Traci Lords
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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
Credits
Blade (1998)
as Racquel
Greedy People (2024)
as Virginia
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
as Bubbles
Serial Mom (1994)
as Carl's Date
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)
as Self
Cry-Baby (1990)
as Wanda Woodward
Virtuosity (1995)
as Media Zone Singer
Nowhere (1997)
as Val-Chick #1
Not of This Earth (1988)
as Nadine Story
Blood Money (1996)
as Wendy Monroe
Get Bruce! (1999)
as Self
Excision (2012)
as Phyllis
Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002)
as Chameleon
Crazy Eights (2006)
as Gina Conte
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009)
as Connie
Skinner (1993)
as Heidi
Princess of Mars (2009)
as Dejah Thoris
D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999)
as Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
Your Studio and You (1995)
as Traci Lords
Underworld (1996)
as Anna
Dragstrip Girl (1994)
as Blanche
Novel Romance (2006)
as Max Normane
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)
as Norma
The Nutt House (1992)
as Miss Tress
Epicenter (2000)
as Agent Amanda Foster
They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002)
as Mira
Boogie Boy (1998)
as Shonda Lee Bragg
Murder in High Places (1991)
as Diane Cody
Playboy: The Story of X (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
Manipulated (2019)
Actor
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2015)
as Detective Kendra Patterson
Dead Man's Island (1996)
as Miranda Prescott
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018)
as Self
Pony Girl (1985)
as Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
Foxy Boxing (1986)
as Self - Round Girl
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994)
as Angel
Me and Will (1999)
as Waitress
As Good As Dead (1995)
as Nicole Grace
Steam Room Stories: The Movie (2019)
as Sally Fay
Deathlands (2003)
as Lady Rachel Cawdor
Waking Up Dead (2022)
as Phyllis
Nightmare Nurse (2015)
as Barb
A Time to Die (1991)
as Jackie Swanson
Point of Entry (2007)
as Brianna Fine
The Farm (2023)
as Belle Gunness
Skum Rocks! (2013)
as Self
Laser Moon (1993)
as Barbara Fleck
Full Blast (2000)
as Lindsay Lord
Desperate Crimes (1993)
as Laura
In Bad Taste (1999)
as Self
You're Killing Me... (2001)
as Laura Engles
The Chosen One (2007)
as Mrs. Sultry (voice)
Fallen Angels (1985)
as Self
Home (2003)
as Lorna
Manhood (2003)
as Actress
Ice (1994)
as Ellen Reed
Warm Up with Traci Lords (1990)
as Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
Chump Change (2000)
as Sam
Extramarital (1998)
as Elizabeth
Raw Nerve (1991)
as Gina Clayton
Intent to Kill (1992)
as Vickie Stewart
Official Rejection (2009)
as Self
Shock 'Em Dead (1991)
as Lindsay Roberts
Nicole, Her Ex & the Killer (2022)
as Mother
Boris Is Dead (2026)
as Angie
Red Hot Rock (1984)
as Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
Frostbite (2005)
as Naomi Bucks
Electric Blue 26 (1987)
as Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters (2018)
as Victoria Chastain
Hollywood Boulevard II (1989)
as Traci Lords
Traci Lords: Advanced Jazzthetics (1993)
Actor
The Ramones Go to Heaven (—)
as Angel
Tag (2015)
as Ann
Your Name Here (2008)
as Julie
Devil May Call (2013)
as Val
Object of Desire (—)
Actor
Fast Food (1989)
as Dixie Love
Hardcore to Horror (2016)
as (archive footage)
The Soccer Nanny (2011)
as Helen Hazleton
Women Behind Bars (2020)
as Gloria
