Ricki Lake
Birthday
1968/09/21 (56 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) 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. She is also known for her talk show, Ricki Lake, which was broadcast internationally from September 1993 until May 2004. When the show debuted, she was 24 and credited as being the youngest person to host a syndicated talk show at the time. In...Read more
Acting
(1988) The In Crowd
as Dancer (uncredited)
(1988) A Family Again
as Carmen
(1994) Serial Mom
as Misty Sutphin
(2021) Under the Christmas Tree
as Marie
(1993) Based on an Untrue Story
as Velour Gnack
(1994) Cabin Boy
as Figurehead
(1990) Cry-Baby
as Pepper Walker
(1996) Mrs. Winterbourne
as Connie Doyle
(2000) Cecil B. Demented
as Libby
(1988) Working Girl
as Bridesmaid
(1989) Last Exit to Brooklyn
as Donna
(1992) Where the Day Takes You
as Brenda
(2008) The Business of Being Born
as Self
(1998) Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
as Mary Minor 'Harry' Haristeen
(1993) Skinner
as Kerry Tate
(1989) Cookie
as Pia
(2007) Matters of Life & Dating
as Linda Dackman
(2013) I Am Divine
as Self
(1992) Inside Monkey Zetterland
as Bella the Stalker
(1989) Babycakes
as Grace
(2005) It Came from... Baltimore!!
as Self
(2009) Loving Leah
as Rabbi Gerry
(1991) The Chase
as Tammie
(2022) Moon Manor
as Self
(2011) More Business of Being Born
as Host
(1992) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Charlotte
(2016) Embrace
as Self
(2017) Gemini
as Vanessa
(2016) Hairspray Live!
as Pinky's Girl
(2007) Hairspray
as Talent Agent
(2005) The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
as Ricki Lake
(2006) Park
as Peggy
(2004) A Dirty Shame
as Self
(1988) Hairspray
as Tracy Turnblad
(1999) Jackie's Back!
as Ricki Lake
(1984) Kate & Allie
as ---
(1993) Ricki Lake
as ---
(1988) China Beach
as Holly Pelegrino
(1997) King of the Hill
as Lila (voice)
(2019) Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
(1998) The King of Queens
as Stephanie Heffernan
(1990) Gravedale High
as Cleofatra
(1993) Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
(2019) The Masked Singer
as Raven (archive footage)
(2008) Easy to Assemble
as ---
(2012) The Ricki Lake Show
as ---
(2013) Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
(1997) The View
as Self - Guest
(2006) Gameshow Marathon
as Hostess
(2015) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
as Dream Ghost #1
(2005) Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Contestant
(2009) Drop Dead Diva
as Susan Semler
(2022) Sherri
as Self - Guest
(2017) Drop the Mic
as Self
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as ---
(2005) The Reichen Show
as Self
(1993) Intimate Portrait
as Self
(1996) The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
(2003) The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
(2008) Celebrity Juice
as Self
(1997) The View
as Self
(1991) The Jenny Jones Show
as ---
(1998) Hollywood Squares
as Self
(2019) The Masked Singer
as Raven
(2019) RuPaul
as Self
(2020) Stars in the House
as Self - Special Guest
(2022) The Wheel
as Self - Expert
(1997) The View
as Self - Guest Co-Host
(2018) 25 Words or Less
as ---
(2015) Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
(2013) Through the Keyhole
as Self
(2022) Pictionary
as ---
(2024) Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
as Self