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
Jenny
1985
Assistant
1987
Vanessa Van Pelt
1987
1996
Talia Massey
1994
Luscious Deluxe
1995
Emma Conway
1989
1987
Rose
1998
Rikki Abbott
1992
Jordan Radcliffe
1998
Self
2007
Greta
1992
Valerie
2012
1990
1988
Nancy Voss
1993
Jane McKinney
2016
Self
2022
Self
2009
Racquel
1998
Loretta Crispin
2007
1996
Bartender
2005
Self
2006
Virginia
2024
Bubbles
2008
Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)
1985
Wanda Woodward
1990
Carl's Date
1994
Media Zone Singer
1995
Val-Chick 1
1997
Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
1986
Phyllis
2012
Self
2020
Anna
1996
Chameleon
2002
Wendy Monroe
1996
Phyllis
2022
Dejah Thoris
2009
Ann
2015
Norma
1994
Barb
2015
Self
2018
Nadine Story
1988
Waitress
1999
Traci
1986
Self
1999
Connie
2009
Max Normane
2006
Dixie Love
1989
Actress
2003
Heidi
1993
Detective Kendra Patterson
2015
Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
1985
Miranda Prescott
1996
Nicole Grace
1995
Diane Cody
1991
Traci Lords
1995
Self
2013
Self
2009
Lindsay Roberts
1991
Sally Fay
2019
Herself (archive footage)
2003
Miss Tress
1992
Elizabeth
1998
Agent Amanda Foster
2000
Laura
1993
Ellen Reed
1994
Traci
1986
Brianna Fine
2007
Herself
1985
Angel
1994
Self (archive footage)
1998
Gina Conte
2006
Val
2013
Lady Rachel Cawdor
2003
Jackie Swanson
1991
Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
1999
Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
1984
2019
Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
1987
Kelly Bekins
1997
Helen Hazleton
2011
Mira
2002
Blanche
1994
Mrs. Sultry (voice)
2007
Gina Clayton
1991
Vickie Stewart
1992
(archive footage)
2016
Sam
2000
Self
1999
Victoria Chastain
2018
Mother
2022
Julie
2008
Shonda Lee Bragg
1998
1993
Traci Lords
1991
Self - Round Girl
1986
Naomi Bucks
2005
Laura Engles
2003
Barbara Fleck
1993
Belle Gunness
Angie
Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
1990
Angel
Gloria
2020
Lorna
2003
Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
1990
Lindsay Lord
2000
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
