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| caption = Cherie Currie in March 2010

| birth_place = [[Encino, Los Angeles|Encino]], [[California]], USU.S.

| instrument = [[{{hlist|Vocals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[|guitar]], |tambourine}}

* [[Punk rock]]

* [[hard rock]]}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Musician, |singer, |songwriter, |actress, |artist, |producer}}

| associated_actspast_member_of = {{hlist|[[The Runaways]]| [[Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]]| [[Lita Ford]]| Cherie & [[Marie Currie]]|Currie-Blue Band|[[Tater Totz]]|Cherie Currie and [[Brie Howard-Darling|Brie Darling]]}}

'''Cherie Ann Currie''' (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, musician, actress, and artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of [[Thethe Runaways]], a rock band from Los Angeles, in the mid-to-late 1970s. After The Runaways,She shelater became a solo artist. Currie and her identical twin sister, [[Marie Currie]], released the album ''[[Messin' with the Boys]]'' in 1980 as Cherie & Marie CurieCurrie. Their duet "[[Since You've Been Gone]]" reached number 95 on US charts. She is also known for her role in the movie1980 film ''[[Foxes (film)|Foxes]]''.

Currie was born to Don Currie and actress [[Marie Harmon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribute.ca/news/neon-angel-interview-with-cherie-currie/2010/03/26/|title=Neon Angel – Interview with The Runaways' Cherie Currie|website=Tribute.ca|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref> She was raised in [[Encino, Los Angeles|Encino]], [[California]],. withShe three siblings,has an identical twin sister, [[Marie Currie]],<ref name="google.com">{{cite news |last1=Arar |first1=Yardena |title=Cherie And Marie Double The Fun |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19800322&id=MH8pAAAAIBAJ&pg=2147,3103138 |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |work=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)|The Lewiston Journal]] |agency=Associated Press |date=March 22, 1980 |location=Lewiston, Maine |via= [[Google News]]<!-- https://newspaperarchive.com/kannapolis-daily-independent-mar-23-1980-p-55/ -->}}</ref> an elder sister, actress [[Sondra Currie]], and a brother, Don Currie Jr.

Currie and her twin sister were given a role on an episode of ''[[My Three Sons]]'' at the age of two. They were goingdue to sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" with [[Fred MacMurray]] but they froze during filming and their part was cut from the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/to-cherie-and-marie-currie-two-blondies-are-better-than-one-vol-13-no-8/|title=To Cherie and Marie Currie, Two Blondies Are Better Than One|website=People.com|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref> Before Currie and her twin sister rose to fame, they appeared on ''[[American Bandstand]]'' as background dancers.<ref name="Church of Rock radio show">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyApPJP0mJ8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/jyApPJP0mJ8 |archive-date=2021-12-December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Marie Currie interview |last1=Rev Derek Moody |last2= Sister Tracy |work=Church of Rock radio show |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=November 13, 2019 |date=September 23, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=CherieO |title=The Runaways - Cherie Currie Interview |date=April 21, 2006 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qISIl786c6Y |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/qISIl786c6Y |archive-date=2021-12-December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=November 13, 2019 |via=[[YouTube]] |quote=Japan 1977}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1975, when she was 15 years old, Currie joined as lead vocalist for the all-female rock band [[Thethe Runaways]], withperforming as lead vocalist. Her bandmates were [[Joan Jett]], [[Lita Ford]], [[Sandy West]], [[Jackie Fox]] and [[Victory Tischler-Blue|Vicki Blue]]. ''[[Who Put the Bomp|Bomp!]]'' magazine described her as "the lost daughter of [[Iggy Pop]] and [[Brigitte Bardot]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Runaways rock the big screen: New film revisits all-girl band that broke gender barriers three decades ago |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20100409/282784942664850 |website=[[Edmonton Journal]] |publisher=Postmedia Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925025415/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20100409/282784942664850 |archive-date=2018-09-September 25, 2018 |location=Edmonton, Alberta |date=April 9, 2010-04-09 |via= [[PressReader]]}}</ref>

AfterCurrie recorded three albums with the Runaways, (''[[The Runaways (album)|The Runaways]]'', ''[[Queens of Noise]]'' and ''[[Live in Japan (The Runaways album)|Live in Japan]]''), Currie went on to be a solo artist. She signed a contractfour-album deal with Mercury saying she would record four records, but she left the Runaways after the third album, thus she was obligated to record another album.<ref name="RealityTo Checkfulfil TV"her />contract, Sheshe recorded it solo and the result was ''[[Beauty's Only Skin Deep]]'' for Polygram Records as a solo artist.<ref name="Reality Check TV" /> [[Marie Currie]] didwas a duet with Cheriefeatured on her solothe recordtrack "Love at First Sight".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/beautys-only-skin-deep-mw0000337174 |title=Beauty's Only Skin Deep |author=Richie Unterberger |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref>

