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Traci Lords

Traci Lords

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.

Greedy People

2024

as Virginia

Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial

2022

Waking Up Dead

2022

as Phyllis

Nicole, Her Ex & the Killer

2022

as Mother

Women Behind Bars

2020

as Gloria

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020

as Self

Manipulated

2019

Steam Room Stories: The Movie

2019

as Sally Fay

Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

2018

as Victoria Chastain

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

2018

as Self

Swedish Dicks

2016

as Jane McKinney

Hardcore to Horror

2016

as (archive footage)

Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre

2015

as Detective Kendra Patterson

Tag

2015

as Ann

Nightmare Nurse

2015

as Barb

Skum Rocks!

2013

as Self

Devil May Call

2013

as Val

EastSiders

2012

as Valerie

Excision

2012

as Phyllis

The Soccer Nanny

2011

as Helen Hazleton

Princess of Mars

2009

as Dejah Thoris

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

2009

as Connie

Official Rejection

2009

as Self

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

2008

as Bubbles

Your Name Here

2008

as Julie

Point of Entry

2007

as Brianna Fine

The Chosen One

2007

as Mrs. Sultry (voice)

Head Case

2007

as Self

Andy Barker, P.I.

2007

as Loretta Crispin

Crazy Eights

2006

as Gina Conte

Celebrity Paranormal Project

2006

as Self

Novel Romance

2006

as Max Normane

Wanted

2005

Frostbite

2005

as Naomi Bucks

Home

2003

as Lorna

Deathlands

2003

as Lady Rachel Cawdor

Manhood

2003

as Actress

X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story

2003

as Herself (archive footage)

You're Killing Me...

2003

as Laura Engles

Black Mask 2: City of Masks

2002

as Chameleon

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

2002

as Mira

Traci Lords at Her Very Best

2000

as (archive footage)

Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987

2000

as (archive footage)

Gilmore Girls

2000

as Natalie Zimmermann

Full Blast

2000

as Lindsay Lord

Epicenter

2000

as Agent Amanda Foster

Chump Change

2000

as Sam

D.R.E.A.M. Team

1999

as Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)

In Bad Taste

1999

as Self

Me and Will

1999

as Waitress

Get Bruce!

1999

as Self

Will & Grace

1998

as Rose

First Wave

1998

as Jordan Radcliffe

Blade

1998

as Racquel

Extramarital

1998

as Elizabeth

Boogie Boy

1998

as Shonda Lee Bragg

Playboy: The Story of X

1998

as Self (archive footage)

Stir

1997

as Kelly Bekins

Nowhere

1997

as Val-Chick 1

Profiler

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Underworld

1996

as Anna

Dead Man's Island

1996

as Miranda Prescott

Blood Money

1996

as Wendy Monroe

Virtuosity

1995

as Media Zone Singer

As Good As Dead

1995

as Nicole Grace

Your Studio and You

1995

as Traci Lords

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

1995

as Luscious Deluxe

Dragstrip Girl

1994

as Blanche

Ice

1994

as Ellen Reed

Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

1994

as Norma

Serial Mom

1994

as Carl's Date

Bandit's Silver Angel

1994

as Angel Austin

Viper

1994

as Talia Massey

Desperate Crimes

1993

as Laura

Skinner

1993

as Heidi

Laser Moon

1993

as Barbara Fleck

The Tommyknockers

1993

as Nancy Voss

Traci Lords: Advanced Jazzthetics

1993

Highlander: The Series

1992

as Greta

Intent to Kill

1992

as Vickie Stewart

The Nutt House

1992

as Miss Tress

Melrose Place

1992

as Rikki Abbott

A Time to Die

1991

as Jackie Swanson

Raw Nerve

1991

as Gina Clayton

Murder in High Places

1991

as Diane Cody

Shock 'Em Dead

1991

as Lindsay Roberts

Hollywood Boulevard II

1991

as Traci Lords

Super Force

1990

Warm Up with Traci Lords

1990

as Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor

Cry-Baby

1990

as Wanda Woodward

Stallone's Knockouts

1990

as Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator

Tales from the Crypt

1989

as Emma Conway

Fast Food

1989

as Dixie Love

Roseanne

1988

Not of This Earth

1988

as Nadine Story

Wiseguy

1987

Married... with Children

1987

as Assistant

Married... with Children

1987

as Vanessa Van Pelt

Traci, I Love You

1987

as Traci

Electric Blue 26

1987

as Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)

Double Penetration 2

1987

as (archive footage)

Traci Lords Basta! - Max's Film

1987

as herself

Porn in the U.S.A.

