1. Cherie Ann Currie was born on November 30,1959 and is an American singer, musician, actress, and artist.
28 Facts About Cherie Currie
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Cherie Currie is known for her role in the 1980 film Foxes.
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Cherie Currie was born to Don Cherie Currie and actress Marie Harmon.
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Cherie Currie has an identical twin sister, Marie Currie, an elder sister, actress Sondra Currie, and a brother, Don Currie Jr.
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In 1975, when she was 15 years old, Cherie Currie joined the all-female rock band the Runaways, performing as lead vocalist.
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Cherie Currie recorded three albums with The Runaways, The Runaways, Queens of Noise and Live In Japan.
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Cherie Currie signed a four-album deal with Mercury, but left The Runaways after the third album.
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Marie Cherie Currie was featured on the track "Love At First Sight".
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Cherie Currie performed at The Runaways' reunion in 1994 with Jackie Fox and Sandy West.
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Cherie Currie starred in the film Foxes in 1980 with Jodie Foster, and received strong reviews for her acting debut.
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Cherie Currie appeared in Parasite, Wavelength, Twilight Zone: The Movie, The Rosebud Beach Hotel, and Rich Girl.
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Cherie Currie made guest appearances on television series including Matlock and Murder, Cherie Currie Wrote.
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In 1984 Cherie Currie was cast as Brenda in Savage Streets, but was replaced by Linda Blair.
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Cherie 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.
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Cherie Currie was considered for a part in the 1985 film Explorers but, according to her autobiography, she was in the throes of drug dependency and couldn't even make it to a meeting.
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Cherie Currie was a guest vocalist on Shameless's 2013 album, Beautiful Disaster.
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Cherie Currie released singles with ex-bandmate, Lita Ford and Glenn Danzig the same year.
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On October 19,2013, Cherie Currie won the Rock Legend Award at the sixth annual Malibu Music Awards.
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Cherie Currie toured the UK in November 2015, to support her new album.
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In late May and early June 2016 Cherie Currie toured Australia and New Zealand.
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In 2020 Cherie Currie released an audio version of her memoir, Neon Angel.
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Cherie Currie is a wood-carving artist, using a chainsaw to create her works.
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Cherie Currie has been doing chainsaw art since 2002 and opened her own gallery in 2005 in Chatsworth, California.
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Cherie Currie struggled with drug addiction for much of her younger life, a major factor in the abrupt ending of her career.
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Cherie Currie married actor Robert Hays on May 12,1990, and they had one son together, the musician Jake Hays.
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In January 2024, Cherie Currie began to express gender-critical views on social media.
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In May 2024, Cherie Currie expressed support for Gays Against Groomers and did a collaboration to sell merchandise with the group later that month.