Olivia Jackson

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    Stunt performer who lost an arm making 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter' wins court case

    Olivia Jackson, the stunt performer who suffered horrifying injuries while making Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, has won a court case against a stunt firm in South Africa.

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    'Resident Evil' stuntwoman sues for £2.2 million after horror crash on film set

    Olivia Jackson, the stuntwoman who sustained horrific injuries when an action sequence on the movie Resident Evil: The Final Chapter went wrong, is suing for £2.2 million. The 35-year-old, South African-born performer was in a coma for 17 days, had to have her left arm amputated and suffered other catastrophic injuries while performing a motorbike stunt on the film’s set in South Africa in 2015. Jackson, who is married to British stuntman David Grant and lives in the UK, was set to be filming

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    Stuntwoman in horrific accident on Resident Evil set reveals her injuries

    Olivia Jackson, the stuntwoman who suffered a horrific motorbike accident on the South African set of the new ‘Resident Evil’ movie, has revealed the extent of her injuries. The 35-year-old stunt veteran lost an arm in the crash, and now has a twisted spine following two major operations. Jackson was riding without a helmet when she struck a camera arm which was supposed to have moved out of the way on the set of ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’.

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    Resident Evil And Star Wars Stuntwoman To Lose Arm After On-Set Crash

    Olivia Jackson, one of the stunt doubles on the forthcoming ‘Resident Evil’ movie, 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’, is to have her arm amputated after a motorbike stunt on-set went horribly wrong.

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    Resident Evil Stuntwoman Out Of Coma, Details Her Horrific Injuries

    Olivia Jackson, the stuntwoman who was badly injured during an incident on the set of ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’ has now come out of her medically induced coma. Jackson, who has also worked as a stunt performer in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ and 'Guardians of the Galaxy’, hit a camera crane while riding a motorcycle last month. But she’s now detailed the horrific injuries she suffered in the accident. In a Facebook post, she wrote: “2 weeks in a coma, brain bleed, brain swelling, seve

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    Milla Jovovich 'Devastated' Over Stuntwoman On Resident Evil's Accident

    Milla Jovovich, the star of the ‘Resident Evil’ movies, has said that she is 'totally devastated’ following the on-set accident which resulted in a stuntwoman sustaining serious head injuries. 32-year-old Olivia Jackson was on the South African set of 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’, and ran into a metal camera arm while riding a motorbike during a stunt sequence on September 5. - Star Wars stuntwoman fighting for her life after motorbike crash She’s since been put into a medically-induced

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    Star Wars Stuntwoman Fighting For Her Life After Movie Motorbike Crash

    32-year-old Olivia Jackson smashed into a metal camera arm while riding a motorbike on the set of 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’, filming in Johannesburg, South Africa. - Amazing behind-the-scenes shots - Transformers 5 plot revealed According to The Sun, she was not wearing protective gear, and has sustained head injuries and a punctured lung. She was riding a motorbike in a straight line but due to the scene she had no protective gear or helmet. We’re waiting for Livvy to come out of th