Adventurer and Stunt Woman Lori O'Connells interests and inclinations have taken her all across the map, both figuratively and literally. In her career, she has settled into a few roles that combine her natural inclinations and trained skills. She is a stunt performer working out of Vancouver, Canada. Some of her most recent work including being the stunt double for the lead on the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House, the lead mermaid in the TV series Siren. Some of her main proclivities include fighting, water work (free diving, cold water, etc), wire work, and she LOVES doing horror movie performance of all kinds. See Lori's IMDb page. 

Lori has practiced martial arts for 27 years, with her primary discipline being Can-ryu Jiu-jitsu (a Canadian style of Japanese Jiu-jitsu), in which she holds a 5th Degree black belt. She has also taught this art locally and internationally for over twenty years, having run her own dojo and been invited to teach and national and local conferences. 

Lori is also a blogger and author, having published two books, including When the Fight Goes to the Ground with Tuttle Publishing, and Weapons of Opportunity: One Woman's Casual Crusade through the World of Dojos and Low Blows. 

Lori also wrote, produced and stunt doubled on her short film Inner Demon, which was included in several film festivals, received several award nominations, won two awards, the "Angels in Action" award at the Urban Action Film Festival and Best Director at the Artemis Film Festival. She is currently writing her first feature film, a comedy-thriller in which a wannabe actress, stunt performer. 

Lori has a wide range of hobbies that she actively pursues, including outdoor adventure (hiking, backpacking, kayaking, snowshoeing, swimming, freediving/scuba, etc), cooking and baking, and she loves to unwind playing board games, singing karaoke, doing a variety of YouTube dance classes, and watching sci-fi, horror and comedy TV shows and movies. She currently writes on her blog FeedNFlow.com daily, with the main topics being keto lifestyle and recipes, as well as outdoor adventures.