Ricki Lake

Personal Info

Birthday

September 21, 1968

(56 years old)

Place of Birth

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Ricki Lake

Biography

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 late 2012, Lake began hosting a second syndicated talk show, The Ricki Lake Show.

Known For

King of the Hill

The King of Queens

Drop Dead Diva

The Masked Singer

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

The Critic

China Beach

Hairspray

Filmography

2022
Moon Manor
as Self
2021
Under the Christmas Tree
as Marie
2017
Gemini
as Vanessa
2016
Hairspray Live!
as Pinky's Girl
Embrace
as Self
2014
I Am Divine
as Self
2011
More Business of Being Born
as Host
2009
Loving Leah
as Rabbi Gerry
2008
The Business of Being Born
as Self
2007
Matters of Life & Dating
as Linda Dackman
Hairspray
as Talent Agent
2006
Park
as Peggy
2005
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
as Ricki Lake
It Came from... Baltimore!!
as Self
2004
A Dirty Shame
as Self
2000
Cecil B. Demented
as Libby
1999
Jackie's Back!
as Ricki Lake
1998
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
as Mary Minor 'Harry' Haristeen
1996
Mrs. Winterbourne
as Connie Doyle
1994
Serial Mom
as Misty Sutphin
Cabin Boy
as Figurehead
1993
Skinner
as Kerry Tate
Based on an Untrue Story
as Velour Gnack
1992
Inside Monkey Zetterland
as Bella the Stalker
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Charlotte
Where the Day Takes You
as Brenda
1991
The Chase
as Tammie
1990
Cry-Baby
as Pepper Walker
1989
Cookie
as Pia
Last Exit to Brooklyn
as Donna
Babycakes
as Grace
1988
Working Girl
as Bridesmaid
A Family Again
as Carmen
The In Crowd
as Dancer (uncredited)