Traci Lords
Age: N/A | From: Steubenville, Ohio, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Tracy Lords , Tracie Lords , Nora Louise Kuzma , Traci Elizabeth Lords
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Steubenville, Ohio, USA
Homepage: http://www.tracilords.com
Movie Involvements: 128
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
MacGyver
(1985) Jenny
Highlander: The Series
(1992) Greta
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
(1995) Luscious Deluxe
Viper
(1994) Talia Massey
Blade
(1998) Racquel
First Wave
(1998) Jordan Radcliffe
The Tommyknockers
(1993) Nancy Voss
Celebrity Paranormal Project
(2006) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Virginia | |
| 2022 | N/A | |
| Phyllis | ||
| Mother | ||
| 2020 | Gloria | |
| Self | ||
| 2019 | N/A | |
| Sally Fay | ||
| 2018 | Victoria Chastain | |
| Self | ||
| 2016 | Jane McKinney | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 2015 | Detective Kendra Patterson | |
| Ann | ||
| Barb | ||
| 2013 | Self | |
| Val | ||
| 2012 | Valerie | |
| Phyllis | ||
| 2011 | Helen Hazleton | |
| 2009 | Dejah Thoris | |
| Self | ||
| Connie | ||
| Self | ||
| 2008 | Bubbles | |
| Julie | ||
| 2007 | Brianna Fine | |
| Mrs. Sultry (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Loretta Crispin | ||
| 2006 | Gina Conte | |
| Self | ||
| Max Normane | ||
| 2005 | N/A | |
| Naomi Bucks | ||
| 2003 | Lorna | |
| Lady Rachel Cawdor | ||
| Actress | ||
| Herself (archive footage) | ||
| Laura Engles | ||
| 2002 | Chameleon | |
| Mira | ||
| 2000 | (archive footage) | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| Natalie Zimmermann | ||
| Lindsay Lord | ||
| Agent Amanda Foster | ||
| Sam | ||
| 1999 | Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords) | |
| Self | ||
| Waitress | ||
| Self | ||
| 1998 | Rose | |
| Jordan Radcliffe | ||
| Racquel | ||
| Elizabeth | ||
| Shonda Lee Bragg | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1997 | Kelly Bekins | |
| Val-Chick 1 | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Anna | ||
| Miranda Prescott | ||
| Wendy Monroe | ||
| 1995 | Media Zone Singer | |
| Nicole Grace | ||
| Traci Lords | ||
| Luscious Deluxe | ||
| 1994 | Blanche | |
| Ellen Reed | ||
| Norma | ||
| Carl's Date | ||
| Angel Austin | ||
| Talia Massey | ||
| 1993 | Laura | |
| Heidi | ||
| Barbara Fleck | ||
| Nancy Voss | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1992 | Greta | |
| Vickie Stewart | ||
| Miss Tress | ||
| Rikki Abbott | ||
| 1991 | Jackie Swanson | |
| Gina Clayton | ||
| Diane Cody | ||
| Lindsay Roberts | ||
| Traci Lords | ||
| 1990 | N/A | |
| Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor | ||
| Wanda Woodward | ||
| Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator | ||
| 1989 | Emma Conway | |
| Dixie Love | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| Nadine Story | ||
| 1987 | N/A | |
| Assistant | ||
| Vanessa Van Pelt | ||
| Traci | ||
| Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage) | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| herself | ||
| 1986 | Miss Tatum (archive footage) | |
| N/A | ||
| Michelle Leon | ||
| Traci | ||
| Herself - Round Girl | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Traci (Original, Archived Footage) | ||
| Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok") | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1985 | Tracy | |
| Tracy La Sorta | ||
| Marilyn | ||
| N/A | ||
| Traci | ||
| N/A | ||
| Stacey | ||
| Helen Trent | ||
| Diane Green | ||
| Tracy | ||
| Jan | ||
| Brad's Girlfriend | ||
| Traci | ||
| Tracy | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dawn | ||
| Linda | ||
| Tracy | ||
| N/A | ||
| Billie jean | ||
| Debbie | ||
| Allison Davis | ||
| Self - Presenter | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Tracy Dick | ||
| Candi | ||
| Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue) | ||
| Jenny | ||
| Nurse | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Mandy | ||
| Tracy | ||
| Helen Highwater | ||
| The Devil | ||
| Tracy | ||
| Barbara / Suzie Wilson | ||
| School Girl | ||
| Mirage | ||
| (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue) | ||
| Liz (segment "Love Nest") | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Beverly | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Maggie | ||
| Traci | ||
| Herself | ||
| Daphne (as Tracy Lords) | ||
| Electric Blue Girl (archive footage) | ||
| (segment "Hard Times") | ||
| Girl In Red (archive footage) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| Tracie | ||
| Traci | ||
| Traci | ||
| Jackie | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Cherry Sue | ||
| Tracy (as Tracy Lords) | ||
| Jodie Brown | ||
| Vicky Jennings | ||
| The Mermaid | ||
| Lannie | ||
| Traci | ||
| Janice O'Hara | ||
| Sassy Sizzle | ||
| Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited) | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Belle Gunness | ||
| Angel | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Associate Producer | |
| 1998 | Executive Producer | |
| 1987 | Producer | |
| 1986 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Songs | |
| 1995 | Songs | |
| Songs | ||
| 1992 | Songs | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Costume & Make-Up
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Makeup Artist | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |