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Meet the Woman Who Inspired Meryl Streep’s Ricki ….

Meryl Streep, 65, pulls off rock star chic as she sings and plays guitar for real in movie with Jessie's Girl hitmaker Rick Springfield

The first look at Meryl Streep as a leather-clad rocker dropped Wednesday with the release of the first official trailer for the movie Ricki And The Flash.

The two and a half minute video just about proves that the three-time Oscar winner really can do it all - sing, play the guitar, laugh, cry and look good in tight leather pants at 65.

And on top of all that, she's got Rick Springfield as her love interest.

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Rock and roll: Meryl Streep fronts a cover band in her new film Ricki And The Flash with Jesse's Girl hitmaker Rick Springfield on guitar and back up vocals

Method acting: Streep spent six months learning to play the guitar and according to director Jonathan Demme, she sings and plays on all 10 tracks featured in the mocvie

The three-time Oscar winner plays a singer and guitarist who left her family behind