Traci Lords

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

195

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-05-07 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Steubenville, Ohio, USA

Traci Lords

Biography

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

  • Gilmore Girls

    Gilmore Girls

  • Married... with Children

    Married... with Children

  • Married... with Children

    Married... with Children

  • Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

  • MacGyver

    MacGyver

  • Melrose Place

    Melrose Place

  • Highlander: The Series

    Highlander: The Series

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

  • Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

    Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

  • Viper

    Viper

  • First Wave

    First Wave

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • Profiler

    Profiler

  • Blade

    Blade

  • Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

    Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

  • Greedy People

    Greedy People

  • Roseanne

    Roseanne

  • Excision

    Excision

  • Traci Takes Tokyo

    Traci Takes Tokyo

  • Blood Money

    Blood Money

  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno

    Zack and Miri Make a Porno

  • Nowhere

    Nowhere

  • Raw Nerve

    Raw Nerve

  • Serial Mom

    Serial Mom

  • Extramarital

    Extramarital

  • EastSiders

    EastSiders

  • Boogie Boy

    Boogie Boy

  • Stir

    Stir

  • Novel Romance

    Novel Romance

  • Electric Blue 20

    Electric Blue 20

  • Head Case

    Head Case

  • Nightmare Nurse

    Nightmare Nurse

  • Skum Rocks!

    Skum Rocks!

  • Fast Food

    Fast Food

  • Crazy Eights

    Crazy Eights

  • Super Force

    Super Force

  • Underworld

    Underworld

  • Cry-Baby

    Cry-Baby

  • Wanted

    Wanted

  • Skinner

    Skinner

  • Swedish Dicks

    Swedish Dicks

  • As Good As Dead

    As Good As Dead

  • Deathlands

    Deathlands

  • Virtuosity

    Virtuosity

  • Black Mask 2: City of Masks

    Black Mask 2: City of Masks

  • Dragstrip Girl

    Dragstrip Girl

  • I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

    I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

  • Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

    Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

  • Get Bruce!

    Get Bruce!

  • Princess of Mars

    Princess of Mars

  • Electric Blue 21

    Electric Blue 21

  • The Tommyknockers

    The Tommyknockers

  • Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre

    Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre

  • Epicenter

    Epicenter

  • The Farm

    The Farm

  • Your Name Here

    Your Name Here

  • Not of This Earth

    Not of This Earth

  • Shock 'Em Dead

    Shock 'Em Dead

  • Hollywood Boulevard II

    Hollywood Boulevard II

  • Waking Up Dead

    Waking Up Dead

  • The Nutt House

    The Nutt House

  • Full Blast

    Full Blast

  • Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

    Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

  • Andy Barker, P.I.

    Andy Barker, P.I.

  • Murder in High Places

    Murder in High Places

  • Your Studio and You

    Your Studio and You

  • Boris Is Dead

    Boris Is Dead

  • Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel

    Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel

  • Manipulated

    Manipulated

  • In Bad Taste

    In Bad Taste

  • You're Killing Me...

    You're Killing Me...

