Traci Lords
Biography
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
Acting
2008
asBubbles
2009
asConnie
1994
asNorma
1994
asCarl's Date
1990
asWanda Woodward
2003
asHerself (archive footage)
1988
asNadine Story
1991
asLindsay Roberts
2009
asDejah Thoris
1998
asRacquel
2006
asGina Conte
1999
asWaitress
2013
asSelf
2005
asNaomi Bucks
1999
asSelf
1985
as
1985
asMandy
2000
asAgent Amanda Foster
2003
asLaura Engles
2006
asMax Normane
1985
asMaggie
1991
asJackie Swanson
2012
asPhyllis
1993
asHeidi
1994
asEllen Reed
1996
asAnna
1985
asTraci
2003
asLady Rachel Cawdor
1993
asBarbara Fleck
2022
asPhyllis
1993
as
1995
asNicole Grace
2000
asLindsay Lord
2008
asJulie
1985
asBarbara / Suzie Wilson
1987
asTraci
1999
asLena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
1985
as1986
asTraci (Original, Archived Footage)
1996
asMiranda Prescott
2000
asSam
1993
asLaura
1994
asBlanche
2020
asGloria
1995
asTraci Lords
2019
as
1992
asVickie Stewart
1992
asMiss Tress
1998
asElizabeth
asAngel
1991
asGina Clayton
2002
asChameleon
1991
asDiane Cody
2015
asDetective Kendra Patterson
1984
asThe Mermaid
1989
asDixie Love
1985
asThe Devil
2024
asVirginia
2015
asBarb
1984
asVicky Jennings
1986
asHerself - Round Girl
2002
asMira
1985
asTracy
2011
asHelen Hazleton
1995
asMedia Zone Singer
1998
asShonda Lee Bragg
as
2013
asVal
2007
asBrianna Fine
1991
asTraci Lords
1994
asAngel
1996
asWendy Monroe
1997
asVal-Chick 1
1997
asKelly Bekins
2003
asLorna
2007
asMrs. Sultry (voice)
1985
asHerself
1985
asDaphne (as Tracy Lords)
1984
asMiss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
1984
asCherry Sue
1986
as
1985
as(archive footage)
1985
asTracy Dick
1985
asCandi
1984
asJodie Brown
1985
asTracy
1985
asAllison Davis
1986
asMichelle Leon
1985
asTracy
1985
as
1984
as(archive footage)
1985
asTraci
2000
as(archive footage)
1984
asJackie
1985
asDawn
1984
asTraci
1985
asJan
1985
asTracy
1985
asBrad's Girlfriend
1985
asDiane Green
1984
as(archive footage)
1986
asMiss Tatum (archive footage)
1985
asMarilyn
1985
asHelen Trent
1985
as
1984
asTraci
1985
asStacey
1984
asTraci
2000
as(archive footage)
1984
asTracie
1985
as
1985
asTraci
1984
asLannie
1984
as
1985
asTracy
1985
asTracy La Sorta
1985
asDebbie
1985
asBillie jean
1985
as
1998
asSelf (archive footage)
2015
asAnn
2009
asSelf
2018
asSelf
1985
asNurse
1985
asSchool Girl
1985
as
1985
as
1985
asBeverly
1984
asSassy Sizzle
1984
asJanice O'Hara
1985
asMirage
1985
as(Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
1985
asTraci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
1985
as
1985
as
1985
asLiz (segment "Love Nest")
1986
as(archive footage)
1985
asSelf - Presenter
1984
as(archive footage)
2016
as(archive footage)
2018
asVictoria Chastain
1985
asTracy
1986
asTraci
2019
asSally Fay
1985
as(archive footage)
1985
asHelen Highwater
1984
asTracy (as Tracy Lords)
1985
asLinda
2022
asMother
1990
asTraci Lords, Ringside Commentator
1999
asSelf
1990
asHerself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
1985
asElectric Blue Girl (archive footage)
1986
asJane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
1985
as(segment "Hard Times")
1987
asMiss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
2020
asSelf
1985
asGirl In Red (archive footage)
1986
as
1987
as(archive footage)
asBelle Gunness
1985
as
1987
asherself
1986
asTraci
2003
asActress
1990
asasAngie
asEmma Conway
as
as
asJenny
as
asSelf
asRikki Abbott
asLoretta Crispin
asRose
as
asNatalie Zimmermann
as
asTalia Massey
asNancy Voss
asSelf
asAssistant
asSelf
asSelf
asValerie
asGreta
asVanessa Van Pelt
asLuscious Deluxe
asJordan Radcliffe
as
asJane McKinney
Production
1987
as1986
as2012
as1998
as1986
as1986
asCrew
Directing
