The Actress to Play Deirdre Gogarty can throw hands
The actress who will play Deirdre Gogarty in the upcoming Christy Martin biopic is set to be revealed.
Irish-boxing.com understands Stephanie Baur has been chosen to play the Drogheda native in the movie.
The film, directed by David MichĂ´d and written by MichĂ´d and Mirrah Foulkes, chronicles Martin’s career and extremely interesting life.
It’s a story that can’t be told without Gogarty, Ireland’s first trailblazing female boxer.
Gogarthy and Martin contested the ‘War that put women’s boxing on the map’.
The six-round all-action clash played out on the undercard of Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno’s massive MGM-hosted World title fight back in 1996.
It will no doubt be a major part of the film and Baur will play Gogarty’s part.
Baur is a stunt performance and actress with credits in Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Greenland.
The stuntwoman comes from a Brazilian Jujitsu background so has combat experience and looks capable on the pads.
