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.
Acted in
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