Meet Isabella Boylston, Jennifer Lawrence's 'Red Sparrow' Dance Double, with These 10 Fun Facts (Exclusive)

Isabella Boylston is an accomplished ballet dancer whose work will be seen on the big screen this weekend in the new movie Red Sparrow!

The 31-year-old dancer is the dance double for Jennifer Lawrence, whose character is a renowned ballerina at the start of the film. Only Jen‘s upper body is seen in the movie as it was too dangerous for her to get up on pointe.

Want to know more about Isabella? Here are 10 Fun Facts! See photos from Sophie Elgort in the gallery.

• 1. I speak French and Swedish, because my mom is from Sweden.
• 2. I’ve been dancing since I was three and moved to NY to join the American Ballet Theatre at age 18.
• 3. I dance for up to nine hours a day.
• 4. I was a competitive skier as a kid.
• 5. I met my husband at a Cinco de Mayo party.

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• 6. I eat pasta almost every day, I’ll even eat it for breakfast.
• 7. I created and direct a ballet festival in my hometown of Sun Valley, Idaho.
• 8. I live in Brooklyn.
• 9. I’m a fake blonde.
• 10. I had three of the exact same tutus while filming Red Sparrow.
• Bonus fact. I usually go through five pairs of pointe shoes a week.

Make sure to see Red Sparrow, in theaters on March 2!