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Maria Kelly (born 31 December 1959; age 64) is a former stuntwoman and stunt actress who performed stunts in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: First Contact. A costume worn by Kelly as stunt double for Nana Visitor in the seventh season of Deep Space Nine was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. The name tag misspelled her as "Maya Kelly". [1]

Kelly was born in California and is the daughter of choreographer Maurice Kelly, her uncle was stuntman Bob Hoy. She worked several years as a background actress in television series such as Knight Rider before she made her career in the stunt business. She doubled actresses such as Tracy Scoggins (in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Watchers II, Timebomb, and Dead On), Leslie Hope, Ashley Judd, Kelly Lynch, Alexandra Paul, Mimi Rogers, Meg Ryan, Melinda Clarke, Denise Crosby, Michelle Forbes, Teri Hatcher (in Lois & Clark, Tango & Cash, Brain Smasher, and 2 Days in the Valley), Julia Roberts, and Geena Davis.

Among her stunt credits are television series such as China Beach (with Robert Picardo), Chicago Hope, Roseanne, Rescue 911, Baywatch, Renegade (with Branscombe Richmond), seaQuest DSV (with Stephanie Beacham), Red Shoe Diaries, Sliders, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Soldier of Fortune, Inc., V.I.P., JAG, Lois & Clark (1993-1997, with Teri Hatcher, Tracy Scoggins, K Callan, and Scott Leva), and Desperate Housewives (2005, with Teri Hatcher and Brenda Strong).

Kelly performed stunts in various feature films, including Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988, with Kane Hodder and Craig Thomas), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988, with Lisa Wilcox, Brooke Bundy, and Noon Orsatti), Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989, with David Graf, Matt McCoy, Kenneth Mars, Gerrit Graham, Dennis Ott, and Scott Leva), The Rocketeer (1991, with William O. Campbell, Paul Sorvino, Max Grodénchik, Terry O'Quinn, Ed Lauter, Tiny Ron, Clint Howard, and William Frankfather), Basic Instinct (1992, with Janet Brady), Army of Darkness (1992, with Ian Abercrombie, Patricia Tallman, Dennis Madalone, and Tom Morga), Kalifornia (1993, with Michelle Forbes, Sierra Pecheur, Tom Hand, and Patricia Tallman), Black Scorpion (1995, with Anita Hart, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Stephen Lee, Matt Roe, and J. Suzanne Rampe), Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996, with Ashley Judd, John Rubinstein, Earl Boen, Jeffrey Combs, and Sam Anderson), Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1996, with Eric Pierpoint, Gary Graham, Michele Scarabelli, Ron Fassler, Tim de Zarn, Jeff Allin, Josh Cruze, Juan Garcia, Kevin Grevioux, Bob Harks, Stuart Nixon, Cullen Chambers, Scott Barry, Ivy Borg, Gene Cross, Steve Diamond, Scott L. Schwartz, Gary Morgan, Denney Pierce, and Dan Rose), Blade (1998, with Judson Scott, Mark Chadwick, Phil Chong, Marjean Holden, and Tim Trella), and Collateral Damage (2002, with Rick Worthy, Raymond Cruz, Ethan Dampf, and Michael Cavanaugh).

In 2004, Kelly was diagnosed with a rare tumor which caused severe heart problems. Although it was removed, the aftereffects forced her to retire from the stunt business. The Stuntwomen's Foundation provided her with financial assistance in 2007. [2]

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