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Traci Lords

Born · May 7, 1968 (56 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Steubenville, Ohio, USA

Bio

Traci Lords (born Nora Louise Kuzma; May 7, 1968) is an American actress, singer, and former pornographic actress. She entered the adult film industry using a fake birth certificate to conceal that she was two years under the legal age of 18. Lords starred in adult films and was one of the most sought-after actresses in that industry during her career. When the FBI acted on an anonymous tip that Lords was a minor during her time in the industry, and that pornographers were distributing and selling these illegal images and videotapes, the resulting fallout led to prosecution of those responsible for creating and distributing the tapes. In addition, all but the last of her adult films were banned as child pornography. After leaving the pornography industry two days after turning the legal age of eighteen, Lords enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, where she studied method acting with the intention of becoming a mainstream actress. She made her mainstream screen debut at age nineteen in a leading role in the 1988 remake of the 1957 Roger Corman science fiction film Not of This Earth. Lords followed with the role of Wanda Woodward in John Waters' teen comedy, Cry-Baby (1990). Her other acting credits included the television series MacGyver, Married... with Children, Tales from the Crypt, Roseanne, Melrose Place, Profiler, First Wave, Highlander: The Series, Gilmore Girls, and Will & Grace. She also appeared in films such as Skinner (1993), Virtuosity (1995), Blade (1998), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), and Excision (2012), which earned her a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as a Fright Meter Award and a CinEuphoria Award. Lords also pursued music in addition to her film career. After her song "Love Never Dies" was featured on the soundtrack to the film Pet Sematary Two (1992), she was signed to Radioactive Records and subsequently released her debut studio album, 1000 Fires (1995) to generally positive reviews. Despite the poor sales of the album, the lead single "Control" had moderate commercial success. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart and was included on the soundtrack to the film Mortal Kombat (1995), which was eventually certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2003, Lords published her autobiography, Traci Lords: Underneath It All, which received positive reviews from critics and debuted at number 31 on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Known for

Waking Up Dead

Phyllis

3.7

2022

Women Behind Bars

Gloria

0.0

2020

Manipulated

6.5

2019

Skum Rocks!

Self

3.0

2013

Excision

Phyllis

6.2

2012

Princess of Mars

Dejah Thoris

4.1

2009

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Connie

4.7

2009

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Bubbles

6.3

2008

Your Name Here

Julie

4.5

2008

Crazy Eights

Gina Conte

4.5

2006

Novel Romance

Max Normane

4.5

2006

Frostbite

Naomi Bucks

4.1

2005

Deathlands

Lady Rachel Cawdor

3.0

2003

X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story

Herself (archive footage)

5.4

2003

You're Killing Me...

Laura Engles

4.0

2003

Full Blast

Lindsay Lord

0.0

2000

Epicenter

Agent Amanda Foster

3.9

2000

Chump Change

Sam

3.9

2000

D.R.E.A.M. Team

Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)

4.7

1999

Me and Will

Waitress

6.2

1999

Get Bruce!

Self

6.2

1999

Blade

Racquel

6.8

1998

Extramarital

Elizabeth

4.4

1998

Underworld

Anna

5.2

1996

Dead Man's Island

Miranda Prescott

5.2

1996

As Good as Dead

Nicole Grace

4.9

1995

Your Studio and You

Traci Lords

6.8

1995

Dragstrip Girl

Blanche

2.5

1994

Ice

Ellen Reed

4.5

1994

Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

Norma

3.5

1994

Serial Mom

Carl's Date

6.7

1994

Desperate Crimes

Laura

4.3

1993

Skinner

Heidi

4.5

1993

Laser Moon

Barbara Fleck

2.0

1993

Traci Lords: Advanced Jazzthetics

7.0

1993

Intent to Kill

Vickie Stewart

4.2

1992

The Nutt House

Miss Tress

3.0

1992

A Time to Die

Jackie Swanson

4.6

1991

Shock 'Em Dead

Lindsay Roberts

4.2

1991

Cry-Baby

Wanda Woodward

6.5

1990

Not of This Earth

Nadine Story

4.8

1988

Traci, I Love You

Traci

7.7

1987

Deep Inside Traci

Traci (Original, Archived Footage)

