Traci Lords
Acting
🎂 1968-05-07
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.
Cast credits(193)
Natalie Zimmermann
2000
Assistant
1987
Vanessa Van Pelt
1987
Jenny
1985
Rikki Abbott
1992
Rose
1998
Greta
1992
Emma Conway
1989
Luscious Deluxe
1995
Self
2009
Talia Massey
1994
Jordan Radcliffe
1998
Racquel
1998
1987
1996
1990
Jane McKinney
2016
Bubbles
2008
Self
2018
Virginia
2024
Valerie
2012
Wanda Woodward
1990
Self
2007
1988
Val-Chick 1
1997
Carl's Date
1994
Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)
1985
Media Zone Singer
1995
Phyllis
2012
Phyllis
2022
Angie
Barb
2015
Bartender
2005
Chameleon
2002
Self
1999
Detective Kendra Patterson
2015
Nancy Voss
1993
Self
2020
Brianna Fine
2007
Kelly Bekins
1997
Dejah Thoris
2009
Lady Rachel Cawdor
2003
Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
1986
Loretta Crispin
2007
Actress
2003
Elizabeth
1998
Nicole Grace
1995
Self (archive footage)
1998
Diane Cody
1991
Connie
2009
Agent Amanda Foster
2000
Self
1999
Sam
2000
Lindsay Roberts
1991
Miranda Prescott
1996
Herself (archive footage)
2003
Self
2006
Waitress
1999
Angel
1994
Gina Conte
2006
Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
1985
Laura Engles
2003
Ellen Reed
1994
Vickie Stewart
1992
Nadine Story
1988
2019
Self
2022
Self
2013
Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
1984
Julie
2008
Naomi Bucks
2005
Traci
1986
Max Normane
2006
Mira
2002
Blanche
1994
Self
2009
Val
2013
Heidi
1993
Herself
1985
1996
Traci Lords
1995
Sally Fay
2019
Belle Gunness
Ann
2015
Jackie Swanson
1991
Laura
1993
Traci
1986
Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
1999
Dixie Love
1989
Miss Tress
1992
Mother
2022
Norma
1994
Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
1987
Helen Hazleton
2011
Traci Lords
1991
Wendy Monroe
1996
Shonda Lee Bragg
1998
Lorna
2003
(archive footage)
2016
Anna
1996
Lindsay Lord
2000
Self - Round Girl
1986
Gloria
2020
Barbara Fleck
1993
Victoria Chastain
2018
1993
Gina Clayton
1991
Mrs. Sultry (voice)
2007
Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
1990
Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
1990
Angel
1985
Mandy
1985
Maggie
1985
Traci
1985
Barbara / Suzie Wilson
1985
Traci
1987
1985
Traci (Original, Archived Footage)
1986
The Mermaid
1984
The Devil
1985
Vicky Jennings
1984
Tracy
1985
Cherry Sue
1984
1986
(archive footage)
1985
Tracy Dick
1985
Candi
1985
Jodie Brown
1984
Tracy
1985
Allison Davis
1985
Michelle Leon
1986
Tracy
1985
1985
(archive footage)
1984
Traci
1985
(archive footage)
2000
Jackie
1984
Dawn
1985
Traci
1984
Jan
1985
Tracy
1985
Brad's Girlfriend
1985
Diane Green
1985
(archive footage)
1984
Miss Tatum (archive footage)
1986
Marilyn
1985
Helen Trent
1985
1985
Traci
1984
Stacey
1985
Traci
1984
(archive footage)
2000
Tracie
1984
1985
Traci
1985
Lannie
1984
1984
Tracy
1985
Tracy La Sorta
1985
Debbie
1985
Billie jean
1985
1985
Nurse
1985
School Girl
1985
1985
1985
Beverly
1985
Sassy Sizzle
1984
Janice O'Hara
1984
Mirage
1985
(Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
1985
Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
1985
1985
1985
Liz (segment "Love Nest")
1985
(archive footage)
1986
Self - Presenter
1985
(archive footage)
1984
Tracy
1985
(archive footage)
1985
Helen Highwater
1985
Tracy
1984
Linda
1985
(segment "Hard Times")
1985
Girl In Red (archive footage)
1985
1986
(archive footage)
1987
1985
herself
1987
1990
1986
