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Traci Lords

Traci Lords

Acting · Sound

Born May 7, 1968, Steubenville, Ohio, USA

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (18)
  • Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial — Self
  • 2020Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies — Self
  • 2018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen — Self
  • 2013Skum Rocks! — Self
  • Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
  • 2009Official Rejection — Self
  • Head Case — Self
  • Celebrity Paranormal Project — Self
  • 2003X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story — Self (archive footage)
  • 1999Get Bruce! — Self
  • 1999In Bad Taste — Self
  • 1998Playboy: The Story of X — Self (archive footage)
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
  • 1990Warm Up with Traci Lords — Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
  • 1987Traci Lords Basta! — herself
  • 1986Foxy Boxing — Self - Round Girl
  • 1985A Night for Legends — Self - Presenter
  • 1985Fallen Angels — Self
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