Tank Girl Made Lori Petty a Cult Icon, but Her Comeback Didn’t Happen in a Blockbuster — It Happened Behind Bars on Netflix

Yes, she’s best known for playing the titular character in the cult classic Tank Girl (1995) [47% on Rotten Tomatoes ]. But Lori Petty had plenty of other noteworthy performances and her feature directorial debut, The Poker House (2008), gave Jennifer Lawrence her first starring role. One of the things that really stands out about Petty is how she’s never conformed to Hollywood’s ‘norms’. Back in 2008, she famously told the L.A. Times that she considered herself an “accidental movie star” who’d had a good run considering she was “a 44-year-old woman with no Botox, no celebrity ex-husbands and no fake breasts.” Well, that was 18 years ago now…and the quote holds up. Now in her 60s, Petty has still never been married (to a celebrity or anyone else) and has embraced her natural appearance.

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