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