Acting
Traci Lords
EN cinema · 171 credits
Born
7 May 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Steubenville, Ohio, USA
Also known as Tracy Lords · Tracie Lords · Nora Louise Kuzma · Traci Elizabeth 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.
Known for
Filmography
Boris Is Dead
as Angie
Greedy People
as Virginia
The Farm
as Belle Gunness
Waking Up Dead
as Phyllis
Women Behind Bars
as Gloria
Steam Room Stories: The Movie
as Sally Fay
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
as Victoria Chastain
Hardcore to Horror
as (archive footage)
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre
as Detective Kendra Patterson
Nightmare Nurse
as Barb
Tag
as Ann
Skum Rocks!
as Self
Excision
as Phyllis, Associate Producer
The Soccer Nanny
as Helen Hazleton
Princess of Mars
as Dejah Thoris
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
as Bubbles
Your Name Here
as Julie
Point of Entry
as Brianna Fine
The Chosen One
as Mrs. Sultry (voice)
Crazy Eights
as Gina Conte
Novel Romance
as Max Normane
Frostbite
as Naomi Bucks
X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story
as Self (archive footage)
Deathlands
as Lady Rachel Cawdor
Home
2003
Home
as Lorna
Manhood
as Actress
Black Mask 2: City of Masks
as Chameleon
You're Killing Me...
as Laura Engles
Epicenter
as Agent Amanda Foster
Full Blast
as Lindsay Lord
Chump Change
as Sam
Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987
as (archive footage)
Traci Lords at Her Very Best
as (archive footage)
Me and Will
as Waitress
Get Bruce!
as Self
D.R.E.A.M. Team
as Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
In Bad Taste
as Self
Blade
as Racquel
Extramarital
as Elizabeth, Executive Producer
Boogie Boy
as Shonda Lee Bragg
Playboy: The Story of X
as Self (archive footage)
Stir
as Kelly Bekins
Nowhere
as Val-Chick #1
Underworld
as Anna, Songs
Dead Man's Island
as Miranda Prescott
Blood Money
as Wendy Monroe
As Good As Dead
as Nicole Grace
Your Studio and You
as Traci Lords
Virtuosity
as Media Zone Singer, Songs
Serial Mom
as Carl's Date
Ice
as Ellen Reed
Dragstrip Girl
as Blanche
Skinner
as Heidi
Laser Moon
as Barbara Fleck
Desperate Crimes
as Laura
Intent to Kill
as Vickie Stewart
The Nutt House
as Miss Tress
Shock 'Em Dead
as Lindsay Roberts
A Time to Die
as Jackie Swanson
Raw Nerve
as Gina Clayton
Murder in High Places
as Diane Cody
Cry-Baby
as Wanda Woodward
Stallone's Knockouts
as Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
Warm Up with Traci Lords
as Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
Fast Food
as Dixie Love
Hollywood Boulevard II
as Traci Lords
Not of This Earth
as Nadine Story
Traci, I Love You
as Traci, Producer
Electric Blue 26
as Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
Double Penetration 2
as (archive footage)
Traci Lords Basta!
as herself
Deep Inside Tracey
as Traci (Original, Archived Footage)
Foxy Boxing
as Self - Round Girl
Beverly Hills Copulator
as Michelle Leon, Producer
Porn in the U.S.A.
as Miss Tatum (archive footage)
Girls of Paradise
as (archive footage)
Traci Takes Tokyo
as Traci, Makeup Artist, Producer
Electric Blue 21
as Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
Traci Made in Japan
as Traci, Producer
Educating Mandy
as Mandy
It's My Body
as Maggie
Battle of the Stars
as Traci
Suzie Superstar II
as Barbara / Suzie Wilson
New Wave Hookers
as The Devil
The Grafenberg Spot
as Tracy
Fallen Angels
as Self
Pony Girl
as Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
Adult 45
as (archive footage)
Harlequin Affair
as Tracy
Aroused
as Allison Davis
Holly Does Hollywood
as Tracy
Perfect Fit
as Diane Green
Passion Pit
as Jan
Pleasure Party
as Brad's Girlfriend
Peek a Boo Gang
as Tracy
The Sex Goddess
as Marilyn
Sizzling Suburbia
as Helen Trent
Tailhouse Rock
as Stacey
Two Timing Traci
as Traci
We Love to Tease
as Tracy
Sex Shoot
as Tracy La Sorta
Black Throat
as Debbie
Country Girl
as Billie jean
Love Bites
as Nurse
Wild Things
as School Girl
Sex Waves
as Beverly
Portrait of Lust
as Mirage
Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 5
as (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 6
as Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
Erotic Zone
as Liz (segment "Love Nest")
A Night for Legends
as Self - Presenter
Whore of the Worlds
as (archive footage)
Physical II
as Helen Highwater
Ladies in Lace
as Linda
Electric Blue 20
as Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)
Electric Blue 17
as (segment "Hard Times")
The Reincarnation of Don Juan
as Girl In Red (archive footage)
More than a Handful
as (archive footage)
Talk Dirty to Me 3
as The Mermaid
Sister Dearest
as Vicky Jennings
Red Hot Rock
as Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
Bad Girls 3
as Cherry Sue
Breaking It
as Jodie Brown
Joys of Erotica 109
as (archive footage)
Lust in the Fast Lane
as Jackie
Open Up Tracy
as Traci
Pleasure Productions 9
1984
Pleasure Productions 9
as (archive footage)
Those Young Girls
as Traci
Sweet Little Things
as Traci
What Gets Me Hot!
as Lannie
Tracie Lords
as Tracie
Miss Passion
as Sassy Sizzle
Night of Loving Dangerously
as Janice O'Hara
Hot Pink
as (archive footage)
Kinky Business
as Tracy