1986

as Miss Tatum (archive footage)

Traci's Fantasies

1986

Beverly Hills Copulator

1986

as Michelle Leon

Traci Takes Tokyo

1986

as Traci

Traci Made in Japan

1986

as Traci

Foxy Boxing

1986

as Herself - Round Girl

Girls of Paradise

1986

as (archive footage)

Deep Inside Traci

1986

as Traci (Original, Archived Footage)

Electric Blue 21

1986

as Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")

Lovely Young Tracy

1986

We Love to Tease

1985

as Tracy

Sex Shoot

1985

as Tracy La Sorta

The Sex Goddess

1985

as Marilyn

Sizzling Suburbia

1985

as Helen Trent

Spermbusters

1985

Tailhouse Rock

1985

as Stacey

Tracy in Heaven

1985

Two Timing Traci

1985

as Traci

Passion Pit

1985

as Jan

Peek a Boo Gang

1985

as Tracy

Pleasure Party

1985

as Brad's Girlfriend

Perfect Fit

1985

as Diane Green

Holly Does Hollywood

1985

as Tracy

Hollywood Heartbreakers

1985

Just Another Pretty Face

1985

as Traci

One Hot Night of Passion

1985

as Dawn

Ladies in Lace

1985

as Linda

Harlequin Affair

1985

as Tracy

Dirty Pictures

1985

Country Girl

1985

as Billie jean

Black Throat

1985

as Debbie

Aroused

1985

as Allison Davis

A Night For Legends

1985

as Self - Presenter

Adult 45

1985

as (archive footage)

The Adventures of Tracy Dick: The Case of the Missing Stiff

1985

as Tracy Dick

Another Roll in the Hay

1985

as Candi

Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 6

1985

as Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)

MacGyver

1985

as Jenny

Love Bites

1985

as Nurse

Whore of the Worlds

1985

as (archive footage)

Educating Mandy

1985

as Mandy

Lovely Young Tracy 2

1985

as Tracy

Physical II

1985

as Helen Highwater

New Wave Hookers

1985

as The Devil

The Grafenberg Spot

1985

as Tracy

Suzie Superstar II

1985

as Barbara / Suzie Wilson

Wild Things

1985

as School Girl

Portrait of Lust

1985

as Mirage

Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 5

1985

as (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)

Future Voyeur

1985

Jean Genie

1985

Erotic Zones #1

1985

as Liz (segment "Love Nest")

Sex Waves

1985

as Beverly

Sex Fifth Avenue

1985

Swedish Erotica 57

1985

Dream Lover

1985

Young & Restless II

1985

It's My Body

1985

as Maggie

Battle of the Stars

1985

as Traci

Erotic Gold

1985

Fallen Angels

1985

as Herself

Pony Girl

1985

as Daphne (as Tracy Lords)

Electric Blue 20

1985

as Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)

Electric Blue 17

1985

as (segment "Hard Times")

The Reincarnation of Don Juan

1985

as Girl In Red (archive footage)

Tracy's Dilemma

1984

Pleasure Productions 9

1984

as (archive footage)

Sweet Little Things

1984

as Traci

Tracie Lords

1984

as Tracie

Open Up Tracy

1984

as Traci

Joys of Erotica 109

1984

as (archive footage)

Lust in the Fast Lane

1984

as Jackie

Bad Girls 3

1984

as Cherry Sue

Kinky Business

1984

as Tracy (as Tracy Lords)

Breaking It

1984

as Jodie Brown

Sister Dearest

1984

as Vicky Jennings

Talk Dirty to Me 3

1984

as The Mermaid

What Gets Me Hot!

1984

as Lannie

Those Young Girls

1984

as Traci

Night Of Loving Dangerously

1984

as Janice O'Hara

Miss Passion

1984

as Sassy Sizzle

Red Hot Rock

1984

as Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)

Hot Pink

1984

as (archive footage)

The Ramones Go to Heaven

as Angel

Object of Desire

The Farm

as Belle Gunness