After Cherie andleft Mariethe wentRunaways onat aage USeighteen, tourshe performed in 1977,clubs andin when[[Los Angeles]]. Marie wouldjoined joinher Cherieonstage onfor stageencores, towhich singdrew thea encorespositive theresponse audience would gofrom wildaudiences.<ref name="google.com"/> ThenWhen theyMarie wentjoined Cherie on a Japanpromotional tour in 1978. While in Japan, thethey twins performed on many TV shows. So Cherie ran withhad the idea of tworecording blondsan arealbum better than one, and changed the band name from Cherie Currie to ''Cherie and Marie Currie''together.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20075904,00.html|title=To Cherie and Marie Currie, Two Blondies Are Better Than One|website=People.com|access-date=January 30, 2015|archive-date=February 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201021231/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20075904,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> With Marie Currie, sheThey recorded ''[[Messin' with the Boys]]'|Messin' forWith CapitolThe Records and ''[[Young and Wild (album)|Young and WildBoys]]'' for Raven.Capitol ''Messin' with the Boys'' wasRecords, released in 19801979. ''Messin'"Since withYou theBeen Boys''Gone", receiveda morecover radio play than ''Beauty's Only Skin Deep'' and,of the song "[[SinceRuss You Been GoneBallard]]" off ''Messin' with the Boys''song, chartedreached number 95 on U.S. charts. Both the single "This Time" and the album ''Messin' with the Boys'' made the top 200 on U.S. charts.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} Cherie and Marie performed on television shows in the 1980s including ''[[Sha Na Na (TV series)|Sha Na Na]]'', [[The Mike Douglas Show]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192977/ |title=Marie Currie|website=IMDb.com}}</ref>''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]'' among others.<ref name="Church of Rock radio show"/> Along with the album recordings with Marie,1979 Cherie and Marie sang,Currie wrote, and produced songs for– Messin''[[The RosebudWith Beach Hotel]]'' and its soundtrack called, ''[[The RosebudBoys Beach Hotel|The Rosebud Beach Hotel Soundtrack]]''. In the film, they acted and sang together. In 1991, Cherie and Marie Currie performed a tribute concert to Paula Pierce, a member of [[The Pandoras]], at the [[Coconut Teaser]]. For the final performance, the remaining Pandoras backed the Curries.<ref>{{cite!}} Sessiondays web|url=https://psychorizonwww.wordpresssessiondays.com/20112014/1105/22/the1979-pandorascherie-helland-onmarie-highcurrie-heels/|title=THE PANDORAS – Hell On High Heels|date=November 22, 2011|website=Psychorizon|accessmessin-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> Currie performed at the Runaways' reunion in 1994 with other Runaways Fox and West. Her sister Marie joined -the three Runaways on stage and performed with the band.<ref name="Reality Check TV">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUhao0O0rSU |archive-url=https:boys//ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/IUhao0O0rSU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Cherie Currie (Outtake from Episode #580)|work= Reality Check TV |date=March 17, 2013|access-date=SeptemberNovember 243, 20182023 |vialanguage=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignoreen-US}}</ref>

