Monique Ganderton

Monique Ganderton

stunts, actress, second unit director or assistant director

Monique Ganderton was born on Aug 06, 1980 in Canada. Monique Ganderton's big-screen debut came with Hendrix directed by Leon Ichaso in 2000. Monique Ganderton is known for The Menu directed by Mark Mylod, Ralph Fiennes stars as Chef Slowik and Anya Taylor-Joy as Margot. Monique Ganderton has got 3 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Monique Ganderton achieved is Screen Actors Guild Awards. The upcoming new movie Monique Ganderton plays is The Killer which will be released on Nov 10, 2023.

Monique Ganderton was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Monique has always been adventurous. She achieved high levels of track and field, equestrian show jumping and is also a certified snowboard instructor. Monique was involved in diving, gymnastics, softball, figure skating, equestrian and later various Martial Arts. Monique has always been an avid writer and artist and thought about going into journalism prior to performing.Monique was discovered at a local shopping mall in Edmonton by a modeling agent and agreed to give it a try. Monique relocated to Toronto and began taking acting classes and working as a background performer to learn about film-making. Monique booked her first acting role on TV show Mutant X, which also happened to require a stunt. She was seen as a natural athlete and the stunt coordinators encouraged her to also train to become a stunt performer.Monique continued to audition and she pursued stunt work adamantly. She landed her first Stunt gig on feature film, "The Recruit". Monique then packed up for the west coast to reunite with family, friends and her love of nature. She booked Stunt roles on Irobot, Xmen 3, Tron, and many other notable films and TV shows. Monique later moved to California to pursue an international career. She proceeded to win stunt awards performing as Charlize Theron's stunt double in Atomic Blonde. This feature also gave Monique her first Stunt coordinating credit. She then went on to Stunt Coordinate Avengers Infinity war and Endgame making her the first female stunt coordinator for Marvel Studios.Monique supports many charities Dirty Dog Squad, Mustang heritage foundation, Wild Horse Preservation campaign, Wild Horse Freedom Federation, Wild Horses In Need , Southern Conservation Trust and in Canada Alzheimer's society of Alberta, BC Cancer foundation and Wild Horses of Alberta Society. Monique most recently was a part of the Georgia wild mustang TIP training program where she gentled two wild mustangs in Georgia, USA.You can see Monique Acting in Avengers Infintiy War as Proxima, Zombieland: Double Tap, 'Xmen Apocalypse', Indie film 'The Hunted' and Tv Series 'Unreal'. Monique will also be performing stunts in upcoming 'The coldest City', where she stunt doubles Charlize Theron. Monique's previous acting body of work includes 'American Ultra', 'Smallville', 'The 100', 'Tomorrow people', 'Sleepy Hollow', pilot 'Inseparable' and 'Twilight : Eclipse', 'Hansel and Gretel', among others.In the future Monique hopes to use her writing and performing experience to create and direct projects.Monique has stunt doubled Charlize Theron, Sigourney Weaver, Tricia Helfer, Bridget Moynahan, Leelee Sobieski, Darryl Hannah, Famke Jensen, Rebecca Romijn, Karen Cliché, Stacy Keibler, Amanda Tapping, Mandy Moore, Monica Schnarre, Amelia Cooke and Jane Lynch.

  • Birthday

    Aug 06, 1980
  • Place of Birth

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

3 wins & 4 nominations

Screen Actors Guild Awards
2020
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Winner - Actor
World Stunt Awards
2018
Best Fight
Winner - Taurus World Stunt Award
2018
Best High Work
Winner - Taurus World Stunt Award

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