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Laurie Creach (born 2 February 1958; age 67) is a stuntwoman who worked as stunt double for Gates McFadden on the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "The Arsenal of Freedom". In this episode she performed a high fall along with Patrick Stewart's stunt double John Nowak.

Creach is the daughter of late stuntman and stunt coordinator Everett Creach who passed away in 1994. In the 1980s Creach performed stunts in Up the Academy (1980, with Richard E. Butler, Ann Chatterton, and Erik Cord), Night of the Juggler (1980), Motel Hell (1980, with Richard E. Butler, Bill Catching, and Leslie Hoffman), Breathless (1983, with Diane Carter, Phil Chong, Marguerite Happy, and Jeff Imada), The Man with One Red Shoe (1985, with Sandy Berumen-Justus, David LeBell, and Mark Yerkes), Warning Sign (1985, with Jophery C. Brown, Eddy Donno, Gary Epper, Kenny Endoso, James M. Halty, Billy Hank Hooker, David Perna, and Scott Wilder), Hellhole (1985, with Christine Anne Baur, Eddie Hice, and Paula Moody), Reform School Girls (1986), My Demon Lover (1987, with Debby Lynn Ross), The Principal (1987, with Don Ruffin and Tom Wright), Remote Control (1988, with Tony Brubaker, Michael Cassidy, Dana Dru Evenson, Richard Hancock, and Kim Washington), and Critters 2: The Main Course (1988, with Hal Burton, Chris Doyle, John Escobar, Al Jones, Lane Leavitt, Janet Lee Orcutt, and Noon Orsatti).

In the 1990s Creach performed stunts in Impulse (1990, with David R. Ellis and Richard Epper), Child's Play 2 (1990, with Al Jones, Paula Moody, J.P. Romano, and Jan Michael Shultz), The Marrying Man (1991, with Kenny Alexander, Beth Nufer, and George P. Wilbur), and Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991, with Richard L. Blackwell, Noon Orsatti, and Gary Morgan).

Following a nine year break she worked in Charlie's Angels (2000). Further projects include the thriller The Italian Job (2003, for stunt coordinators Ken Bates and Steve Kelso), the drama Seabiscuit (2003), the comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008, with George Colucci and Mark Muñoz), and as stunt driver the drama South Dakota (2011).

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