===LaterFilm yearsand television===

In 2019, Currie's album ''Blvds of Splendor'' was released on April 13.<ref name="recordstoreday.com">{{Cite web|url=https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/10947|title=RSD '19 Special Release: Cherie Currie - Blvds of Splendor|website=Recordstoreday.com|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Isonhart |first1=Carl |title=ALBUM REVIEW: Cherie Currie – Blvds Of Splendor |url=https://www.therockpit.net/2020/album-review-cherie-currie-blvds-of-splendor/ |website=The Rockpit |access-date=September 1, 2020 |date=May 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fadroski |first1=Kelli Skye |title=Cherie Currie talks new music, reviving 'Queens of Noise' and how wielding chainsaws is therapeutic |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2020/06/16/cherie-currie-talks-new-music-reviving-queens-of-noise-and-how-wielding-chainsaws-is-therapeutic/ |website=[[Orange County Register]] |date=June 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last3=Callwood |first3=Brett |title=Album of the Week: Cherie Currie's Blvds of Splendor |url=https://www.laweekly.com/album-of-the-week-cherie-curries-blvds-of-splendor/ |website=[[LA Weekly]] |access-date=September 1, 2020 |date=June 23, 2020}}</ref> The album featured guests including [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], [[Billy Corgan]], [[Juliette Lewis]], and [[the Veronicas]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 12, 2020 |title=The Runaways' 'jailbait' rocker who questions #metoo |url=https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-runaways-jailbait-rocker-who-questions-metoo-20200610-p551ct |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en}}</ref> On August 2, ''The Motivator'', her album with Brie Darling, was released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cherie Currie and Brie Darling Announce First-Ever Tour Together |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Cherie-Currie-and-Brie-Darling-Announce-First-Ever-Tour-Together-20190903 |website=[[Broadway World]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |language=en |date=3 September 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Female Rock Icons, Cherie Currie and Brie Darling, Bring Their First Ever Collaboration The Motivator Tour To City Winery |url=https://beintheloopchicago.com/female-rock-and-roll-icons-cherie-currie-and-brie-darling/ |website=In The Loop Magazine |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=27 November 27, 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020105946/https://beintheloopchicago.com/female-rock-and-roll-icons-cherie-currie-and-brie-darling/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chiarito |first1=Bob |title=The Runaways and Fanny stars on MeToo, the 1970s and Suzi Quatro |url=https://www.nme.com/music-interviews/cherie-currie-runaways-brie-darling-fanny-interview-joan-jett-metoo-2574284 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=8 November 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Turman |first1=Katherine |title=How two fearless rock pioneers survived the '70s and found each other four decades later |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-07-24/cherie-currie-and-brie-darling-new-story |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=25 July 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Graff |first1=Gary |title=Cherie Currie & Brie Darling Rip Through T. Rex's 'The Motivator': Video Premiere |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8513510/cherie-currie-brie-darling-t-rex-cover-video |magazine=Billboard |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=29 May 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Burke |first1=Kevin |title=Cherie Currie & Brie Darling - The Motivator (Blue Elan Records) |url=https://bigtakeover.com/recordings/CherieCurrieBrieDarlingTheMotivatorBlueElanRecords |website=The Big Takeover |language=en |date=26 June 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Cherie Currie Releases New Rendition of Runaways' 'Queens of Noise' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cherie-currie-queens-of-noise-980364/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=September 1 September, 2020 |date=8 April 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Jason |title=THE MOTIVATOR: Cherie Currie and Brie Darling On Making Beautiful Music Together! |url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2019/07/16/the-motivator-cherie-currie-and-brie-darling-on-making-beautiful-music-together/ |website=Icon Vs. Icon |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=16 July 16, 2019}}</ref>

In 2020 Cherie Currie released an audio version of her memoir, Neon Angel. Her audio version of her bookIt reached number 1 on Amazon's Best Biographies of Punk Rock Musician.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kiki Classic Rock |title=The Real Cherry Bomb Talks! Cherie Currie Interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eoRi8VtVZc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/3eoRi8VtVZc |archive-date=2021-12-December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=June 2, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the same year, Currie contributed her vocals to the song "Flatten the Curve" for the band [[FTC (band)|FTC]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Callwood |first1=Brett |title=L.A. Musicians Flatten the Curve with New Video |url=https://www.laweekly.com/l-a-musicians-flatten-the-curve-with-new-video/ |website=LA Weekly |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=1 July 1, 2020}}</ref>

Currie is now a [[chainsaw carving|wood-carving]] artist, using a [[chainsaw]] to create her works. She has been doing chainsaw art since 2002 and opened her own gallery in 2005 in [[Chatsworth, Los Angeles|Chatsworth]], California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chainsawchick.com/|title=Welcome!|website=ChainsawChick.com|access-date=March 15, 2010|archive-date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809100646/http://www.chainsawchick.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a chainsaw artist, Currie has competed in and won awards at three world Chainsaw Art competitions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chainsawchick.com/bio.html|title=About the Artist - Cherie Currie|website=ChainsawChick.com|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref>

