Traci Lords
Traci Lords
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.
Known For
Actor
as Angel
as Belle Gunness
as Virginia
as Phyllis
as Mother
as Gloria
as Sally Fay
as Victoria Chastain
as (archive footage)
as Jane McKinney
as Detective Kendra Patterson
as Ann
as Barb
as Self
as Val
as Phyllis
as Valerie
as Helen Hazleton
as Dejah Thoris
as Connie
as Self
as Self
as Bubbles
as Julie
as Brianna Fine
as Mrs. Sultry (voice)
as Self
as Loretta Crispin
as Gina Conte
as Max Normane
as Self
as Naomi Bucks
as Lorna
as Lady Rachel Cawdor
as Actress
as Herself (archive footage)
as Laura Engles
as Chameleon
as Mira
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Lindsay Lord
as Agent Amanda Foster
as Sam
as Natalie Zimmermann
as Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
as Self
as Waitress
as Self
as Racquel
as Elizabeth
as Shonda Lee Bragg
as Self (archive footage)
as Rose
as Jordan Radcliffe
as Kelly Bekins
as Val-Chick 1
as Anna
as Miranda Prescott
as Wendy Monroe
as Media Zone Singer
as Nicole Grace
as Traci Lords
as Luscious Deluxe
as Blanche
as Ellen Reed
as Norma
as Carl's Date
as Angel
as Talia Massey
as Laura
as Heidi
as Barbara Fleck
as Nancy Voss
as Vickie Stewart
as Miss Tress
as Greta
as Rikki Abbott
as Jackie Swanson
as Gina Clayton
as Diane Cody
as Lindsay Roberts
as Traci Lords
as Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
as Wanda Woodward
as Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
as Dixie Love
as Emma Conway
as Nadine Story
as Traci
as Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as herself
as Assistant
as Vanessa Van Pelt
as Miss Tatum (archive footage)
as Michelle Leon
as Traci
as Traci
as Herself - Round Girl
as (archive footage)
as Traci (Original, Archived Footage)
as Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
as Tracy
as Tracy La Sorta
as Marilyn
as Helen Trent
as Stacey
as Traci
as Jan
as Diane Green
as Brad's Girlfriend
as Tracy
as Tracy
as Traci
as Dawn
as Linda
as Tracy
as Billie jean
as Debbie
as Allison Davis
as Self - Presenter
as (archive footage)
as Candi
as Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
as Nurse
as (archive footage)
as Mandy
as Tracy
as Helen Highwater
as The Devil
as Tracy
as Barbara / Suzie Wilson
as School Girl
as Mirage
as (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
as Liz (segment "Love Nest")
as Beverly
as Maggie
as Traci
as Herself
as Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
as Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)
as (segment "Hard Times")
as Girl In Red (archive footage)
as Jenny
as (archive footage)
as Traci
as Tracie
as Traci
as (archive footage)
as Jackie
as Cherry Sue
as Tracy (as Tracy Lords)
as Jodie Brown
as Vicky Jennings
as The Mermaid
as Lannie
as Traci
as Janice O'Hara
as Sassy Sizzle
as Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
as (archive footage)
Producer
as Associate Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Sound
as Songs
as Songs
as Songs
as Songs
Costume & Make-Up
as Makeup Artist