Petra Sprecher:

Stuntwoman – Actress

Petra Sprecher made the incredible leap into La La Land with her extremely dangerous stunts. She slams into walls,  gets hit by cars, falls from balconies – or flies through space with Brad Pitt. Petra was in front of the camera with Stars such as Charlize Theron, Will Smith, Tom Cruise & Denzel Washington. Her latest role can soon be seen on NETFLIX’ “PARADISE”!

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Stunts

After touring through North-America with Cirque du Soleil, Petra decided to become a stuntwoman. She moved to Los Angeles in 1999 and has been working in the film industry ever since.

Stunt Work

Acting

Petra has always had a strong desire to portray all kinds of human beings! At seventeen years old, she started to hone that skill at Zürich’s Premier private school for physical Acting.

Character Work
Latest Media Appearances
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Watch Petra Sprecher on CBS as the international judge of “THE WORLD’s BEST”!
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"StuntwomEn"

GOLDEN EYE WINNER at  ZÜRICH FILM FESTIVAL 2022 + SWISS FILM ACADEMY WINNER 2023!

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Petra recently invited as a talkshow guest on “AESCHBACHER”!
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World PremiÈre & Film Festival 

GOLDEN EYE WINNER @ ZÜRICH FILM FESTIVAL OCTOBER 2022 + SWISS FILM PRIZE WINNER MARCH 2023
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“Cascadeuses” Press 📰

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“Cascadeuses”: What stunt women take remains in the shade

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‘Cinema Has a Fascination With Sexist Violence’: Why Stuntwomen Are Often Cast as Victims

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“In recent years, something has broken again and again”

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IDFA Luminous: Cascadeuses (Stuntwomen)

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Film review: Women who dare

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Institut national de l'audiovisuel

Elena Avdija: “Sadly women are fighters”

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“Cascadeuses”, the film that questions the representation of women on screen

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In «Cascadeuses» stunt women take beatings

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“Cascadeuses” Première at Zürich Film Festival

LE TEAM! OUI! World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
Director Elena Avdija and protagonist Petra Sprecher - World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
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Golden Eye for the film "Stuntwomen" - World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
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Opernhaus Award Night - "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
Leading FeMales Event #ZFF2022 - World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
😆 Bottom right with moderator Hanna Wise of the Leading FeMales event! Panel: Helen Hoehne, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association/Golden Globes, doc filmmaker Laura Kaehr, doc filmmaker Elena Avdija
Petra with "Cascadeuses" director Elena Avdija
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With Spencer from EnrichFit Gym in Los Angeles - World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
Bande à Part Films! Left to right: Director Elena Avdija, myself, editor Myriam Rachmuth, producers Agnieszka Ramu & Marie-Lou Pahud! Our poster is on the wall! World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
Famed GREEN CARPET of #ZFF2022 - World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
Director Elena Avdija accepting the Golden Eye award in the Focus competition at #ZFF OPERAHAUS - World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
My bro Benno Sprecher on the left and on the right our "Festival guest handler" Pamela Zappa - World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
Director Elena & I right before the TV interview for SRF! Sechseläutenplatz! World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
Sechseläutenplatz - World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
My entire family came to support me!!!!! Festival tent! World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
Leading FeMales event! Panel: Helen Hoehne, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association/Golden Globes, doc filmmaker Laura Kaehr, doc filmmaker Elena Avdija
Getty Images/Thomas Lohnes - World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
Same page as Eddie Redmayne! 😆 Bottom right with moderator Hanna Wise of the Leading FeMales event! Panel: Helen Hoehne, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association/Golden Globes, doc filmmaker Laura Kaehr, doc filmmaker Elena Avdija
Leading FeMales Event #ZFF2022 - World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
My Baby bro Benno Sprecher and wifey Simone Vincent! Festival tent! World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022
That's us 🆙 there!!!!! World Première "Cascadeuses/Stuntwomen" - 18th Zürich Film Festival October, 2022

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About Petra

Petra Sprecher grew up in the German part of Switzerland, speaking five languages. She’s spent the majority of her adolescence training and performing in a children’s Circus.

Former Cirque du Soleil trailblazer Petra Sprecher was born & raised in Switzerland and speaks Swiss-German, German, French, English and Italian. She has spent her childhood training and performing in the Circus arts. In consequence, she attended the professional two-year program of Comart, a private theatre school in Zürich, which is based on the technique of Jacques Lecoq, Europe’s best-loved and most influential theatre teacher. #Bewegungs-Schauspielerin

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