Ricki randazzo biography

Having attained Greatest Living Actress™ status decades ago, Meryl Streep is no stranger to radical physical transformations—prosthetic chins, platinum hair dye jobs, an “artificial wattle”—in pursuit of onscreen dynamism.

But until her star turn as an aging bar band performer in Ricki and the Flash, the multiple Oscar winner had never undergone an extreme rock ‘n roll makeover.

Portraying Ricki Randazzo, a singer-guitarist who left her husband and young children 20 years earlier to pursue dreams of rock stardom (but wound up instead performing at a San Fernando Valley dive called the Salt Well) in the family drama which hit theaters Friday, Streep channels the spirit of such lady rockers as Melissa Etheridge, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and Lucinda Williams.

Moreover, Streep, 66, fairly exudes badass attitude encased in black leather ensembles, her eyes smoky with mascara, hair extravagantly braided.

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