Joan Jett

Acting

Joan Jett

Born September 22, 1958 · Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA (age 68)

Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American singer, guitarist, record producer, and actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song "Cherry Bomb". She has three albums that have been certified platinum or gold and in 2015,…

Known For

The RunawaysThe Runaways · 2010
The Runaways
★ 6.52010
MovieDramaMusic
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.
Big DriverBig Driver · 2014
Big Driver
★ 5.72014
MovieCrimeMystery
Tess Thorne, a famous writer, is determined to seek revenge on the man who brutally assaulted and raped her on a desolate New England road.
Repo! The Genetic OperaRepo! The Genetic Opera · 2008
Repo! The Genetic Opera
★ 6.32008
MovieMusicScience Fiction
By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan — and those unable to fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.
By Hook or by CrookBy Hook or by Crook · 2001
By Hook or by Crook
★ 5.12001
MovieCrimeDrama
Shy is a transgender man who leaves his small town after the death of his father, and heads to the big city to live a life of crime. Along the way, he encounters Valentine, a quirky adoptee, in search of his birth mother. An immediate kinship is sparked between these men and they become partners in crime.
Boogie BoyBoogie Boy · 1998
Boogie Boy
★ 4.41998
MovieThrillerCrime
A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears.
National Lampoon Presents: Endless BummerNational Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer · 2009
National Lampoon Presents: Endless Bummer
★ 4.72009
MovieComedy
From National Lampoon, the masters of raunchy comedy, comes a summer tale of beers, babes, and bros! In the surf town of Ventura, California, JD's surf board is stolen by a surfer from Los Angeles...a crime that cannot go unpunished. Gathering his friends and the local surf hero, Mike Mooney, they take a road trip to LA to get the surfboard back, then return to Ventura for the wildest summer party ever!
Light of DayLight of Day · 1987
Light of Day
★ 5.51987
MovieMusicDrama
Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.
Multiple SarcasmsMultiple Sarcasms · 2010
Multiple Sarcasms
★ 5.82010
MovieDramaRomance
Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter, Elizabeth. But slowly it dawns on him that he is not really happy. Gabriel decides that he wants to write a play about the sorry state of his life. He quits his job, gets a pushy literary agent friend to represent him and starts writing. Although his marriage ends in a divorce, the play is success and although his life is different than it was, he is happier.

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The Sweet LifeThe Sweet Life · 2003
The Sweet Life
★ 7.02003
MovieComedyRomance
Sensitive but unsuccessful New York magazine columnist Michael (James Lorinz King of New York, Frankenhooker) looks on with hopeless envy as his self-confident, shallow brother Frankie catches all the women, makes all the money and never feels a pang of remorse at his amoral behavior. Enter Lila (Barbara Sicuranza), a tough, sexy bartender. Initially Frankie's got her, and Michael gets fixed up with her biker chick roommate (Joan Jett, of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts). Then, through a twist of fate, Michael finds himself vying with Frankie for Lila's affections, and the results are both riotously funny and touching. Filmmakers Roy Frumkes and Rocco Simonelli (writers of the cult hit The Substitute) have created a romantic comedy... for people who hate romantic comedies!

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