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▲{{short description|American rock musician, actress, and woodcarver}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Cherie Currie
| image = Cherie Currie.jpg
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| birth_name = Cherie Ann Currie
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|30}}
| birth_place = [[Encino, Los Angeles|Encino]], [[California]],
| instrument =
| genre = {{Flatlist|
* [[Punk rock]]
* [[hard rock]]}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician
| years_active = 1976–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]|[[Raven Records|Raven]]|[[MCA Records|MCA]]|Rocket City|Blue Elan}}
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'''Cherie Ann Currie''' (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, musician, actress, and artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of [[
==Early life==
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]]
Currie and her twin sister were given a role on an episode of ''[[My Three Sons]]'' at the age of two. They were
==Career==
===The Runaways===
In 1975, when she was 15 years old, Currie joined
===Solo===
===Cherie and Marie Currie===
After Cherie
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> and ''[[The Merv Griffin Show]].''<ref name="Church of Rock radio show" /> They wrote and produced songs for the soundtrack of the 1984 film ''[[The Rosebud Beach Hotel]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984) - Soundtracks - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088019/soundtrack/ |access-date=November 3, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> They acted and sang together in the film. In 1991, Cherie and Marie Currie performed a tribute concert to Paula Pierce, a member of [[the Pandoras]]. For the final song, the remaining Pandoras backed the Curries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://psychorizon.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/the-pandoras-hell-on-high-heels/|title=THE PANDORAS – Hell On High Heels|date=November 22, 2011|website=Psychorizon|access-date=September 24, 2018|archive-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915042648/https://psychorizon.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/the-pandoras-hell-on-high-heels/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Currie performed at the Runaways' reunion in 1994 with [[Jackie Fox]] and [[Sandy 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://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/IUhao0O0rSU |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Cherie Currie (Outtake from Episode #580)|work= Reality Check TV |date=March 17, 2013|access-date=September 24, 2018 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 1998, Cherie and Marie held a concert at the Golden Apple, in support of their re-released version of ''Messin' with the Boys''. Cherie's ex-bandmate West joined Cherie on stage to perform some of the Runaways songs. The Curries and West signed autographs after the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/250322/cherie-currie-makes-another-run-at-rock/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809024146/http://www.mtv.com/news/250322/cherie-currie-makes-another-run-at-rock/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2016|title=Cherie Currie Makes Another Run At Rock|website=Mtv.com|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In 1998, the compilation ''[[Young and Wild (album)|Young and Wild]]'' was released.<ref>{{Citation |title=Cherie Currie - Young & Wild Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/young-wild-mw0000057181 |access-date=November 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Another compilation, ''80s Collection'', was released in 2000 by Times Square Productions.<ref>{{Citation |title=Cherie Currie - 80's Collection |date=2000 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/13774143-Cherie-Currie-80s-Collection |access-date=November 3, 2023}}</ref>
Cherie starred in the film ''[[Foxes (film)|Foxes]]'' in 1980 with [[Jodie Foster]]. She received strong reviews for her acting debut, and because of this film she received many roles in other films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cherie-currie-mn0000107815/biography|title=Cherie Currie - Biography - AllMusic|author=Tom Demalon|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref> Along with starring in ''Foxes'' (her best-known film), she starred in ''[[Parasite (1982 film)|Parasite]]'', ''[[Wavelength (1983 film)|Wavelength]]'', ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'', ''[[The Rosebud Beach Hotel]]'' (with Marie Currie), ''[[Rich Girl (film)|Rich Girl]]'', and others, as well as numerous guest spots on television series (''Matlock'' and ''Murder, She Wrote'', among others). In 1984 Currie was cast as Brenda in ''[[Savage Streets]]'', but was replaced by [[Linda Blair]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192947/bio|title=Cherie Currie|website=IMDb.com|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In the same year Currie was cast as the lead singer of the fictional band the Dose in the film ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', but her character was cut out of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/11-things-may-not-know-this-is-spinal-tap/|title=11 Things You May Not Know About 'This Is Spinal Tap'|website=Loudwire.com|date=February 23, 2015 }}</ref> Cherie was considered for a part in the 1985 film ''[[Explorers (film)|Explorers]]'' but, according to her autobiography, she was in the throes of drug dependency and couldn't even make it to a meeting.<ref>{{cite book |last=Currie |first=Cherie |author-link=Cherie Currie |date=16 March 2010 |title=Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0061961353 |location=New York City |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |isbn=978-0061961359 |access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref>▼
