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.
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0000183
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233118
Facebook: https://facebook.com/tracilords
Instagram: https://instagram.com/Tracilords
Filmography (Movies)
Greedy People
Character:Virginia
Release Date:23/08/2024
Waking Up Dead
Character:Phyllis
Release Date:17/09/2022
Nicole, Her Ex & the Killer
Character:Mother
Release Date:20/05/2022
Women Behind Bars
Character:Gloria
Release Date:20/11/2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2020
Manipulated
Character:
Release Date:05/04/2019
Steam Room Stories: The Movie
Character:Sally Fay
Release Date:14/02/2019
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
Character:Victoria Chastain
Release Date:12/10/2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Character:Self
Release Date:07/07/2018
Hardcore to Horror
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:22/04/2016
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre
Character:Detective Kendra Patterson
Release Date:04/11/2015
Tag
Character:Ann
Release Date:04/05/2015
Nightmare Nurse
Character:Barb
Release Date:25/04/2015
Skum Rocks!
Character:Self
Release Date:26/09/2013
Devil May Call
Character:Val
Release Date:29/03/2013
Excision
Character:Phyllis
Release Date:12/09/2012
The Soccer Nanny
Character:Helen Hazleton
Release Date:25/06/2011
Princess of Mars
Character:Dejah Thoris
Release Date:29/12/2009
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Character:Connie
Release Date:25/09/2009
Official Rejection
Character:Self
Release Date:04/04/2009
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Character:Bubbles
Release Date:18/09/2008
Your Name Here
Character:Julie
Release Date:13/06/2008
Point of Entry
Character:Brianna Fine
Release Date:03/11/2007
The Chosen One
Character:Mrs. Sultry (voice)
Release Date:13/10/2007
Crazy Eights
Character:Gina Conte
Release Date:31/10/2006
Novel Romance
Character:Max Normane
Release Date:08/10/2006
Frostbite
Character:Naomi Bucks
Release Date:15/02/2005
Home
Character:Lorna
Release Date:14/09/2003
Deathlands
Character:Lady Rachel Cawdor
Release Date:17/05/2003
Manhood
Character:Actress
Release Date:23/01/2003
X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story
Character:Herself (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2003
You're Killing Me...
Character:Laura Engles
Release Date:01/01/2003
Black Mask 2: City of Masks
Character:Chameleon
Release Date:24/12/2002
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
Character:Mira
Release Date:05/10/2002
Traci Lords at Her Very Best
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:22/12/2000
Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:20/12/2000
Full Blast
Character:Lindsay Lord
Release Date:10/05/2000
Epicenter
Character:Agent Amanda Foster
Release Date:21/03/2000
Chump Change
Character:Sam
Release Date:01/01/2000
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Character:Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
Release Date:25/09/1999
In Bad Taste
Character:Self
Release Date:03/09/1999
Me and Will
Character:Waitress
Release Date:10/07/1999
Get Bruce!
