- Born
- Birth nameSophia Matilda Crawford
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Sophia Crawford was born in Hammersmith, London, and is one of Triplets. She left England in 1986 and took an incredible journey on a bus overland from London to India. After spending some time in India and Nepal, Sophia headed to Thailand, where she began her movie career. At first she was an editorial model and an extra in American productions such as: Kickboxer (1989) and Around the World in 80 Days (2004). After working with several crews from Hong Kong, Sophia decided it was time to make a move and try her luck in Hong Kong cinema. She went around to the various studios looking for work. Her first role was New Kid in town (1990) (New Kids in Town). The director had asked her if she could fight. Thinking this would be easy, she said yes and was consequently killed off because she was so terrible. Humiliated, yet determined, Sophia had found her niche. For the next five years, she studied Martial Arts and stunts with some of the top names in the business. She co-starred in more than thirty movies and became the first Western woman to join an Asian Stunt team. Sophia moved to the United States in 1993 and has appeared in hundreds of movies and television shows. Including; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) and WMAC Masters (1995). She was Sarah Michelle Gellar's stunt double on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) for four years and has helped numerous actors with her Martial arts prowess. She is currently President of the United Stuntwomen's Association.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jeff Pruitt
- SpouseJeff Pruitt(1998 - ?)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Trained in Taekwondo by Simon Rhee, in MMA by John McCarthy, in Hong Kong stunt fighting and reactions by Yukari Oshima, in Eskrima by Tsuyoshi Abe and in Jiu-Jitsu by Felicia Oh and Judith Kilthau.
- She serve as Sarah Michelle Gellar stunt double twice on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and Scream 2 (1997).
- Sophia Crawford was the first western model to appear on a national television commercial for The Hyndai Department Store in Seoul, Korea.
- [how she got involved in Asian cinema] My career began after a backpacking trip from Europe to Asia. I ended up in Thailand and fell in love with the people and their culture. I got my start modeling before moving into film and television by doing some commercials. There wasn't that much going on film-wise in Thailand at the time so I decided to move to Hong Kong where I felt I had a better chance of getting more work. It was a hard path. I was determined to break into action films but I didn't have a martial arts background or any kind of athletic training. I simply walked into all of the big studios with my picture looking for work. Once I worked as an actress in Hong Kong I understood how important martial arts was to the film business there. I fell in love with martial arts fighting and so I began to spend all of my time training and learning everything I could about stunts and fighting.
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