A stunt woman who appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Mad Max: Fury Road is to have her arm amputated after a horrific on-set accident earlier this year.

Olivia Jackson, 34, was filming a high-speed motorbike chase for the latest Resident Evil film, The Final Chapter, near Johannesburg, South Africa in September when a stunt went horribly wrong.

The British stunt double for actress Milla Jovovich reportedly crashed into a metal camera arm, after the contraption malfunctioned.

The camera arm was supposed to lift up just in time for Ms Jackson to pass underneath, The Sun reported, quoting an unnamed source.