Traci Lords
Acting
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.
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Filmography of
Traci Lords
Virginia Chetlo
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Phyllis
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Mother
... 2022
Gloria
... 2020
... 2020
... 2019
Sally Fay
... 2019
Victoria Chastain
... 2018
... 2018
(archive footage)
... 2016
Detective Kendra Patterson
... 2015
Ann
... 2015
Barb
... 2015
Self
... 2013
Val
... 2013
Phyllis
... 2012
Helen Hazleton
... 2011
Dejah Thoris
... 2009
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Self
... 2009
Bubbles
... 2008
Julie
... 2008
Brianna Fine
... 2007
Mrs. Sultry (voice)
... 2007
Gina Conte
... 2006
Max Normane
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Naomi Bucks
... 2005
Lorna
... 2003
Lady Rachel Cawdor
... 2003
Actress
... 2003
Herself (archive footage)
... 2003
Laura Engles
... 2003
Chameleon
... 2002
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(archive footage)
... 2000
(archive footage)
... 2000
Lindsay Lord
... 2000
Agent Amanda Foster
... 2000
Sam
... 2000
Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
... 1999
Self
... 1999
Waitress
... 1999
Self
... 1999
Racquel
... 1998
Elizabeth
... 1998
Shonda Lee Bragg
... 1998
Self (archive footage)
... 1998
Kelly Bekins
... 1997
Val-Chick 1
... 1997
Anna
... 1996
Miranda Prescott
... 1996
Wendy Monroe
... 1996
Media Zone Singer
... 1995
Nicole Grace
... 1995
Traci Lords
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Blanche
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Ellen Reed
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Carl's Date
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Angel Austin
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Laura
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Heidi
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Barbara Fleck
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Vickie Stewart
... 1992
Miss Tress
... 1992
Jackie Swanson
... 1991
Gina Clayton
... 1991
Diane Cody
... 1991
Lindsay Roberts
... 1991
Traci Lords
... 1991
Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
... 1990
Wanda Woodward
... 1990
Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
... 1990
Dixie Love
... 1989
Nadine Story
... 1988
Traci
... 1987
Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
... 1987
(archive footage)
... 1987
herself
... 1987
Miss Tatum (archive footage)
... 1986
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Michelle Leon
... 1986
Traci
... 1986
Herself - Round Girl
... 1986
(archive footage)
... 1986
Traci (Original, Archived Footage)
... 1986
Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
... 1986
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Tracy
... 1985
Tracy La Sorta
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Marilyn
... 1985
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Traci
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Stacey
... 1985
Helen Trent
... 1985
Diane Green
... 1985
Tracy
... 1985
Jan
... 1985
Brad's Girlfriend
... 1985
Traci
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Tracy
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Linda
... 1985
Tracy
... 1985
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Billie jean
... 1985
Debbie
... 1985
Allison Davis
... 1985
Self - Presenter
... 1985
(archive footage)
... 1985
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Candi
... 1985
Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
... 1985
Nurse
... 1985
(archive footage)
... 1985
Mandy
... 1985
Tracy
... 1985
Helen Highwater
... 1985
The Devil
... 1985
Tracy
... 1985
Barbara / Suzie Wilson
... 1985
School Girl
... 1985
Mirage
... 1985
(Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
... 1985
Liz (segment "Love Nest")
... 1985
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Beverly
... 1985
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Maggie
... 1985
Traci
... 1985
Herself
... 1985
Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
... 1985
Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)
... 1985
(segment "Hard Times")
... 1985
Girl In Red (archive footage)
... 1985
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... 1984
(archive footage)
... 1984
Tracie
... 1984
Traci
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Traci
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Jackie
... 1984
(archive footage)
... 1984
Cherry Sue
... 1984
Tracy (as Tracy Lords)
... 1984
Jodie Brown
... 1984
Vicky Jennings
... 1984
The Mermaid
... 1984
Lannie
... 1984
Traci
... 1984
Janice O'Hara
... 1984
Sassy Sizzle
... 1984
Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
... 1984
(archive footage)
... 1984
Belle Gunness
Angel