Traci Lords

Traci Lords

Date of Birth:

May 07, 1968

Place of Birth:

Steubenville, Ohio, USA

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.

filmography:

Sex Shoot Sex Shoot

1985

Love Bites Love Bites

1985

Tag Tag

2015

Aroused Aroused

1985

Manhood Manhood

2003

The Farm The Farm

1970

Sex Waves Sex Waves

1985

Jean Genie Jean Genie

1985

Hot Pink Hot Pink

1984

Deathlands Deathlands

2003

Laser Moon Laser Moon

1993

Underworld Underworld

1996

Excision Excision

2012

Skinner Skinner

1993

Ice Ice

1994

Full Blast Full Blast

2000

Blade Blade

1998

Cry-Baby Cry-Baby

1990

Serial Mom Serial Mom

1994

Epicenter Epicenter

2000

Frostbite Frostbite

2005

Get Bruce! Get Bruce!

1999

Virtuosity Virtuosity

1995

Boogie Boy Boogie Boy

1998

Nowhere Nowhere

1997

Stir Stir

1997

Adult 45 Adult 45

1985

Pony Girl Pony Girl

1985

Home Home

2003

Raw Nerve Raw Nerve

1991

Fast Food Fast Food

1989

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