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▲Cherie starred in the film ''[[Foxes (film)|Foxes]]'' in 1980 with [[Jodie Foster]]
Currie was a guest vocalist on Shameless's 2013 album, ''Beautiful Disaster''. Currie released singles with ex-bandmate, [[Lita Ford]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Lita-Ford-Cherie-Currie-Rock-This-Christmas-Down/release/5161043|title=Lita Ford & Cherie Currie - Rock This Christmas Down|website=Discogs.com|date=December 3, 2013 |access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> and [[Glenn Danzig]] the same year. On October 19, 2013, Currie won the Rock Legend Award at the sixth annual Malibu Music Awards. The reward was presented to her by ex-bandmate, Lita Ford. That night Currie and Ford played on stage together for the first time in 37 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-the-runaways-bandmates-lita-ford-and-cherie-currie-reunite-on-stage-at-malibu-music-awards/|title=Former THE RUNAWAYS Bandmates LITA FORD And CHERIE CURRIE Reunite On Stage At MALIBU MUSIC AWARDS|date=October 29, 2013|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref> Currie released another studio album, [[Reverie (Cherie Currie album)|''Reverie'']], in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reverie/id976269503|title=iTunes - Music - Reverie by Cherie Currie|website=iTunes.apple.com|date=March 16, 2015 }}</ref> The album features guest work from ex-bandmate, Lita Ford, Currie's son, Jake Hays, and Currie's ex-manager, [[Kim Fowley]]. Cherie toured the UK in November 2015, to support her new album. Her special guest on her UK tour was ''Last Great Dreamers''. While in the UK, Currie recorded a live album entitled "Midnight Music in London" which features a special live appearance by [[Suzi Quatro]]. It was released in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shamelessonline.storenvy.com/products/16985709-cherie-currie-midnight-music-in-london-live-cd |title=Cherie Currie Midnight Music in London Live CD |work= The Official Shameless Store · Online Store Powered by Storenvy |access-date=July 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206154756/http://shamelessonline.storenvy.com/products/16985709-cherie-currie-midnight-music-in-london-live-cd |archive-date=December 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In late May and early June 2016 Currie toured Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tombowler.com.au/tours/cherie-currie/|title=Cherie Currie 'The Voice Of The Runaways' - DRW Entertainment|website=Tombowler.com.au|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, Currie and her son were nominated for the Marshall Hawkins Award for Best Original Score for the film ''Take My Hand.''<ref>{{cite web |title="Take My Hand" - awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8717656/awards |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref>▼
===Later years===
▲Currie was a guest vocalist on Shameless's 2013 album, ''Beautiful Disaster''. Currie released singles with ex-bandmate, [[Lita Ford]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Lita-Ford-Cherie-Currie-Rock-This-Christmas-Down/release/5161043|title=Lita Ford & Cherie Currie - Rock This Christmas Down|website=Discogs.com|date=December 3, 2013 |access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> and [[Glenn Danzig]] the same year. On October 19, 2013, Currie won the Rock Legend Award at the sixth annual Malibu Music Awards. The
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=
In 2020 Cherie Currie released an audio version of her memoir, Neon Angel.
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>
==Personal life==
Currie struggled with drug addiction for much of her younger life, a major factor in the abrupt ending of her career. She
''[[The Runaways (2010 film)|The Runaways]]'', a 2010 biographical drama film executive-produced by [[Joan Jett]], focuses on the group's beginnings and explores the relationship between Currie and Jett. [[Dakota Fanning]] portrays Currie.
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
==Influence on pop culture==
In 1979 an alternative cover photo of Currie's album ''Beauty's only Skin Deep'' appears in the background of the feature film ''[[Rock 'n' Roll High School]]''. It appears when [[the Ramones]] are backstage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079813/trivia|title=Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)|access-date=September 24, 2018|website=IMDb.com}}</ref>
In
==Discography==
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* 1980 – ''[[Messin' with the Boys]]'' <small>(with Marie Currie)</small>
* 1998 – ''[[Young and Wild (album)|Young and Wild]]'' <small>(with Marie Currie)</small>
* 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>
* 2015 – ''[[Reverie (Cherie Currie album)|Reverie]]''
* 2019 – ''[[Blvds of Splendor]]''<ref name="recordstoreday.com"/>
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====Live albums====
* 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=
* 2016 – ''[[Midnight Music in London]]''
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* 2003 – The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs – Maximum Overdrive
* 2013 – Shameless – Beautiful ''Disaster''
* 2013 – ''[[Warehouse 13
* 2013 – [[Glenn Danzig]] – ''"Some Velvet Morning"''
* 2018 – [[Fanny Walked The Earth]] – ''"When We Need Her"''
* 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=
* 2020 - Cherie Currie and [[Dave Schulz (musician)|Dave Schulz]] - "What The World Needs Now Is Love"
* 2020 - Ryan Cassidy - "Small Price (featuring Cherie Currie)"
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==External links==
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* [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 }}
* {{IMDb name|0192947|Cherie Currie}}
* [http://www.allmusic.com/album/messin-with-the-boys-mw0000596615/awards All Music]
* [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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