From gymnast to one of the youngest and most successful stuntwomen in Hollywood

After a decorated gymnastics career, Bynum is now a budding star in the Hollywood stunt world, currently working as the stunt double for Regina King in HBO’s 'Watchmen'. Photo: TNS

The fog clears, the music intensifies and Sadiqua Bynum gets to work. Wearing a black, hooded trench coat, she fires a single shot from a gun in her right hand before leaping onto the bed of a pickup truck, where an armed masked man awaits. When he tries to escape, she chases him into a bunkhouse, her gun drawn.

This is Bynum’s superhero moment, even though you can’t see her face as she cartwheels through the air and throws her nemesis to the ground. The gun is fake and the villain is an actor, but the action is real.