Traci Lords
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 7, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- Steubenville, Ohio, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
The Ramones Go to Heaven
Movie · as Angel
Object of Desire
Movie
Boris Is Dead
Movie · as Angie
Greedy People
Movie · as Virginia
The Farm
Movie · as Belle Gunness
Waking Up Dead
Movie · as Phyllis
Nicole, Her Ex & the Killer
Movie · as Mother
Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Women Behind Bars
Movie · as Gloria
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Movie · as Self
Manipulated
Movie
Steam Room Stories: The Movie
Movie · as Sally Fay
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Movie · as Self
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
Movie · as Victoria Chastain
Hardcore to Horror
Movie · as (archive footage)
Swedish Dicks
TV · as Jane McKinney · 8 eps
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre
Movie · as Detective Kendra Patterson
Nightmare Nurse
Movie · as Barb
Tag
Movie · as Ann
Skum Rocks!
Movie · as Self
Devil May Call
Movie · as Val
Excision
Movie · as Phyllis
EastSiders
TV · as Valerie · 6 eps
The Soccer Nanny
Movie · as Helen Hazleton
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Movie · as Connie
Princess of Mars
Movie · as Dejah Thoris
Official Rejection
Movie · as Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Movie · as Bubbles
Your Name Here
Movie · as Julie
Point of Entry
Movie · as Brianna Fine
The Chosen One
Movie · as Mrs. Sultry (voice)
Andy Barker, P.I.
TV · as Loretta Crispin · 1 ep
Head Case
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Crazy Eights
Movie · as Gina Conte
Novel Romance
Movie · as Max Normane
Celebrity Paranormal Project
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Frostbite
Movie · as Naomi Bucks
Wanted
TV · as Bartender · 2 eps
X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Deathlands
Movie · as Lady Rachel Cawdor
Home
Movie · as Lorna
Manhood
Movie · as Actress
Black Mask 2: City of Masks
Movie · as Chameleon
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
Movie · as Mira
You're Killing Me...
Movie · as Laura Engles
Epicenter
Movie · as Agent Amanda Foster
Full Blast
Movie · as Lindsay Lord
Chump Change
Movie · as Sam
Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987
Movie · as (archive footage)
Traci Lords at Her Very Best
Movie · as (archive footage)
Gilmore Girls
TV · as Natalie Zimmermann · 1 ep
Me and Will
Movie · as Waitress
Get Bruce!
Movie · as Self
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Movie · as Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
In Bad Taste
Movie · as Self
Blade
Movie · as Racquel
Extramarital
Movie · as Elizabeth
Boogie Boy
Movie · as Shonda Lee Bragg
Playboy: The Story of X
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Will & Grace
TV · as Rose · 1 ep
First Wave
TV · as Jordan Radcliffe · 17 eps
Stir
Movie · as Kelly Bekins
Nowhere
Movie · as Val-Chick #1
Underworld
Movie · as Anna
Dead Man's Island
Movie · as Miranda Prescott
Blood Money
Movie · as Wendy Monroe
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
Profiler
TV · as Jill of All Trades · 17 eps
As Good As Dead
Movie · as Nicole Grace
Your Studio and You
Movie · as Traci Lords
Virtuosity
Movie · as Media Zone Singer
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
TV · as Luscious Deluxe · 1 ep
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
Movie · as Norma
Serial Mom
Movie · as Carl's Date
Ice
Movie · as Ellen Reed
Dragstrip Girl
Movie · as Blanche
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
Movie · as Angel
Viper
TV · as Talia Massey · 1 ep
Skinner
Movie · as Heidi
Laser Moon
Movie · as Barbara Fleck
Traci Lords: Advanced Jazzthetics
Movie
Desperate Crimes
Movie · as Laura
The Tommyknockers
TV · as Nancy Voss · 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Intent to Kill
Movie · as Vickie Stewart
The Nutt House
Movie · as Miss Tress
Melrose Place
TV · as Rikki Abbott · 5 eps
Highlander: The Series
TV · as Greta · 1 ep
Shock 'Em Dead
Movie · as Lindsay Roberts
A Time to Die
Movie · as Jackie Swanson
Raw Nerve
Movie · as Gina Clayton
Murder in High Places
Movie · as Diane Cody
Cry-Baby
Movie · as Wanda Woodward
Stallone's Knockouts
Movie · as Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
Warm Up with Traci Lords
Movie · as Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
Super Force
TV · as Alien #2 · 1 ep
The Word
TV · 2 eps
Fast Food
Movie · as Dixie Love
Hollywood Boulevard II
Movie · as Traci Lords
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Emma Conway · 1 ep
Not of This Earth
Movie · as Nadine Story
Roseanne
TV · 1 ep
Traci, I Love You
Movie · as Traci
Electric Blue 26
Movie · as Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
Double Penetration 2
Movie · as (archive footage)
Traci Lords Basta!
