Rochelle Okoye
Biography
Rochelle Okoye is a world-renowned Hollywood stunt woman, actress, best-selling author, motivational speaker, and trauma-informed breath work facilitator certified through SOMA Breath. With a powerful blend of elite athleticism, academic excellence, and deep personal transformation, Rochelle has built a multifaceted career rooted in resilience and empowerment. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Rochelle began her gymnastics training at the age of two. At seven, her family relocated to the UK, where her father completed his PhD at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. By age 10, she was competing internationally for Great Britain, becoming the British National Gymnastics Champion in 1996-a title she held for three consecutive years. She was also twice nominated and awarded as England's Top Sports Person Under 13. At 14, the BBC produced a one-hour documentary titled Going for Gold, chronicling her pursuit of a spot on the 2000 Olympic team. That dream was cut short when the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) raised the age requirement for Olympic competition to 16-leaving Rochelle ineligible by just one year. This pivotal moment redirected the course of her athletic journey. An academic high achiever, Rochelle skipped a grade and graduated from both high school and university a year early. She earned her B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Northern British Columbia and went on to work with children and youth navigating developmental, cognitive, and behavioral challenges. Driven by a lifelong desire to push physical and mental limits, Rochelle transitioned into martial arts-training and competing in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai-she also embarked on a successful amateur and professional boxing career. In 2008, she made history as the first female boxer to compete in a professional fight in British Columbia. During this time, she also earned her diploma in personal training and later went on to become the co-founder of the acclaimed Tristar Vancouver Martial Arts gym. Rochelle's physical discipline seamlessly translated into a thriving career as a Hollywood stunt performer and actress. Having overcome a life marked by adversity, trauma, and profound personal challenges, she has immersed herself in various healing modalities to rise, reclaim her power, and give back. Today, she uses her platform to empower others through her best-selling book With Every Damn Brick, her powerful TEDx Talk How to Turn Your Pain Into Power, and her work as a motivational speaker and breath work facilitator. Her story is a testament to transformation, and she now dedicates her life to helping others do the same-teaching that no matter how heavy the past, it can be alchemized into strength, purpose, and impact.
Known For & Full Filmography14 Titles
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Keisha Moore
After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super speed. Teaming up with S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry takes on the persona of The Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, to protect his city.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Rookie
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as Hatted Honey
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
Drama Series - 2008, 16 episodes • as ND Agent
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Finhead
Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Horseman - Famine
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Trapped Mother
It's been nearly 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben Song, has been assembled to restart the project in hope of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it. Everything changes, however, when Ben makes an unauthorized leap into the past, leaving the team behind to solve the mystery of why he did it.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Lendina Female Guard
Former assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a nostalgic vacation to a small-town theme park, only to be pulled back into violence when they clash with a corrupt operator, a crooked sheriff, and a ruthless crime boss.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Female Abby
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Margaret
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Pretty Woman
Kate Kane, armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city's criminal resurgence. But don't call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham's symbol of hope
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Chrome Mask
Kate Kane, armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city's criminal resurgence. But don't call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham's symbol of hope
Drama Series - 2024, 16 episodes • as Lilith
Two teen ghosts work alongside a clairvoyant to solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele — until a powerful witch complicates their plans.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Hunting Zombie (uncredited)
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.