Jessica Lauren Graff is an American professional stunt woman and athletics-based television personality who is well known for her athletic achievements on the obstacle course show, “American Ninja Warrior”. She even has a black belt in Taekwondo, a black sash in Kung Fu, and even has trained in five other styles of martial arts.
She has paved the way up for women athletics becoming the first woman ever to complete Stage 1 of the Las Vegas Finals course even the first woman to represent the US in the competition of ANW.
She also has won Spring 2002 All-Meet pole vaulter and 2005 Academic All-Big 12 First Team. She is well known for her work as a stunt performer in big-budget films like Live Free or Die Hard, X-Men: First Class, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
With her up-growing popularity she has managed to amass healthy followers on Instagram: @jessiegraffpwr with over 577k followers and on Twitter: @JESSIEgraffPWR with 40k followers.
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What is Jessie Graff Famous for?
- Famous as a stunt woman.
- Known for her appearance in “American Ninja Warrior”.
Early Life
Jessie Graff was born on January 12, 1984, in New York City, New York, United States. Her birth name is Jessie Lauren Graff. Her nationality is American. Graff belongs to the White ethnicity while Capricon is her zodiac sign.
Born as the daughter of her parents, Tom Graff(father) and Ginny MacColl(mother), Graff grew up in her hometown until her family moved to different places Maryland, Georgia, and California. Growing up she began to develop an interest in gymnastics that she started taking circus classes at 6 and by then she was 9, she started doing gymnastics worked competitive gymnastics for 6 years.
By age 12, she started catching other performers on the trapeze. She attended Urbana High School at Frederick, Maryland, during which she was a pole vaulter later graduated as a Track Team Leader, honor roll student, and member of the National Honor Society in 2002.
Following her high school graduation, she went on to major in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech and also graduated from the University of Nebraska earning a degree in theatre in 2007. Besides, She has earned black belts in Taekwondo and Kung Fu.
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Career
- Jessie Graff started her career initially as a stunt woman appearing in TV shows and movies, “Another Period”, “Bad teacher”, “Make It or Break It”, “Sons of anarchy”, “Knight and Day”, “John Carter” and many other movies since 2007.
- She earned much recognition for her aerobatics tricks and skills in the movies. Her most recent high-profile stunt work was for the CBS/CW series, “Supergirl”(2016).
- She also began to appear as a contestant on action shows including Sasuke 34, where she became the first woman to clear Stage 2 ever.
- Her biggest breakthrough came when she made her debut on season 5 of the popular show, “American Ninja Warrior” in 2013.
- She appeared on the show for 3 consecutive years till season 8 when she In season 8, in the Los Angeles qualifying round, she became the first woman in American Ninja Warrior history to make it up the new 14 1/2-foot Warped Wall.
- She also became the first woman to represent the United States in the World Competition.
- In 2018, she worked as one of lead actress Gal Gadot’s stunt doubles on the popular DC movie, “Wonder Woman 1984”.
- In 2020, she worked as a professional Titan on “The Titan Games” season 2.
Is Jessie Graff married?
Jessie Graff is a married woman however the person whom she is married to isn’t revealed yet. The information about her secret husband was told by her fellow ‘American Ninja Warrior’ competitor Drew Drechsel back in 2018 when Graff and Drew were rumored to be dating. Further, Graff even confirmed her marriage via her Instagram Live on April 12, 2020.
Besides, she recently underwent stem cell treatment for her damaged shoulders and neck in 2020.
How much is Jessie Graff worth?
Jessie Graff has quite good earnings from her professional career as a stunt woman and TV reality personality. Having her career started initially as a stuntwoman in 2007, Graff has managed to come a long way up becoming one of the popular stuntwomen mostly known for her appearance in TV movies and shows in her decade-long career.
Her net worth is estimated to be around $3.5 million as her salary is around $200k. She owns a mansion in Calabasas, Los Angeles, California. Besides, she is sponsored by Under Armour and has her own athletic apparel collection.
Height, Weight & Measurement
Jessie Graff is a beautiful lady with a well-maintained athletic body physique in her 30s. She stands tall with a height of 5ft. 8inch.(1.73m) while her body weighs around 60kg(132lbs). She has a maintained body physique of around 37-26-37 inches with 37B as her bra size. She has a fair complexion with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Furthermore, she has set her personal best(PB) in the 5000m run at 15:56.30; she set her outdoor pole vault PB at 4.17 m (13 ft 8 in); and indoor pole vault PB at 4.20 m (13 ft 9 in).
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