Diana Lee Inosanto (born 29 May 1966; age 58) is a stuntwoman, stunt actress, and fight coordinator who doubled Linda Park in the Star Trek: Enterprise third and fourth season episodes "Countdown", "Affliction", and "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" and guest actress Kara Zediker in the episode "Kir'Shara". She received no credits her work. Her costume as stunt double for Linda Park in "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II", a Starfleet jumpsuit, her shoes as double for Park from "Affliction", and her costume as double for Kara Zediker were sold off on It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1](X) [2](X) [3](X) [4](X)
She is married to fellow stuntman Ron Balicki since 1995. Inosanto is the daughter of martial arts icon Dan Inosanto. She has doubled for stars such as Margaret Cho, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Claire Forlani, Bai Ling, and Tamlyn Tomita.
Inosanto has performed stunts and stunt acting parts in television series such as Walker, Texas Ranger, JAG, Spy Game, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Roseanne Show, and Black Scorpion. Her resume also includes films such as Barb Wire (1996, with Clint Howard, Ron Balicki, Shelly Desai, Peewee Piemonte, Lou Simon, Nicholas Worth, and stunts by Corey Michael Eubanks, Dana Hee, and Pat Romano), Red Corner (1997), Blade (1998), Wild Wild West (1999), Hulk (2003, with Boni Yanagisawa), and Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004, starring Oded Fehr).
In 2007 she starred in The Sensei (with Tzi Ma, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, and Spice Williams), a drama film, which she also directed, produced, and wrote. Inosanto holds the black belt in karate, is a specialist in several martial art techniques, appeared in several television commercials, music videos (for "New Edition"), and magazines (including magazine covers) and has produced several films since 2000.
More recently, Inosanto portrayed Morgan Elsbeth in the Star Wars series Ahsoka opposite Rosario Dawson. In the seven episodes of 2023 she appeared in, Inosanto worked with fellow Trek performers Dawn Dininger, Jane Edwina Seymour, Mark Rolston, and Clancy Brown. Inosanto previously portrayed Elsbeth in The Mandalorian episode "Chapter 13: The Jedi" (2020) and also voiced Elsbeth in the television mini series Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (2024, with Dee Bradley Baker and Jason Isaacs).
External links[]
- DianaLeeInosanto.com – official site
- Diana Lee Inosanto at the Internet Movie Database
- Diana Lee Inosanto at Wikipedia
- Diana Lee Inosanto at RonBalicki.com
- Diana Lee Inosanto at Geocities.com