Ricki Lake
Known for: Acting
Born: September 21, 1968
Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American television host and actress. She is known for her lead role as Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film Hairspray, for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She is also known for her talk show, Ricki Lake, which was broadcast internationally from September 1993 until May 2004. When the show debuted, she was 24 and credited as being the youngest person to host a syndicated talk show at the time. In…
Known for
A Family Again
1988
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
1998
Matters of Life & Dating
2007
Babycakes
1989
More Business of Being Born
2011
Hairspray
1988
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996
Hairspray: Playing Tracy
2007
Serial Mom
1994
Under the Christmas Tree
2021
The Business of Being Born
2008
Skinner
1993
I Am Divine
2014
Embrace
2016
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
2007
Cry-Baby
1990
Where the Day Takes You
1992
Serial Mom: Surreal Moments
The Roots of 'Hairspray'
2007
Based on an Untrue Story
1993
Gemini
2017
Park
2006
Loving Leah
2009
The Chase
1991
Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992
It Came from... Baltimore!!
2005
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
Cookie
1989
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
Cecil B. Demented
2000
The In Crowd
1988
Cabin Boy
1994
Hairspray Live!
2016
A Dirty Shame
2004
Jackie's Back!
1999
Hairspray
2007
Working Girl
1988
Moon Manor
2022
Kate & Allie
1984
Ricki Lake
1993
China Beach
1988
King of the Hill
1997
Tamron Hall
2019
The King of Queens
1998
Gravedale High
1990
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Masked Singer
2019
Easy to Assemble
2008
The Ricki Lake Show
2012
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
The View
1997
Gameshow Marathon
2006
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Sherri
2022
Drop the Mic
2017
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
2005
The Reichen Show
2005
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Celebrity Juice
2008
The Jenny Jones Show
1991
Hollywood Squares
1998
RuPaul
2019
Stars in the House
2020
The Wheel
2022
25 Words or Less
2018
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Through the Keyhole
2013
Pictionary
2022
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
2024
The Critic
1994
The Entertainment Biz
1998
Entertainment Tonight
1981
The Idiot Box
1991
Charm School with Ricki Lake
2009