Ricki Lake
American television host and actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1968 · age 58
Ricki Pamela Lake is an American television host and actress. She is known for her lead role as Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film Hairspray, for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.
Ricki Lake is read about 1,141 times a day, in 25 languages.
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American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- Special Edition of 20/20Film2022
PictionarySeries2021
Under the Christmas TreeFilm, Marie2019
The Masked SingerSeries, Raven (archive footage)2018
25 Words or LessSeries2017
GeminiFilm, Vanessa2014
I Am DivineFilm2013Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show HostAward
Whose Line Is It Anyway?Series, 20132011
More Business of Being BornFilm, Producer2009
Drop Dead DivaSeries, Susan Semler2008
The Business of Being BornFilm, Producer2006
ParkFilm, Peggy2005
Dancing with the StarsSeries2004
A Dirty ShameFilm, Ricki Lake2003
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSeries1999
Jackie's Back!Film, Ricki Lake1997
King of the HillSeries, Lila (voice)1996Aftonbladet TV PrizeAward
Mrs. WinterbourneFilm, 1996Connie Doyle1994
The CriticSeries, Ricki Lake (voice)
Cabin BoyFilm, 1994Figurehead1992
Buffy the Vampire SlayerFilm, Charlotte1990
Cry-BabyFilm, Pepper Walker1988
China BeachSeries, Holly PelegrinoA Family AgainFilm, 1988Carmen1968Born21 September 1968People around Ricki
Close ties
John Waters Directed Cry-Baby, Serial Mom and Hairspray
Mink Stole Also in Cry-Baby, Serial Mom and Hairspray
Mary Vivian Pearce Also in Hairspray, Cry-Baby and Serial Mom
John Fiedler Produced Serial Mom and Cecil B. Demented
Rachel Talalay Produced Cry-Baby and Hairspray
Patty Hearst Also in Cry-Baby and Serial Mom
David Arquette Also in Where the Day Takes You (1994)
Traci Lords Also in Cry-Baby, Serial Mom and Skinner
Laurence Mark Produced Cookie (1990)
Michael Willis Also in Cecil B. Demented and Hairspray
Tim Burton Produced Cabin Boy (1994)
Melanie Griffith Also in Working Girl and Cecil B. Demented
Mike Nichols Directed Working Girl (1988)
Bernd Eichinger Produced Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)- Basil Poledouris Wrote Serial Mom and Cecil B. Demented
Craig Sheffer Also in Baby Cakes and Babycakes
Susan Seidelman Directed Cookie (1990)
Uli Edel Directed Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
Derek Hough Also in Dancing with the Stars, season 13
Denise Di Novi Produced Cabin Boy (1994)
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Fran Rubel Kuzui Directed Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Holter Graham Also in Hairspray and Cry-Baby
Marc Rocco Directed Where the Day Takes You (1994)
Known for
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Hairspray Live! 2016
I Am Divine 2014
Mrs. Winterbourne 1996
Loving Leah 2009
Hairspray 2007
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
98 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Awards
About this person
She is also known for her talk show, Ricki Lake, which was broadcast internationally from September 1993 until May 2004. When the show debuted, Lake was 24 and credited as being the youngest person to host a syndicated talk show at the time. In late 2012, Lake began hosting a second syndicated talk show, The Ricki Lake Show. The series was canceled in 2013 after a single season, but Lake won her first Daytime Emmy Award for the project.
