Traci Lords

Traci Lords

Birthdate
May 7, 1968 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Steubenville, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
May 7, 1968 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Steubenville, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting

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.

Traci Lords's LGBTQ+ Titles

Nowhere
Nowhere
Val-Chick 1
Steam Room Stories: The Movie
Steam Room Stories: The Movie
Sally Fay
Women Behind Bars
Women Behind Bars
Gloria

Acting (110)

Object of Desire
The Farm as Belle Gunness
The Ramones Go to Heaven as Angel
2024
Greedy People as Virginia
2022
Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial (2 episodes)
2022
Waking Up Dead as Phyllis
2022
Nicole, Her Ex & the Killer as Mother
2020
Women Behind Bars as Gloria
2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies as Self
2019
Manipulated
2019
2018
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters as Victoria Chastain
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen as Self
2016
Swedish Dicks as Jane McKinney (8 episodes)
2016
Hardcore to Horror as (archive footage)
2015
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre as Detective Kendra Patterson
2015
Tag as Ann
2015
Nightmare Nurse as Barb
2013
Skum Rocks! as Self
2013
Devil May Call as Val
2012
EastSiders as Valerie (6 episodes)
2012
Excision as Phyllis
2011
The Soccer Nanny as Helen Hazleton
2009
Princess of Mars as Dejah Thoris
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self (1 episode)
2009
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell as Connie
2009
Official Rejection as Self
2008
Zack and Miri Make a Porno as Bubbles
2008
Your Name Here as Julie
2007
Point of Entry as Brianna Fine
2007
The Chosen One as Mrs. Sultry (voice)
2007
Head Case as Self (1 episode)
2007
Andy Barker, P.I. as Loretta Crispin (1 episode)
2006
Crazy Eights as Gina Conte
2006
Celebrity Paranormal Project as Self (1 episode)
2006
Novel Romance as Max Normane
2005
Wanted (1 episode)
2005
Frostbite as Naomi Bucks
2003
Home as Lorna
2003
Deathlands as Lady Rachel Cawdor
2003
X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story as Herself (archive footage)
2003
You're Killing Me... as Laura Engles
2002
Black Mask 2: City of Masks as Chameleon
2002
They Shoot Divas, Don't They? as Mira
2000
Gilmore Girls as Natalie Zimmermann (1 episode)
2000
Full Blast as Lindsay Lord
2000
Epicenter as Agent Amanda Foster
2000
Chump Change as Sam
1999
D.R.E.A.M. Team as Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
1999
In Bad Taste as Self
1999
Me and Will as Waitress
1999
Get Bruce! as Self
1998
Will & Grace as Rose (1 episode)
1998
First Wave as Jordan Radcliffe (17 episodes)
1998
Blade as Racquel
1998
Extramarital as Elizabeth
1998
Boogie Boy as Shonda Lee Bragg
1998
Playboy: The Story of X as Self (archive footage)
1997
Stir as Kelly Bekins
1997
Nowhere as Val-Chick 1
1996
Profiler (4 episodes)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story (1 episode)
1996
Underworld as Anna
1996
Dead Man's Island as Miranda Prescott
1996
Blood Money as Wendy Monroe
1995
Virtuosity as Media Zone Singer
1995
As Good As Dead as Nicole Grace
1995
Your Studio and You as Traci Lords
1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Luscious Deluxe (1 episode)
1994
Dragstrip Girl as Blanche
1994
Ice as Ellen Reed
1994
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II as Norma
1994
Serial Mom as Carl's Date
1994
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel as Angel
1994
Viper as Talia Massey (1 episode)
1993
Desperate Crimes as Laura
1993
Skinner as Heidi
1993
Laser Moon as Barbara Fleck
1993
The Tommyknockers as Nancy Voss (2 episodes)
1993
Traci Lords: Advanced Jazzthetics
1992
Highlander: The Series as Greta (1 episode)
1992
Intent to Kill as Vickie Stewart
1992
The Nutt House as Miss Tress
1992
Melrose Place as Rikki Abbott (5 episodes)
1991
A Time to Die as Jackie Swanson
1991
Raw Nerve as Gina Clayton
1991
Murder in High Places as Diane Cody
1991
Shock 'Em Dead as Lindsay Roberts
1991
Hollywood Boulevard II as Traci Lords
1990
Super Force (1 episode)
1990
Warm Up with Traci Lords as Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
1990
Cry-Baby as Wanda Woodward
1990
Stallone's Knockouts as Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Emma Conway (1 episode)
1989
Fast Food as Dixie Love
1988
Roseanne (1 episode)
1988
Not of This Earth as Nadine Story
1987
Wiseguy (1 episode)
1987
Married... with Children as Assistant (1 episode)
1987
Married... with Children as Vanessa Van Pelt (1 episode)
1987
Electric Blue 26 as Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
1986
Traci Takes Tokyo as Traci
1986
Traci Made in Japan as Traci
1986
Foxy Boxing as Herself - Round Girl
1986
Electric Blue 21 as Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
1985
MacGyver as Jenny (1 episode)
1985
Fallen Angels as Herself
1985
Pony Girl as Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
1985
Electric Blue 20 as Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)
1984
Red Hot Rock as Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)

Production (4)

2012
Excision • Associate Producer
• Associate Producer
1998
Extramarital • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1986
Traci Takes Tokyo • Producer
• Producer
1986
Traci Made in Japan • Producer
• Producer

Costume & Make-Up (1)

1986
Traci Takes Tokyo • Makeup Artist
• Makeup Artist

Sound (4)

1996
Underworld • Songs
• Songs
1995
Mortal Kombat • Songs
• Songs
1995
Virtuosity • Songs
• Songs
1992
Pet Sematary II • Songs
• Songs