Janeshia Adams-Ginyard’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Janeshia Adams-Ginyard (born February 14, 1984) is an American actress, stunt woman and professional wrestler. She is best known for her role as one of the main eight Dora Milaje in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther, and her work as a stunt woman on both Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War.

Early life

Adams-Ginyard was born in Los Angeles, California. She has two siblings, a brother and a twin sister.

She attended Gahr High School in Cerritos, California, where she was a noted athlete. She holds multiple records in athletics, including 300 metres hurdles, heptathlon, and as part of the 4 x 100 metres relay and 4 x 400 metres relay. She also played volleyball. During her senior year in 2001, she was the California Interscholastic Federation 300 metres hurdles champion. After graduating, she attended Cerritos College for a year, before moving to the University of California, Berkeley. At UC Berkeley, she studied linguistics and African-American studies, with an emphasis on Caribbean culture, and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree. She is fluent in American sign language. She is the CEO of Hyphy 4 Christ, Inc., a faith-based organization.

Sports

Between 2006 and 2007, she was a member of the U.S. National Bobsled team as a brakeman. She and Jamia Jackson were the first all African-American female team. Beginning in 2012, Adams-Ginyard hosted the LA Talk Live Radio Show, Lady J’s Wild World of Sports. In 2012, she began her professional wrestling career with WOW! Women of Wrestling, under the ring name FROST The Olympian, based on her real-life experience as a bobsledder.

Acting and stunt career

In preparation for a career as a stunt performer, Adams-Ginyard studied taekwondo and gymnastics. She also gained experience on film sets by working as an extra.

She began working as a stunt performer in 2010, and went on to perform stunts for television programs, including The Mindy Project, K.C. Undercover, True Blood and American Horror Story. Adams-Ginyard appeared in the 2018 film Black Panther as a member of the Dora Milaje. She also worked as a stunt performer for the film, and another Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Avengers: Infinity War, as the stunt double for Danai Gurira. She worked as a stunt performer on 9-1-1 and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and Us.

She has also appeared in commercials for Nike and Toyota, and was featured in a Lexus advertisement at the Super Bowl in 2018. The stunt performers for Black Panther won Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2019.

Selected filmography