Dana Lynn Hee is an Olympic Gold Medalist and is currently a film and television actress, as well as one of the top stuntwoman in the entertainment industry. Ms. Hee is also a noted writer, lecturer and television color commentator, and has an extensive background as a motivational speaker.
Dana Hee has been inspiring audiences ever since she won the gold medal in Taekwondo, at the 24th Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea. Her story proves that the will to succeed and the conviction to never give up is what creates success.
It's an understatement to say that Dana's childhood was hard. The child of divorced, alcoholic parents, she endured abuse, abandonment, and despair. The years of being passed back and forth between an orphanage, suicidal family members, halfway houses, a commune, government shelter, and finally a foster home, took their tole. Dana grew up to be a young woman with little self-esteem or self-confidence, and a huge fear of failure. To her, nothing seemed possible. It was as if the two words, 'I can't' were programmed into her mind, and she struggled to escape a lifelong habit of running from her fears.
One day, at age 25, Dana looked within herself for strength and determined to make a change. Armed with an ounce of courage, and a glimpse of hope, she set out to make a dream of hers come true. Through the agonizing, against-the-odds process of this struggle, she made the transformation from a shy, under-achieving, below-average young woman to an Olympic Gold Medalist with a new sense of self-esteem, and, finally, some hope for the future. Her story of how this happened - and the lessons you can take from it - are enough to inspire the most discouraged soul.
But Dana didn't stop there. She started accepting speaking engagements, then graduated to keynote speeches. She shifted from martial arts, to modeling, and then acting, before setting her sites on becoming a top Hollywood stuntwoman in the movie industry.
If this sounds easy, it wasn't. To this day, Dana battles self-doubts whose roots extend back to her youth. But she never quits. She competes successfully in the world's most challenging industries.
Now, after 14 years, thousands of stunts, more than ten dozen movies, and over 2520 days of pain, Dana has shed that 'I can't' attitude. She has learned that there are great rewards for coming face to face with her fears, whether they are emotional, physical, or just a figment of her imagination. Most of all, she now realizes how much easier it would have been for her to change her way of thinking and acting, a long time ago; if she had just had some inspiration, help, and guidelines.
So, at age 43, she is back in the business world, again sharing her secrets of success with others. After her experiences with the Olympics and now, in Hollywood, she feels her stories of facing fear, overcoming the odds, and building success repeatedly, to be a powerful help to others who may let doubt, fear and past atrocities hold them back in life. With her simple, straight-forward tools and guidelines, she helps people bridge the gap between dreams and reality, by showing them how to be more effective, positive, and focused. Dana's sincerity, warmth and passion are certain to inspire and delight any audience; and her stories of triumph and tragedy will help them face their own fears, goals, and futures with a little bit of courage.
SPORTS / ENTERTAINMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
•1988 Olympic Gold Medalist - Women's Lightweight Division (Full-Contact fighting)
• 2000 World Taurus Award - for "Charlie's Angels" Movie, Aerial Sequence, at World Stunt Awards

• 2001 World Taurus Award - for TV Movie Alias, Best fight choreography (for stunt coordinator, John Medlin).
• 2004 World Taurus Award Nominee -for Terminator III, Best Action Sequence with a vehicle, at World Stunt Award

• Numerous State and National Track awards - High Jump/Long Jump/Hurdles

• Numerous State/National/World awards - Full-contact Taekwondo fighting

STUNTWOMAN

Doubled leading actresses for film and television (partial list below)
Terminator III
Gangs of New York
Swordfish
Charlie's Angels
Batman/Robin
Batman Forever
Lethal Weapon 4
Demolition Man
Practical Magic
A Perfect Murder
Soldiers
The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Peacemaker
Undercover Blues
Mimic
The Shadow
From Dusk Till Dawn
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Martial Law
Baywatch
CSI Miami
Profiler
V.I.P.
Star Trek Voyager
Dharma/Greg
Melrose Place
Mortal Kombat Crusades (TV)
The Pretender
X-Files