Leigh Hennessy

Leigh Hennessy also known as Leigh Hennessy Robson, is a stunt woman, author, and trampoline gymnast. She was a two-time double mini-trampoline world champion, (1976, 1978) and won a silver medal in synchronized trampoline at the World Trampoline Championships, (1976). In the late 1990s, she translated her athletic career into one as an actress and stunt performer for film and television. Early life and education Leigh Hennessy was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. Her father, Jeff Hennessy, was an expert in the sport of trampolining. She started jumping on trampolines at age 3, and her father serving as her first coach. Hennessy attended Lafayette High School and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette), and trained under her father. She earned her master's degree in Communication from UL Lafayette. In 2008, Hennessy and Mark B. Robson married at the Birse Kirk church in Birse, located in the Scottish Highlands.