Movie · as herself
Wiseguy
TV · 1 ep
Married... with Children
TV · as Assistant, Vanessa Van Pelt · 1 ep
Deep Inside Tracey
Movie · as Traci (Original, Archived Footage)
Foxy Boxing
Movie · as Self - Round Girl
Traci's Fantasies
Movie
Beverly Hills Copulator
Movie · as Michelle Leon
Porn in the U.S.A.
Movie · as Miss Tatum (archive footage)
Girls of Paradise
Movie · as (archive footage)
Traci Takes Tokyo
Movie · as Traci
Electric Blue 21
Movie · as Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
Lovely Young Tracy
Movie
Traci Made in Japan
Movie · as Traci
Deep Inside Traci
Movie
Young & Restless II
Movie
Educating Mandy
Movie · as Mandy
It's My Body
Movie · as Maggie
Battle of the Stars
Movie · as Traci
Suzie Superstar II
Movie · as Barbara / Suzie Wilson
Erotic Gold
Movie
New Wave Hookers
Movie · as The Devil
The Grafenberg Spot
Movie · as Tracy
Fallen Angels
Movie · as Self
Pony Girl
Movie · as Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
Adult 45
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Adventures of Tracy Dick: The Case of the Missing Stiff
Movie · as Tracy Dick
Another Roll in the Hay
Movie · as Candi
Harlequin Affair
Movie · as Tracy
Aroused
Movie · as Allison Davis
Hollywood Heartbreakers
Movie
Holly Does Hollywood
Movie · as Tracy
Just Another Pretty Face
Movie · as Traci
One Hot Night of Passion
Movie · as Dawn
Perfect Fit
Movie · as Diane Green
Passion Pit
Movie · as Jan
Pleasure Party
Movie · as Brad's Girlfriend
Peek a Boo Gang
Movie · as Tracy
The Sex Goddess
Movie · as Marilyn
Spermbusters
Movie
Sizzling Suburbia
Movie · as Helen Trent
Tailhouse Rock
Movie · as Stacey
Tracy in Heaven
Movie
Two Timing Traci
Movie · as Traci
We Love to Tease
Movie · as Tracy
Sex Shoot
Movie · as Tracy La Sorta
Black Throat
Movie · as Debbie
Country Girl
Movie · as Billie jean
Dirty Pictures
Movie
Love Bites
Movie · as Nurse
Wild Things
Movie · as School Girl
Sex Fifth Avenue
Movie
Dream Lover
Movie
Sex Waves
Movie · as Beverly
Portrait of Lust
Movie · as Mirage
Future Voyeur
Movie
Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 5
Movie · as (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 6
Movie · as Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
Jean Genie
Movie
Erotic Zone
Movie · as Liz (segment "Love Nest")
A Night for Legends
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Lovely Young Tracy 2
Movie · as Tracy
Whore of the Worlds
Movie · as (archive footage)
Physical II
Movie · as Helen Highwater
Ladies in Lace
Movie · as Linda
Electric Blue 20
Movie · as Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)
Electric Blue 17
Movie · as (segment "Hard Times")
The Reincarnation of Don Juan
Movie · as Girl In Red (archive footage)
More than a Handful
Movie · as (archive footage)
MacGyver
TV · as Jenny · 1 ep
Talk Dirty to Me 3
Movie · as The Mermaid
Sister Dearest
Movie · as Vicky Jennings
Red Hot Rock
Movie · as Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
Bad Girls 3
Movie · as Cherry Sue
Breaking It
Movie · as Jodie Brown
Joys of Erotica 109
Movie · as (archive footage)
Lust in the Fast Lane
Movie · as Jackie
Open Up Tracy
Movie · as Traci
Pleasure Productions 9
Movie · as (archive footage)
Those Young Girls
Movie · as Traci
Sweet Little Things
Movie · as Traci
What Gets Me Hot!
Movie · as Lannie
Tracie Lords
Movie · as Tracie
Swedish Erotica 56
Movie
Miss Passion
Movie · as Sassy Sizzle
Night of Loving Dangerously
Movie · as Janice O'Hara
Hot Pink
Movie · as (archive footage)
Kinky Business
Movie · as Tracy
Swedish Erotica 57
Movie
Swedish Erotica 60
Movie