Zoe Bell Actor Profile

Zoë Bell is one of a handful of performers who can successfully transition between stunt woman and leading lady and she’s also making a name for herself as both a producer and director.
Zoë’s producing credits include the upcoming feature film Haymaker, in which she is also appearing, as well as feature thriller Freshwater and short films Imbroglio, Miner and No Touching. Previously Zoë produced the critically acclaimed horror film Raze in which she also starred. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival ahead of its theatrical release. In 2017, Zoë made her directorial debut with New Zealand’s Curious Films for Arnotts Biscuits.
Loyal fan Quentin Tarantino wrote the starring role in Death Proof for Zoë in the cult hit double feature Grindhouse which he co-wrote, produced and directed along with Robert Rodriguez. Death Proof is hailed as having one of the “best car chase sequences of all time” lasting an unheard of 10 minutes with Zoë on the hood. Tarantino has continued his long standing appreciation of Zoë, who he has place in all of his films since Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2. Zoë appeared as Six-Horse Judy in The Hateful Eight, she had a cameo as Tracker Peg in Django Unchained and was lead female stunts in Inglorious Bastards.
In 2014, Zoë starred alongside Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman as Kara in Oblivion, a sci-fi drama set in an uninhabited earth of the future. In previous years Zoë starred opposite Wesley Snipes in the action thriller Game of Death, directed by Giorgio Serafini and she also appeared in Gamer, with Kyra Sedgwick and Gerard Butler. Drew Barrymore directed Zoë, who starred alongside Ellen Page, Juliette Lewis and Drew herself in her directorial debut Whip It. Zoë played Bloody Holly, a roller derby player. Zoë has previously been nominated for best actress in a web series for her role in Angel of Death, created for Crackle.com and Sony Pictures Entertainment’s online video network. Zoë plays the lead role, Eve, an assassin, employed by a crime family. Zoë has also guest starred on some of America’s highest rating TV series including Hawaii Five-0, Gossip Girl, CSI: Miami and Lost.
Prior to becoming a film actress, Zoë was an acclaimed stunt woman with a career that led her from doubling Lucy Lawless in the cult classic Xena - Warrior Princess to working with Quentin Tarantino as Uma Thurman’s stunt double in Kill Bill Vol 1 and Vol 2. Zoë won both Best Stunt by a Stunt Woman and Best Fight at the Taurus World Stunt Awards for her phenomenal work in these two films. Zoë’s recent stunt credits include Thor: Ragnarok and Iron Man 3.