Luci Romberg is an American stuntwoman.[1] She is also the co-owner of Tempest Freerunning, a parkour lifestyle brand that also operates multiple training facilities and is based in Los Angeles.[2]
Personal life edit
Romberg currently lives in Hollywood, California and is a champion gymnast and an all-conference soccer player as well as a practitioner of freerunning.[citation needed]
Romberg graduated from Texas Women's University in 2005 where she received a gymnastics scholarship and studied kinesiology.[3][4] She has openly spoken about her struggles with bulimia while training as a collegiate gymnast.[3]
Movie and television career edit
Ms. Romberg works as a professional stuntwoman and is a member of the Stunt Women's Association of Motion Pictures. [5] She often works as a stunt double for Melissa McCarthy.[2] She has acted in several movies, including: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Changeling, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Identity Thief, Spy and The Boss.
She has also appeared in many television shows, like: True Blood, Monk, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. In 2010, Romberg was a guest on Last Call with Carson Daly.
Romberg created the short film Tru Beauty: A Luci Romberg Story which detailed her struggle with bulimia and the empowerment she found through freerunning.[6] The film was released in 2016.[6]
Parkour and freerunning career edit
In 2008, Romberg was invited to join the Los Angeles based Team Tempest Freeruning group.[3] She was the only female member on the team until 2017.[4]
Appearances on Sasuke edit
Romberg has appeared on the Japanese TV show and athletic competition Sasuke twice. The first time, she was chosen alongside Levi Meewenburg and Brian Orosco in G4's third American Ninja Challenge to represent the U.S. in Japan for Sasuke 21. There, she became the first woman to clear the Jumping Spider, but failed soon after on the Half-Pipe attack. The next tournament, she was invited back, but was eliminated on the Jumping Spider. Aside from her appearance in the first American Ninja Warrior, where she failed the Pipe Slider, she has not competed in Sasuke since.
Red Bull Art of Motion edit
Romberg was the only woman to compete in the Red Bull Art of Motion freerunning competition in 2009.[2] Romberg has since become an eleven-time female world champion of the competition.[5]
Awards and nominations edit
Romberg had three nominations, with one category win, at the Taurus World Stunt Awards 2014.[7] She was nominated for the Best Overall Stunt for a Stunt Woman for her fall down basement stairs in The Conjuring, and for being hit by a car in Identity Thief, for which she won the category. She was also nominated The Hardest Hit, for her stunt in Identity Thief.
References edit
- ^ "The incredible Luci "Steel" Romberg - News". Archived from the original on 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
- ^ a b c Ketteler, Judi (2019-05-14). "Girls Enter the Boys' World of Flipping". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ a b c "Luci Romberg: Leading Female Freerunner and Woman of Steel". The Aston Martin Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ a b "Luci Romberg (BS '04) - Institute for Women's Leadership - Texas Woman's University". twu.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ a b "About". Luci Romberg. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ a b "Tru Beauty". NYParkour.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ [1] Taurus Stunt Awards 2014 Nominees