Mickey Facchinello

Michaela "Mickey" Facchinello (born 1991) is an American stuntwoman, martial artist, actress, stunt choreographer, and entertainer.

Early life She has practiced karate since she was nine, though different sources says seven. Facchinello herself states: "I actually began when I was eight years old in Tae Kwon Do. My mother and my grandmother both wanted me to be in a sport that would keep me physically active and teach me good fundamentals and also let me have fun, so they chose Karate.”

She obtained a black belt in 2006 from Nicklaus’ Martial Arts America in La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 2008, at the age of 16, Facchinello made the decision to move to Naperville, Illinois, to transfer to Waubonsie Valley High School and train full-time under the instruction of John Sharkey Jr. Another source says it was two months before the start of her senior year, at the age of 17. Quebec Open (in Canada), Compete Nationals, Diamond Nationals, NASKA, A.K.A. Grands (American Karate Association), and I.S.K.A. She has won at least 3 national titles. at Sharkey's Karate. alongside an otherwise all-male cast in Tropicana Hotel Las Vegas’ from Dec 2010 to 2011 in the headlining martial arts live show Sideswipe LIVE!

Since 2010, Facchinello has been a member of the Chicago Stunt Team LBP and Thousand Pounds Action Company based in Los Angeles, California.

In 2010, she had a second degree black belt. wushu, numerous weapons (including bō staff, kama, sword), bullwhip, aerial silks, power tumbling and free tumbling,

In 2012, Facchinello was a cast member of a movie called Slug Street Scrappers: Rise of Ryuken, starring Micah Brock. The same year, action director Vlad Rimburg filmed small demo videos of her fighting.

In 2013, Facchinello was a cast member of martial arts web series Clandestine. She has been a stunt performer in the movies Unlucky Stars, The Purge, and 22 Jump Street, and was the stunt double for Mila Kunis in Jupiter Ascending. She is Emily Beecham's stunt double on the AMC martial arts drama series Into the Badlands, and was a stunt performer in Wonder Woman (2017).

Filmography +Films Year Title Role Note 2018 Model A stunt performer short film 2019 Alita: Battle Angel stunt double as Michaela Facchinello 2020 Throne stunt performer short film 2020 Bloodshot Utility stunts as a minor stunt performer 2020 Wonder Woman 1984 stunt performer minor stunts 2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard stunt double stunt double 2021 Black Widow stunt double Fight team stunts 2021 The Matrix Resurrections stunts as stunt performer +Television Year Title Role Notes 2018 Mayans M.C. stunt performer 1 episode 2019 Love, Death & Robots stunt performer 1 episode 2019 Into the Badlands stunt double for Emily Beecham 23 episodes