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Jennifer Watson (12 November 196013 February 2017; age 56), also known as Jennifer Watson-Johnston, was a stuntwoman and stunt actress who performed stunts in Star Trek: Insurrection.

In 2001 she was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for best water work in the film The Perfect Storm alongside Star Trek stunt performers Dana Dru Evenson, George Wilbur, and Tim Rigby.

Watson performed stunts in films such as Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988, with Peter Mark Richman and David Q. Combs), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988, with Lisa Wilcox, Brooke Bundy, and stunts by Doc Charbonneau, Maria Kelly, Lane Leavitt, Paula Moody, Noon Orsatti, and Kimberly L. Ryusaki), The Rapture (1991, with Darwyn Carson, Scott Burkholder, Vince Grant, and Carole Davis), Far and Away (1992, with Colm Meaney), Hexed (1993, with Robin Curtis), Hocus Pocus (1993), Bad Girls (1994, with Jim Beaver and stunts by Anthony De Longis and Denise Lynne Roberts), Showgirls (1995), Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996, with Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Wayne Péré, Tiny Ron, Joe Lando, Kerrie Keane, Patrick Kerr, and stunts by Chris Antonucci, Paul Eliopoulos, Denney Pierce, and Nancy Thurston), Absolute Power (1997), Kiss the Girls (1997, with Ashley Judd), Blade (1998), Cast Away (2000, with Valerie Wildman, Geoffrey Blake, and stunts by Richard L. Blackwell, Bud Davis, Doug Coleman, Hugh Aodh O'Brien, Peewee Piemonte, and Lynn Salvatori), and Texas Rangers (2001).

She also performed stunts in television series such as Dangerous Women and Team Knight Rider.

Watson died on 13 February 2017 at St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, Ventura County, California.

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