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
Blade
Character:Racquel
Release Date:21/08/1998
Extramarital
Character:Elizabeth
Release Date:09/08/1998
Boogie Boy
Character:Shonda Lee Bragg
Release Date:12/02/1998
Playboy: The Story of X
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1998
Stir
Character:Kelly Bekins
Release Date:01/07/1997
Nowhere
Character:Val-Chick 1
Release Date:09/05/1997
Underworld
Character:Anna
Release Date:01/06/1996
Dead Man's Island
Character:Miranda Prescott
Release Date:05/03/1996
Blood Money
Character:Wendy Monroe
Release Date:01/01/1996
Virtuosity
Character:Media Zone Singer
Release Date:04/08/1995
As Good As Dead
Character:Nicole Grace
Release Date:10/05/1995
Your Studio and You
Character:Traci Lords
Release Date:01/02/1995
Dragstrip Girl
Character:Blanche
Release Date:02/09/1994
Ice
Character:Ellen Reed
Release Date:15/06/1994
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
Character:Norma
Release Date:16/04/1994
Serial Mom
Character:Carl's Date
Release Date:13/04/1994
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
Character:Angel
Release Date:10/04/1994
Desperate Crimes
Character:Laura
Release Date:24/11/1993
Skinner
Character:Heidi
Release Date:01/10/1993
Laser Moon
Character:Barbara Fleck
Release Date:15/09/1993
Traci Lords: Advanced Jazzthetics
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1993
Intent to Kill
Character:Vickie Stewart
Release Date:01/10/1992
The Nutt House
Character:Miss Tress
Release Date:10/09/1992
A Time to Die
Character:Jackie Swanson
Release Date:05/12/1991
Raw Nerve
Character:Gina Clayton
Release Date:28/06/1991
Murder in High Places
Character:Diane Cody
Release Date:02/06/1991
Shock 'Em Dead
Character:Lindsay Roberts
Release Date:31/01/1991
Hollywood Boulevard II
Character:Traci Lords
Release Date:30/01/1991
Warm Up with Traci Lords
Character:Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
Release Date:27/06/1990
Cry-Baby
Character:Wanda Woodward
Release Date:06/04/1990
Stallone's Knockouts
Character:Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
Release Date:02/02/1990
American Babylon (new)
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1990
Fast Food
Character:Dixie Love
Release Date:28/04/1989
Not of This Earth
Character:Nadine Story
Release Date:20/05/1988
Traci, I Love You
Character:Traci
Release Date:29/01/1987
Electric Blue 26
Character:Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1987
Double Penetration 2
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1987
Traci Lords Basta! - Max's Film
Character:herself
Release Date:01/01/1987
Porn in the U.S.A.
Character:Miss Tatum (archive footage)
Release Date:22/12/1986
Traci's Fantasies
Character:
Release Date:18/12/1986
Beverly Hills Copulator
Character:Michelle Leon
Release Date:08/12/1986
Traci Takes Tokyo
Character:Traci
Release Date:23/10/1986
Traci Made in Japan
Character:Traci
Release Date:23/10/1986
Foxy Boxing
Character:Self - Round Girl
Release Date:01/06/1986
Girls of Paradise
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/04/1986
Deep Inside Tracey
Character:Traci (Original, Archived Footage)
Release Date:02/04/1986
Electric Blue 21
Character:Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
Release Date:01/01/1986
Lovely Young Tracy
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1986
Deep Inside Traci
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1986
We Love to Tease
Character:Tracy
Release Date:23/12/1985
Sex Shoot
Character:Tracy La Sorta
Release Date:23/12/1985
The Sex Goddess
Character:Marilyn
Release Date:22/12/1985
Sizzling Suburbia
Character:Helen Trent
Release Date:22/12/1985
Spermbusters
Character:
Release Date:22/12/1985
Tailhouse Rock
Character:Stacey
Release Date:22/12/1985
Two Timing Traci
Character:Traci
Release Date:22/12/1985
Passion Pit
Character:Jan
Release Date:21/12/1985
Peek a Boo Gang
Character:Tracy
Release Date:21/12/1985
Pleasure Party
Character:Brad's Girlfriend
Release Date:21/12/1985
Perfect Fit
Character:Diane Green
Release Date:21/12/1985
Holly Does Hollywood
Character:Tracy
Release Date:20/12/1985
Hollywood Heartbreakers
Character:
Release Date:20/12/1985
Just Another Pretty Face
Character:Traci
Release Date:20/12/1985
One Hot Night of Passion
Character:Dawn
Release Date:20/12/1985
Ladies in Lace
Character:Linda
Release Date:20/12/1985
Harlequin Affair
Character:Tracy
Release Date:19/12/1985
Dirty Pictures
Character:
Release Date:16/12/1985
Country Girl
Character:Billie jean
Release Date:14/12/1985
Black Throat
Character:Debbie
Release Date:12/12/1985
Aroused
Character:Allison Davis
Release Date:08/12/1985
A Night For Legends
Character:Self - Presenter
