The 11th annual Motion Icon Awards luncheon, celebrating pioneering stuntwomen and action-oriented feminine trailblazers, can be held Oct. 16 on the Sheraton Common Resort in Common Metropolis. The occasion advantages Diamond within the RAW, a non-profit group dedicated to empowering and remodeling the lives of foster care and at-risk teenage women.
Hosted by broadcast journalist Roqui Theus and comedian Jesus Sepulveda, the awards present is offered by La Faye Baker, veteran stunt performer, govt producer and Diamond within the RAW founder, at the side of govt producer Wendy Wheaton of Tinseltown Productions.
“The ceremony honors leisure professionals, ladies who dare to be completely different, and the unsung heroines behind the scenes – stuntwomen,” Baker stated. “The ceremony will put action-oriented ladies on the forefront, creating life-changing alternatives for ladies, particularly these of shade.”
“I’m so delighted to work with La Faye Baker, who’s the consummate skilled in giving again not solely to actresses in motion roles, but in addition to many packages she places on all year long for younger women who aspire to work behind the scenes,” Wheaton stated.
This yr’s honorees embody:
- Tracy Dashnaw, pioneering stuntwomen (Deadly Attraction, Romancing the Stone, The Hateful Eight), who will obtain the Helen Gibson Award, which is called after one of many silent movie trade’s earliest serial stars and stuntwomen.
- Actress Marisol Nichols (Riverdale, 24) who will obtain the Actorvist Award.
- Government producer Meg DeLoatch (Fuller Home, The Neighborhood, Household Reunion), who will obtain the Motion Icon Founders Award.
- Casting Director Sarah Finn, who would be the Crystal Award recipient.
- Actress Alexandra Gray(Empire, MacGyver), who will obtain the Breaking Boundaries Award.
- Gazmine ‘GG’ Mason, champion bowler and humanitarian, will obtain the Dare2BDifferent Award.
Tickets for the present and crimson carpet can be found at:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-action-icon-awards-tickets-403449858387
