From there, Debbie raced down tracks in world competitions (where she primarily was the only female competitor) and did headstands on bikes in arenas to sold out crowds...only to find her place on a movie set. In a career that spans over 40 years and 200+ films/tv shows, Debbie reigns supreme in the stunt world and shows no sign of stopping.

She laments that when she began her career in the 70's, many of the stunts done in films for female characters were carried out by men. That begged the question...why should they have all the fun? Knowing that she could do anything the guys were doing on screen, she went full throttle into her first movie, Death Sport, starring David Karadine.

"When I was on that film they handed me a plexiglass broadsword and a guy said, "We want you to jump off this embankment and swing the sword like you're going to take this rider off his motorcycle." I looked at the guy and said, "You're going to pay me to play?"...I mean, at a certain age I remember my mother telling me I really should stop doing things like that!"

Her love of playing on film sets grew from there. But she never wanted to be compared to other women. She wanted to hone her craft and be the best stunt person she could be, regardless of her sex. She also never wanted anything handed to her because someone was told they had to. She wanted to earn it and hopes the trend of inclusivity balances without gender being at the forefront and the best and most qualified person for the job wins.

Although all her stunts are too countless to mention, a few of her favorites include driving a black Honda civic under a semi truck in The Fast And Furious. "The truck hits me and I flip the car off the side of the road," Debbie says calmly.

"On What Dreams May Come with Robyn Williams, I flipped a Porshe 911 in the Broadway Tunnel in San Francisco. The stunt co-ordinator said it would be cool if you hit the top of the tunnel...and it was way up there. I ended up hitting it going over 50 miles per hour and broke the light at the top - 90 some feet before I hit the ground and then slid another 90 feet."

Her third favorite stunt preformed was on The Matrix Reloaded as Trinity, driving the Cadillac CTS and the Ducati 996 (pictured on cover).

Perhaps her greatest stunt of all is being a wife and mother of three children. The eldest being a music producer and the youngest an artist. Daniel, the middle child, has followed in Debbie's footsteps in the stunt biz. "He came out a stunt kid!" Debbie jokes. She took time off from location work to raise her kids and focus on her family. "Raising my kids was more important to me than having every job."

Taking the time off didn't effect her career. She still as popular on sets as ever. She has been on 80+ productions in the last decade.

After meeting Debbie, it is hard to understand how she isn't a household name, but maybe that's just a testament to how good a stunt woman she is.

Debbie manages to glide in and out of frames with her unmatchable ability to layer action and characterization seamlessly. "My job is to make whatever I'm riding in, come to life".

That she does and then some...