Danique Aelaerts

Danique is a Belgian stunt driver, test driver, race car driver and drifter. The first and only one in her family to engage with motorsports. She is born in Belgium, but has German, Polish & White-Russian roots coming from her father's side of the family. The need for adrenaline runs a bit in the family. Her father is now an airline pilot, but used to be a military pilot and fly with Mirage. The same for her grandfather, who was a military pilot and was an instructor in flying with his own flying company. But Danique wanted to take it to the track. Since 2014, Danique is an official member of the ALS Liga België. She drove different races to raise money and awareness for this disease (research, etc.). It's personal to her, because she has lost her grandmother and great aunt on her mother's side to this disease. At the end of 2015 Danique got a call from the Savage Film production office, telling her they need a female who can drive and drift, who just knows how to turn a wheel and turn heads while doing it. This was for "Le Fidèle" ("The Racer and The Jailbird") from Belgian producer Michaël R. Roskam (Bullhead, The Drop). A movie with Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos. Danique would be the stunt double for Adèle, who plays a race car driver in the movie. After this she did another movie and got picked up by famous Belgian stunt coordinator Olivier Bisback and his stunt team Into Action. Now, she is still doing several stunts for several movies and series. As a daytime job, she is a Service Advisor at Tesla Motors in Belgium.