Currie struggled with drug addiction for much of her younger life, a major factor in the abrupt ending of her career. She later wrote a memoir, ''Neon Angel'', recounting life in the band and her traumatic experiences with drug addiction, sex abuse, and her broken family.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaye |first1=Ben |title=Cherie Currie on standing by during Jackie Fox's alleged rape: "I am innocent" |url=https://consequence.net/2015/07/cherie-currie-on-standing-by-during-jackie-foxs-alleged-rape-i-am-innocent/ |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=12 July 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cherkis |first1=Jason |title=Jackie Fox Of The Runaways Opens Up About Her Traumatic Rape |url=https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-lost-girls/ |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=1 September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nonfiction Book Review: "Neon Angel" by Cherie Currie, Author; Neal Schusterman, Author; Brenda Jackson, Author; (Price Stern Sloan) $4.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8431-2348-7 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8431-2348-7 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Alex |title=The Runaways' Cherie Currie tells all in her book 'Neon Angel' |url=https://www.scpr.org/news/2010/04/02/13730/runaways-cherie-curries-and-her-book-neon-angel/ |website=Southern California Public Radio |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=2 April 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Currie |first1=Cherie |last2=O'Neill |first2=Tony |title=Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CTUVByG7TV4C |website=[[google books]] |publisher=Harper Collins |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |language=en |date=30 March 30, 2010|isbn=9780061998072 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Currie |first1=Cherie |title=Neon Angel |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1309943.Neon_Angel |website=[[Good Reads]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020}}</ref> In the 1980s, Currie began working in drug and psych facilities, later becoming a counsellor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Valentish |first=Jenny |date=April 21, 2016 |title='It was the end of a nightmare': Cherie Currie on putting the ghosts of the Runaways to rest |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/21/it-was-the-end-of-a-nightmare-cherie-currie-on-putting-the-ghosts-of-the-runaways-to-rest |access-date=November 3, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Currie married actor [[Robert Hays]] on May 12, 1990, and they had one son together, the musician Jake Hays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14703990#|title=Cherie Currie rocks with biopic - LA Daily News|website=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] |date=August 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819083320/http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14703990#|archive-date=August 19, 2010}}</ref><ref name=strauss-2010-03-19>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailynews.com/2010/03/19/cherie-currie-rocks-with-biopic/|title=Cherie Currie rocks with biopic|last=Strauss|first=Bob|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date=March 19, 2010}}</ref> TheCurrie marriageand endedHays in a divorcedivorced in 1997.<ref name=strauss-2010-03-19/> Jake Hays, who is lead vocalist for the band Maudlin Strangers, has included in recent recording sessions as a member of Currie's touring band.

TheCharacters in the 1997 film ''[[Gummo]]'', sisters Dot, Helen, and Darby (played by [[Chloë Sevigny]], Carisa Glucksman, and Darby Dougherty) arewere charactersinfluenced inby the 1997Currie filmtwins. ''[[Gummo]]'', writtenWriter and directed bydirector [[Harmony Korine]], who has mentionedstated that, "Dot and Helen were {{sic|based o|ff}}off a combination of Cherie and Marie Currie, home schooling, and ''[[Thethe Shaggs]]''."<ref>{{Cite webnews|url=https://doomrocket.com/uncultured-gummo/|title=UNCULTURED: GUMMO|websitenewspaper=Doomrocket.com|date=March 13, 2015|access-date=November 13, 2019 |author1=Jarrod }}</ref>

In 2006a theseason teen3 dramaepisode of ''[[The O.C.]]'', in the [[The O.C. (season 3)|season 3]] episode "The Man of the Year", Marissa makes an entrance to "[[Cherry Bomb (The Runaways song)|Cherry Bomb]]",. She does so while dressed in a provocative [[schoolgirl outfit]], to Kaitlyn's [[boarding school]].

* 1999 – ''80's Collection'' <small>(with Marie Currie)</small><ref name="picclick.com">{{cite web |title=The Runaways Singer Cherie Currie The 80's Collection CD 15 songs • $25.00 |url=https://picclick.com/The-Runaways-Singer-Cherie-Currie-The-80s-Collection-112259359411.html |access-date=September 24, 2018 |website=PicClick.com}}</ref><ref name="karaoke-lyrics.net">{{Cite web |last=Fiala |first=Marek |title=80's Collection - Cherie Currie |url=https://www.karaoke-lyrics.net/lyrics/currie-cherie-57778/s-collection-98043 |access-date=November 13, 2019 |website=Karaoke-lyrics.net}}</ref>

* 2013 – ''Live in Los Angeles 8/30/13''<ref>{{cite web |last1=cheriecurrieofficial |title=Cherie Currie Live at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles 8/30/2013 Exclusive 10 Song CDr |url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/313124903452 |website=[[eBay]] |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901044754/https://www.ebay.com/itm/313124903452 |archive-date=September 1, 2020-09-01}}</ref>

* 2013 – ''[[Warehouse 13 (season 4)#ep54|Warehouse 13 – Runaway]]''

* 2020 – FTC – ''"Flatten the Curve"'' <ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |title=Mike Watt, * Cherie Currie, Eddie Spaghetti Team for COVID-19 Relief Song 'Flatten the Curve'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mike-watt-cherie-currie-eddie-spaghetti-team-for-covid-19-relief-song-flatten-the-curve-993801/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=1 September 1, 2020 |date=5 May 5, 2020}}</ref>

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| ''[[Warehouse 13 (season 4)|Warehouse 13]]''

| TV episode [[Warehouse 13 (season 4)#ep54|"Runaway"]]

* [http://www.chainsawchick.com Cherie Currie's Chainsaw Art site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809100646/http://www.chainsawchick.com/ |date=August 9, 2017 }}

* [http://australianrockshow.libsyn.com/episode-56-cherie-currie-interview 2016 Interview – Australian Rock Show Podcast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418015339/https://australianrockshow.libsyn.com/episode-56-cherie-currie-interview |date=April 18, 2021 }}

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