Cris Thomas-Palomino
Cris Thomas-Palomino (born 22 August 1960; age 64) is a former stuntwoman and stunt coordinator who performed stunts as an Enterprise-D crewmember in Star Trek Generations. She received no credit for this appearance. In the 1990s she also went by the name Cris Thomas-Hice and following her marriage to Paul R. Gilbert, she is known as Cris Thomas Gilbert. Her uniform from Generations was previously worn by Joel Fredericks in TNG: "Timescape" and later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. The name is listing her as "C. Hice". [1]
Thomas-Palomino began her career in the entertainment industry portraying Red Sonja in the live-action Conan the Barbarian show at Universal Studios in 1983. [2] [3] She worked as a stunt double for Catherine Mary Stewart on Nightflyers (1987, with James Avery and Hélène Udy and stunts by Michael Cassidy) and as a riding double for Adam Hann-Byrd on Little Man Tate (1991, coordinated by Christine Anne Baur).
Among her earlier stunt work are The Golden Child (1986, with stunts by Simone Boisseree, Jeff Cadiente, Phil Chong, Vince Deadrick, Donna Garrett, Jeff Imada, Gene LeBell, David LeBell, Matt McColm, Pat McGroarty, Bill McTosh, John Meier, Alan Oliney, Noon Orsatti, Bernie Pock, Spiro Razatos, Kimberly L. Ryusaki, Felix Silla, and Jim Wilkey), Programmed to Kill (1987), Beetlejuice (1988, with stunts by Carl Ciarfalio, Mary Peters, and Maria Kelly), Critters 2 (1988, with Hal Burton, Laurie Creach, Chris Doyle, John Eskobar, Lane Leavitt, and Janet Lee Orcutt), License to Drive (1988), Caddyshack II (1988), Miracle Mile (1988, with Denise Crosby, Earl Boen, Brian Thompson, and Jenette Goldstein), the horror thriller The Freeway Maniac (1989, with Buddy Daniels Friedman, Michael William Rivkin, Donald Hotton, Gary Wayton, and Linda Fetters), Winter People (1989), Her Alibi (1989), Fletch Lives (1989), Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989, with John Casino, Tony Cecere, John Gillespie, Dennis Madalone, and Lynn Salvatori), and The War of the Roses (1989).
In the 1990s, she worked on Tremors (1990, with Bibi Besch, John Casino, George Colucci, Jeff Imada, and Ben Jensen), The First Power (1990, with Dan Barringer, Jeff Cadiente, Keith Campbell, Corey Eubanks, Terry Jackson, Steve Kelso, Lane Leavitt, Julius LeFlore, Tom Morga, Melodee M. Spevack, Brian J. Williams, Yannick Derrien, J. Mark Donaldson, Tom Huff, and David LeBell), The Guardian (1990), Maniac Cop 2 (1990), Repossessed (1990, stunt coordination by Paul Stader), L.A. Story (1991), Shattered (1991), the comedy Driving Me Crazy (1991), Only the Lonely (1991, stunt coordination by Freddie Hice), the television thriller Dead Silence (1991, with Donna Garrett, Erik Stabenau, and coordination by Al Jones), The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991), Curly Sue (1991), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992, with Matt McCoy, John de Lancie, Charles Lucia, Dan Barringer, Lynn Salvatori, and stunt coordination by John Moio), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Boris and Natasha: The Movie (1992), The Fear Inside (1992, with Mickey Cassidy, Maria Kelly, Jimmy Ortega, and coordinated by Jeff Smolek), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992), Nemesis (1992), Red Shoe Diaries (1992, with Denney Pierce and Bud Davis), MacGyver, Baywatch, and General Hospital, the action film Quick (1993), the television thriller Caught in the Act (1993), the thriller Indecent Behavior (1993, with Rosine "Ace" Hatem), House of Cards (1993), Excessive Force (1993), Dennis the Menace (1993), Clifford (1994), The Stand (1994), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Baby's Day Out (1994), The Little Rascals (1994), Milk Money (1994), Blue Tiger (1994, starring Virginia Madsen), Final Connection (1994), Virtuosity (1995), GoldenEye (1995, with Famke Janssen), Automatic (1995, stunt coordination by Chino Binamo), Waterworld (1995), and Rumpelstiltskin (1995, with Max Grodénchik).
Further stunt credits include Spy Hard (1996), Independence Day (1996), Escape from L.A. (1996), The Winner (1996, with John Ashker, Eliza Coleman, Mickey Giacomazzi, Al Jones, Mike Smith, and Scott Rogers), Mars Attacks! (1996), That Darn Cat (1997), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), Mimic (1997, with Jane Austin, Doug Coleman, Ben Bray, Keith Campbell, Doc Charbonneau, John Eskobar, Kurt Lott, and John Stoneham, Jr.), Titanic (1997), The Jackal (1997), Vampires (1998, along with Anita Hart, John Casino, Marjean Holden, and Steve Blalock), Slappy and the Stinkers (1998), Dogma (1999), Being John Malkovich (1999), the thriller The Stepdaughter (2000, with Spice Williams and coordinated by Eric Mansker), Monkeybone (2001), and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003, with Kristanna Loken).
Thomas-Palomino later worked as stunt coordinator on the short comedy What If... (2013) and Bound to Vengeance (2015, with Ric Sarabia). Today, Thomas Gilbert designs clothes and jewelry and is vice president of the Stuntwomen's Foundation. [4] [5] [6]