movie stunt performers, you usually think of breathtaking leaps and spectacular fight scenes.
But Ashlee Fidow is also required to free-dive, to abseil, to fall off galloping horses and down stairs and a host of other daunting tasks.
Ashlee is one of our leading stunt performers - both invisible stunt double, and also increasingly featured actor. Her striking looks are equally suited to Pacific Islander, Caucasian, Middle Eastern and Hispanic.
Ashlee is in the new Kiwi feature film, set in the world of wrestling, The Legend of Baron To'a.
And she's soon to appear in Niki Caro's Disney spectacular Mulan, filmed last year in New Zealand. That was a task, she tells Lynn Freeman, that really put her 10 years of experience and training to the test!
Right now though, Ashlee's working in live theatre on the Pop Up Globe stage in Auckland. She's teaching fight choreography to the cast of Emilia.
