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.
Known for
Acting195
movieGreedy People
2024
Virginia
movieThe Farm
2023
Belle Gunness
movieWaking Up Dead
2022
Phyllis
movieCemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
2018
Victoria Chastain
tvSwedish Dicks
2016
Jane McKinney
movieHardcore to Horror
2016
(archive footage)
movieSharkansas Women's Prison Massacre
2015
Detective Kendra Patterson
movieTag
2015
Ann
tvEastSiders
2012
Valerie
movieExcision
2012
Phyllis
movieThe Soccer Nanny
2011
Helen Hazleton
moviePrincess of Mars
2009
Dejah Thoris
moviePoint of Entry
2007
Brianna Fine
movieThe Chosen One
2007
Mrs. Sultry (voice)
tvHead Case
2007
Self
tvAndy Barker, P.I.
2007
Loretta Crispin
movieCrazy Eights
2006
Gina Conte
movieNovel Romance
2006
Max Normane
tvWanted
2005
Bartender
movieFrostbite
2005
Naomi Bucks
Home
2003
Lorna
movieDeathlands
2003
Lady Rachel Cawdor
movieManhood
2003
Actress
movieX-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieYou're Killing Me...
2003
Laura Engles
movieBlack Mask 2: City of Masks
2002
Chameleon
movieTraci Lords at Her Very Best
2000
(archive footage)
tvGilmore Girls
2000
Natalie Zimmermann
movieFull Blast
2000
Lindsay Lord
movieEpicenter
2000
Agent Amanda Foster
movieD.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
movieMe and Will
1999
Waitress
tvFirst Wave
1998
Jordan Radcliffe
movieBlade
1998
Racquel
movieExtramarital
1998
Elizabeth
movieBoogie Boy
1998
Shonda Lee Bragg
moviePlayboy: The Story of X
1998
Self (archive footage)
movieStir
1997
Kelly Bekins
movieNowhere
1997
Val-Chick 1
tvProfiler
1996
Jill of All Trades
movieDead Man's Island
1996
Miranda Prescott
movieBlood Money
1996
Wendy Monroe
movieVirtuosity
1995
Media Zone Singer
movieAs Good As Dead
1995
Nicole Grace
movieYour Studio and You
1995
Traci Lords
tvHercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995
Luscious Deluxe
movieDragstrip Girl
1994
Blanche
movieIce
1994
Ellen Reed
movieSerial Mom
1994
Carl's Date
tvViper
1994
Talia Massey
movieSkinner
1993
Heidi
movieLaser Moon
1993
Barbara Fleck
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvThe Tommyknockers
1993
Nancy Voss
movieIntent to Kill
1992
Vickie Stewart
movieThe Nutt House
1992
Miss Tress
tvMelrose Place
1992
Rikki Abbott
movieA Time to Die
1991
Jackie Swanson
movieRaw Nerve
1991
Gina Clayton
movieMurder in High Places
1991
Diane Cody
movieShock 'Em Dead
1991
Lindsay Roberts
movieHollywood Boulevard II
1991
Traci Lords
tvSuper Force
1990
Alien #2
movieWarm Up with Traci Lords
1990
Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
movieCry-Baby
1990
Wanda Woodward
movieStallone's Knockouts
1990
Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
tvTales from the Crypt
1989
Emma Conway
movieFast Food
1989
Dixie Love
movieNot of This Earth
1988
Nadine Story
tvMarried... with Children
1987
Assistant / Vanessa Van Pelt
movieElectric Blue 26
1987
Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
movieDouble Penetration 2
1987
(archive footage)
movieTraci Lords Basta!
1987
herself
moviePorn in the U.S.A.
1986
Miss Tatum (archive footage)
movieBeverly Hills Copulator
1986
Michelle Leon
movieFoxy Boxing
1986
Self - Round Girl
movieGirls of Paradise
1986
(archive footage)
Deep Inside Tracey
1986
Traci (Original, Archived Footage)
movieElectric Blue 21
1986
Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
movieSex Shoot
1985
Tracy La Sorta
movieThe Sex Goddess
1985
Marilyn
movieSizzling Suburbia
1985
Helen Trent
movieTailhouse Rock
1985
Stacey
moviePleasure Party
1985
Brad's Girlfriend
moviePerfect Fit
1985
Diane Green
movieCountry Girl
1985
Billie jean
movieBlack Throat
1985
Debbie
movieAroused
1985
Allison Davis
movieA Night for Legends
1985
Self - Presenter
movieAdult 45
1985
(archive footage)
movieMarilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 6
1985
Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
tvMacGyver
1985
Jenny
movieLove Bites
1985
Nurse
movieWhore of the Worlds
1985
(archive footage)
moviePhysical II
1985
Helen Highwater
movieNew Wave Hookers
1985
The Devil
movieMore than a Handful
1985
(archive footage)
movieSuzie Superstar II
1985
Barbara / Suzie Wilson
movieWild Things
1985
School Girl
movieMarilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 5
1985
(Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
movieErotic Zones #1
1985
Liz (segment "Love Nest")
movieSex Waves
1985
Beverly
movieIt's My Body
1985
Maggie
moviePony Girl
1985
Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
movieElectric Blue 20
1985
Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)
movieElectric Blue 17
1985
(segment "Hard Times")
movieThe Reincarnation of Don Juan
1985
Girl In Red (archive footage)
Pleasure Productions 9
1984
(archive footage)
movieTracie Lords
1984
Tracie
movieJoys of Erotica 109
1984
(archive footage)
movieBad Girls 3
1984
Cherry Sue
movieBreaking It
1984
Jodie Brown
movieSister Dearest
1984
Vicky Jennings
movieTalk Dirty to Me 3
1984
The Mermaid
movieNight of Loving Dangerously
1984
Janice O'Hara
movieMiss Passion
1984
Sassy Sizzle
movieRed Hot Rock
1984
Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
movieHot Pink
1984
(archive footage)
Production6
movieExcision
2012
Associate Producer
movieExtramarital
1998
Executive Producer
movieTraci, I Love You
1987
Producer
movieBeverly Hills Copulator
1986
Producer
movieTraci Takes Tokyo
1986
Producer
movieTraci Made in Japan
1986
Producer
Sound4
Costume & Make-Up1
movieTraci Takes Tokyo
1986
Makeup Artist