  • Intent to Kill

    Intent to Kill

  • A Time to Die

    A Time to Die

  • Women Behind Bars

    Women Behind Bars

  • D.R.E.A.M. Team

    D.R.E.A.M. Team

  • Devil May Call

    Devil May Call

  • Point of Entry

    Point of Entry

  • Official Rejection

    Official Rejection

  • Red Hot Rock

    Red Hot Rock

  • Steam Room Stories: The Movie

    Steam Room Stories: The Movie

  • Playboy: The Story of X

    Playboy: The Story of X

  • The Chosen One

    The Chosen One

  • Me and Will

    Me and Will

  • They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

    They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

  • Manhood

    Manhood

  • Traci Made in Japan

    Traci Made in Japan

  • Dead Man's Island

    Dead Man's Island

  • Celebrity Paranormal Project

    Celebrity Paranormal Project

  • Frostbite

    Frostbite

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Electric Blue 26

    Electric Blue 26

  • The Soccer Nanny

    The Soccer Nanny

  • Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial

    Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial

  • Pony Girl

    Pony Girl

  • Fallen Angels

    Fallen Angels

  • Stallone's Knockouts

    Stallone's Knockouts

  • King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

    King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

  • Tag

    Tag

  • Ice

    Ice

  • The Ramones Go to Heaven

    The Ramones Go to Heaven

  • Foxy Boxing

    Foxy Boxing

  • X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story

    X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story

  • Desperate Crimes

    Desperate Crimes

  • Hardcore to Horror

    Hardcore to Horror

  • Chump Change

    Chump Change

  • Laser Moon

    Laser Moon

  • Object of Desire

    Object of Desire

  • Traci Lords: Advanced Jazzthetics

    Traci Lords: Advanced Jazzthetics

  • Nicole, Her Ex & the Killer

    Nicole, Her Ex & the Killer

  • Home

    Home

  • Warm Up with Traci Lords

    Warm Up with Traci Lords

  • Young & Restless II

    Young & Restless II

  • Educating Mandy

    Educating Mandy

  • It's My Body

    It's My Body

  • Battle of the Stars

    Battle of the Stars

  • Suzie Superstar II

    Suzie Superstar II

  • Traci, I Love You

    Traci, I Love You

  • Erotic Gold

    Erotic Gold

  • Deep Inside Tracey

    Deep Inside Tracey

  • Talk Dirty to Me 3

    Talk Dirty to Me 3

  • New Wave Hookers

    New Wave Hookers

  • Sister Dearest

    Sister Dearest

  • The Grafenberg Spot

    The Grafenberg Spot

  • Bad Girls 3

    Bad Girls 3

  • Adult 45

    Adult 45

  • Traci's Fantasies

    Traci's Fantasies

  • The Adventures of Tracy Dick: The Case of the Missing Stiff

    The Adventures of Tracy Dick: The Case of the Missing Stiff

  • Another Roll in the Hay

    Another Roll in the Hay

  • Breaking It

    Breaking It

  • Harlequin Affair

    Harlequin Affair

  • Aroused

    Aroused

  • Beverly Hills Copulator

    Beverly Hills Copulator

  • Hollywood Heartbreakers

    Hollywood Heartbreakers

  • Holly Does Hollywood

    Holly Does Hollywood

  • Just Another Pretty Face

    Just Another Pretty Face

  • Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987

    Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987

  • Joys of Erotica 109

    Joys of Erotica 109

  • Lust in the Fast Lane

    Lust in the Fast Lane

  • One Hot Night of Passion

    One Hot Night of Passion

  • Perfect Fit

    Perfect Fit

  • Passion Pit

    Passion Pit

  • Open Up Tracy

    Open Up Tracy

  • Pleasure Party

    Pleasure Party

  • Peek a Boo Gang

    Peek a Boo Gang

  • Pleasure Productions 9

    Pleasure Productions 9

  • Porn in the U.S.A.

    Porn in the U.S.A.

  • The Sex Goddess

    The Sex Goddess

  • Spermbusters

    Spermbusters

  • Sizzling Suburbia

    Sizzling Suburbia

  • Those Young Girls

    Those Young Girls

  • Sweet Little Things

    Sweet Little Things

  • Tailhouse Rock

    Tailhouse Rock

  • Tracy in Heaven

    Tracy in Heaven

  • What Gets Me Hot!

    What Gets Me Hot!

  • Tracie Lords

    Tracie Lords

  • Two Timing Traci

    Two Timing Traci

  • Traci Lords at Her Very Best

    Traci Lords at Her Very Best

  • We Love to Tease

    We Love to Tease

  • Swedish Erotica 56

    Swedish Erotica 56

  • Sex Shoot

    Sex Shoot

  • Black Throat

    Black Throat

  • Country Girl

    Country Girl

  • Dirty Pictures

    Dirty Pictures

  • Love Bites

    Love Bites

  • Wild Things

    Wild Things

  • Sex Fifth Avenue

    Sex Fifth Avenue

  • Dream Lover

    Dream Lover

  • Sex Waves

    Sex Waves

  • Miss Passion

    Miss Passion

  • Portrait of Lust

    Portrait of Lust

  • Future Voyeur

    Future Voyeur

  • Night Of Loving Dangerously

    Night Of Loving Dangerously

  • Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 5

    Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 5

  • Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 6

    Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 6

  • Jean Genie

    Jean Genie

  • Erotic Zones #1

    Erotic Zones #1

  • Girls of Paradise

    Girls of Paradise

  • A Night For Legends

    A Night For Legends

  • Hot Pink

    Hot Pink

  • Lovely Young Tracy 2

    Lovely Young Tracy 2

  • Whore of the Worlds

    Whore of the Worlds

  • Physical II

    Physical II

  • Ladies in Lace

    Ladies in Lace

  • Kinky Business

    Kinky Business

  • Electric Blue 17

    Electric Blue 17

  • The Reincarnation of Don Juan

    The Reincarnation of Don Juan

  • Double Penetration 2

    Double Penetration 2

  • Lovely Young Tracy

    Lovely Young Tracy

  • Swedish Erotica 57

    Swedish Erotica 57

  • Traci Lords Basta! - Max's Film

    Traci Lords Basta! - Max's Film

  • American Babylon (new)

    American Babylon (new)

  • Deep Inside Traci

    Deep Inside Traci

  • More than a Handful 1

    More than a Handful 1

  • Swedish Erotica 60

    Swedish Erotica 60