Release Date:08/12/1985
Adult 45
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:07/12/1985
The Adventures of Tracy Dick: The Case of the Missing Stiff
Character:Tracy Dick
Release Date:07/12/1985
Another Roll in the Hay
Character:Candi
Release Date:07/12/1985
Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 6
Character:Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
Release Date:04/11/1985
Love Bites
Character:Nurse
Release Date:20/08/1985
Whore of the Worlds
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/08/1985
Educating Mandy
Character:Mandy
Release Date:20/06/1985
Lovely Young Tracy 2
Character:Tracy
Release Date:19/06/1985
Physical II
Character:Helen Highwater
Release Date:31/05/1985
New Wave Hookers
Character:The Devil
Release Date:17/05/1985
More than a Handful 1
Character:
Release Date:05/05/1985
The Grafenberg Spot
Character:Tracy
Release Date:01/05/1985
Suzie Superstar II
Character:Barbara / Suzie Wilson
Release Date:01/03/1985
Wild Things
Character:School Girl
Release Date:23/02/1985
Portrait of Lust
Character:Mirage
Release Date:23/02/1985
Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 5
Character:(Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
Release Date:23/02/1985
Future Voyeur
Character:
Release Date:23/02/1985
Jean Genie
Character:
Release Date:23/02/1985
Erotic Zones #1
Character:Liz (segment "Love Nest")
Release Date:23/02/1985
Sex Waves
Character:Beverly
Release Date:19/02/1985
Sex Fifth Avenue
Character:
Release Date:04/02/1985
Dream Lover
Character:
Release Date:31/01/1985
Young & Restless II
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1985
It's My Body
Character:Maggie
Release Date:01/01/1985
Battle of the Stars
Character:Traci
Release Date:01/01/1985
Erotic Gold
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1985
Fallen Angels
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1985
Pony Girl
Character:Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
Release Date:01/01/1985
Tracy in Heaven
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1985
Electric Blue 20
Character:Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1985
Electric Blue 17
Character:(segment "Hard Times")
Release Date:01/01/1985
The Reincarnation of Don Juan
Character:Girl In Red (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1985
Swedish Erotica 56
Character:
Release Date:23/12/1984
Pleasure Productions 9
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:22/12/1984
Sweet Little Things
Character:Traci
Release Date:22/12/1984
Tracie Lords
Character:Tracie
Release Date:22/12/1984
Open Up Tracy
Character:Traci
Release Date:21/12/1984
Joys of Erotica 109
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:20/12/1984
Lust in the Fast Lane
Character:Jackie
Release Date:20/12/1984
Bad Girls 3
Character:Cherry Sue
Release Date:17/12/1984
Kinky Business
Character:Tracy
Release Date:13/12/1984
Breaking It
Character:Jodie Brown
Release Date:07/12/1984
Sister Dearest
Character:Vicky Jennings
Release Date:01/12/1984
Talk Dirty to Me 3
Character:The Mermaid
Release Date:01/11/1984
What Gets Me Hot!
Character:Lannie
Release Date:31/08/1984
Those Young Girls
Character:Traci
Release Date:24/08/1984
Night Of Loving Dangerously
Character:Janice O'Hara
Release Date:23/02/1984
Miss Passion
Character:Sassy Sizzle
Release Date:19/02/1984
Swedish Erotica 57
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1984
Red Hot Rock
Character:Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1984
Hot Pink
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1984
Swedish Erotica 60
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1984
Television Appearances
Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial
Character:Self
Swedish Dicks
Character:Jane McKinney
EastSiders
Character:Valerie
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Character:Self
Head Case
Character:Self
Andy Barker, P.I.
Character:Loretta Crispin
Celebrity Paranormal Project
Character:Self
Wanted
Character:Bartender
Gilmore Girls
Character:Natalie Zimmermann
Will & Grace
Character:Rose
First Wave
Character:Jordan Radcliffe
Profiler
Character:Jill of All Trades
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Character:Luscious Deluxe
Viper
Character:Talia Massey
The Tommyknockers
Character:Nancy Voss
Highlander: The Series
Character:Greta
Melrose Place
Character:Rikki Abbott
Super Force
Character:
Tales from the Crypt
Character:Emma Conway
Roseanne
Character:
Wiseguy
Character:
Married... with Children
Character:Assistant
Married... with Children
Character:Vanessa Van Pelt
MacGyver
Character:Jenny
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