Cherie Currie

Cherie Currie is an American singer and actress who also works as an artist. Born in Encino, California, she became lead vocalist of the all-female Los Angeles rock group the Runaways as a teenager in 1975. She recorded three albums with the band, including Queens of Noise and Live In Japan, then began a solo career and made Beauty's Only Skin Deep. She later recorded as the duo Cherie & Marie Currie, releasing Messin' With The Boys; their version of Since You Been Gone reached number 95 on the US charts. Her acting debut came in Foxes (1980), which brought strong reviews, and she appeared in Parasite (1982), Wavelength and Twilight Zone: The Movie, plus guest roles on Matlock and Murder, She Wrote. She released the album Reverie in 2015 and won a Rock Legend Award at the Malibu Music Awards in 2013. She also creates chainsaw wood carvings.