Stir (1997)
as Kelly Bekins
Stallone's Knockouts (1990)
as Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
Sister Dearest (1984)
as Vicky Jennings
The Grafenberg Spot (1985)
as Tracy
Breaking It (1984)
as Jodie Brown
Wild Things (1985)
as School Girl
X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Young & Restless II (1985)
Actor
Educating Mandy (1985)
as Mandy
It's My Body (1985)
as Maggie
Battle of the Stars (1985)
as Traci
Suzie Superstar II (1985)
as Barbara / Suzie Wilson
Traci, I Love You (1987)
as Traci
Erotic Gold (1985)
Actor
Deep Inside Tracey (1986)
as Traci (Original, Archived Footage)
Talk Dirty to Me 3 (1984)
as The Mermaid
New Wave Hookers (1985)
as The Devil
Bad Girls 3 (1984)
as Cherry Sue
Adult 45 (1985)
as (archive footage)
Traci's Fantasies (1986)
Actor
The Adventures of Tracy Dick: The Case of the Missing Stiff (1985)
as Tracy Dick
Another Roll in the Hay (1985)
as Candi
Harlequin Affair (1985)
as Tracy
Aroused (1985)
as Allison Davis
Beverly Hills Copulator (1986)
as Michelle Leon
Hollywood Heartbreakers (1985)
Actor
Holly Does Hollywood (1985)
as Tracy
Just Another Pretty Face (1985)
as Traci
Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987 (2000)
as (archive footage)
Joys of Erotica 109 (1984)
as (archive footage)
Lust in the Fast Lane (1984)
as Jackie
One Hot Night of Passion (1985)
as Dawn
Perfect Fit (1985)
as Diane Green
Passion Pit (1985)
as Jan
Open Up Tracy (1984)
as Traci
Pleasure Party (1985)
as Brad's Girlfriend
Peek a Boo Gang (1985)
as Tracy
Pleasure Productions 9 (1984)
as (archive footage)
Porn in the U.S.A. (1986)
as Miss Tatum (archive footage)
The Sex Goddess (1985)
as Marilyn
Spermbusters (1985)
Actor
Sizzling Suburbia (1985)
as Helen Trent
Those Young Girls (1984)
as Traci
Sweet Little Things (1984)
as Traci
Tailhouse Rock (1985)
as Stacey
Tracy in Heaven (1985)
Actor
What Gets Me Hot! (1984)
as Lannie
Tracie Lords (1984)
as Tracie
Two Timing Traci (1985)
as Traci
Traci Lords at Her Very Best (2000)
as (archive footage)
We Love to Tease (1985)
as Tracy
Swedish Erotica 56 (1984)
Actor
Sex Shoot (1985)
as Tracy La Sorta
Black Throat (1985)
as Debbie
Country Girl (1985)
as Billie jean
Dirty Pictures (1985)
Actor
Love Bites (1985)
as Nurse
Sex Fifth Avenue (1985)
Actor
Dream Lover (1985)
Actor
Sex Waves (1985)
as Beverly
Miss Passion (1984)
as Sassy Sizzle
Portrait of Lust (1985)
as Mirage
Future Voyeur (1985)
Actor
Night of Loving Dangerously (1984)
as Janice O'Hara
Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 5 (1985)
as (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 6 (1985)
as Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
Jean Genie (1985)
Actor
Erotic Zone (1985)
as Liz (segment "Love Nest")
Girls of Paradise (1986)
as (archive footage)
A Night for Legends (1985)
as Self - Presenter
Hot Pink (1984)
as (archive footage)
Lovely Young Tracy 2 (1985)
as Tracy
Traci Takes Tokyo (1986)
as Traci
Whore of the Worlds (1985)
as (archive footage)
Physical II (1985)
as Helen Highwater
Ladies in Lace (1985)
as Linda
Kinky Business (1984)
as Tracy
Electric Blue 21 (1986)
as Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
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)
Double Penetration 2 (1987)
as (archive footage)
Lovely Young Tracy (1986)
Actor
Swedish Erotica 57 (1984)
Actor
Traci Lords Basta! (1987)
as herself
Traci Made in Japan (1986)
as Traci
Deep Inside Traci (1986)
Actor
More than a Handful (1985)
as (archive footage)
Swedish Erotica 60 (1984)
Actor