4.0

1986

Educating Mandy

Mandy

7.6

1985

Suzie Superstar II

Barbara / Suzie Wilson

6.0

1985

Young & Restless II

4.0

1985

It's My Body

Maggie

3.5

1985

Battle of the Stars

Traci

7.0

1985

Erotic Gold

3.0

1985

The Ramones Go to Heaven

Angel

0.0

Greedy People

Virginia

6.2

2024

Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre

Detective Kendra Patterson

4.8

2015

Nightmare Nurse

Barb

5.6

2015

Devil May Call

Val

5.8

2013

The Soccer Nanny

Helen Hazleton

4.4

2011

Point of Entry

Brianna Fine

4.7

2007

The Chosen One

Mrs. Sultry (voice)

6.0

2007

Home

Lorna

9.0

2003

Black Mask 2: City of Masks

Chameleon

4.6

2002

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

Mira

5.3

2002

Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987

(archive footage)

3.0

2000

Boogie Boy

Shonda Lee Bragg

4.5

1998

Stir

Kelly Bekins

4.3

1997

Nowhere

Val-Chick 1

6.8

1997

Blood Money

Wendy Monroe

2.7

1996

Virtuosity

Media Zone Singer

5.5

1995

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel

Angel

4.1

1994

Raw Nerve

Gina Clayton

4.0

1991

Murder in High Places

Diane Cody

5.0

1991

Hollywood Boulevard II

Traci Lords

3.8

1991

Fast Food

Dixie Love

4.8

1989

Traci's Fantasies

4.0

1986

Beverly Hills Copulator

Michelle Leon

5.0

1986

Foxy Boxing

Herself - Round Girl

2.5

1986

Perfect Fit

Diane Green

7.0

1985

The Mermaid

6.4

1984

Object of Desire

0.0

Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial

Self · (2 episodes)

6.0

2022

Nicole, Her Ex & the Killer

Mother

0.0

2022

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Self

6.6

2020

Steam Room Stories: The Movie

Sally Fay

6.4

2019

Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

Victoria Chastain

0.0

2018

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

Self

6.6

2018

Swedish Dicks

Jane McKinney · (8 episodes)

6.2

2016

Hardcore to Horror

(archive footage)

9.2

2016

Tag

Ann

4.9

2015

EastSiders

Valerie · (6 episodes)

6.4

2012

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Self · (1 episode)

7.3

2009

Official Rejection

Self

5.2

2009

Head Case

Self · (1 episode)

6.5

2007

Andy Barker, P.I.

Loretta Crispin · (1 episode)

7.2

2007

Celebrity Paranormal Project

Self · (1 episode)

8.7

2006

Wanted

(1 episode)

7.3

2005

Manhood

Actress

4.5

2003

Traci Lords at Her Very Best

(archive footage)

7.7

2000

Gilmore Girls

Natalie Zimmermann · (1 episode)

7.9

2000

In Bad Taste

Self

8.0

1999

Will & Grace

Rose · (1 episode)

6.8

1998

First Wave

Jordan Radcliffe · (17 episodes)

7.1

1998

Playboy: The Story of X

Self (archive footage)

6.3

1998

Profiler

(4 episodes)

7.0

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

(1 episode)

8.1

1996

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Luscious Deluxe · (1 episode)

7.0

1995

Viper

Talia Massey · (1 episode)

6.0

1994

The Tommyknockers

Nancy Voss · (2 episodes)

5.6

1993

Highlander: The Series

Greta · (1 episode)

7.4

1992

Melrose Place

Rikki Abbott · (5 episodes)

5.9

1992

Super Force

(1 episode)

6.2

1990

Warm Up with Traci Lords

Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor

8.5

1990

Stallone's Knockouts

Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator

0.0

1990

American Babylon (new)

0.0

1990

Tales from the Crypt

Emma Conway · (1 episode)

8.0

1989

Roseanne

(1 episode)

6.8

1988

Wiseguy

(1 episode)

6.5

1987

Married... with Children

1986

We Love to Tease

Tracy

9.0

1985

Sex Shoot

Tracy La Sorta

0.0

1985

The Sex Goddess

Marilyn

6.0

1985

0.0

1985

Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 5

(Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)

0.0

1985

4.0

1985

Swedish Erotica 57

0.0

1985

Boris Is Dead

Angie

0.0