Boris Is Dead
2026 · Movie
as Angie
Traci Lords
1968-05-07
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Steubenville, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
Greedy People
2024 · Movie
as Virginia
The Farm
2023 · Movie
as Belle Gunness
Waking Up Dead
2022 · Movie
as Phyllis
Nicole, Her Ex & the Killer
2022 · Movie
as Mother
Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial
2022 · TV Show
as Self
Women Behind Bars
2020 · Movie
as Gloria
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020 · Movie
as Self
Manipulated
2019 · Movie
Steam Room Stories: The Movie
2019 · Movie
as Sally Fay
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018 · Movie
as Self
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
2018 · Movie
as Victoria Chastain
Hardcore to Horror
2016 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Swedish Dicks
2016 · TV Show
as Jane McKinney
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre
2015 · Movie
as Detective Kendra Patterson
Nightmare Nurse
2015 · Movie
as Barb
Tag
2015 · Movie
as Ann
Skum Rocks!
2013 · Movie
as Self
Devil May Call
2013 · Movie
as Val
Excision
2012 · Movie
as Phyllis
EastSiders
2012 · TV Show
as Valerie
The Soccer Nanny
2011 · Movie
as Helen Hazleton
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
2009 · Movie
as Connie
Princess of Mars
2009 · Movie
as Dejah Thoris
Official Rejection
2009 · Movie
as Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · TV Show
as Self
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
2008 · Movie
as Bubbles
Your Name Here
2008 · Movie
as Julie
Point of Entry
2007 · Movie
as Brianna Fine
The Chosen One
2007 · Movie
as Mrs. Sultry (voice)
Andy Barker, P.I.
2007 · TV Show
as Loretta Crispin
Head Case
2007 · TV Show
as Self
Crazy Eights
2006 · Movie
as Gina Conte
Novel Romance
2006 · Movie
as Max Normane
Celebrity Paranormal Project
2006 · TV Show
as Self
Frostbite
2005 · Movie
as Naomi Bucks
Wanted
2005 · TV Show
as Bartender
X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Deathlands
2003 · Movie
as Lady Rachel Cawdor
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Home
2003 · Movie
as Lorna
Manhood
2003 · Movie
as Actress
Black Mask 2: City of Masks
2002 · Movie
as Chameleon
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
2002 · Movie
as Mira
You're Killing Me...
2001 · Movie
as Laura Engles
Epicenter
2000 · Movie
as Agent Amanda Foster
Full Blast
2000 · Movie
as Lindsay Lord
Chump Change
2000 · Movie
as Sam
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Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987
2000 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Traci Lords at Her Very Best
2000 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Gilmore Girls
2000 · TV Show
as Natalie Zimmermann
Me and Will
1999 · Movie
as Waitress
Get Bruce!
1999 · Movie
as Self
D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999 · Movie
as Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
In Bad Taste
1999 · Movie
as Self
Blade
1998 · Movie
as Racquel
Extramarital
1998 · Movie
as Elizabeth
Boogie Boy
1998 · Movie
as Shonda Lee Bragg
Playboy: The Story of X
1998 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Will & Grace
1998 · TV Show
as Rose
First Wave
1998 · TV Show
as Jordan Radcliffe
Nowhere
1997 · Movie
as Val-Chick 1
Stir
1997 · Movie
as Kelly Bekins
Underworld
1996 · Movie
as Anna
Dead Man's Island
1996 · Movie
as Miranda Prescott
Blood Money
1996 · Movie
as Wendy Monroe
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
Profiler
1996 · TV Show
as Jill of All Trades
As Good As Dead
1995 · Movie
as Nicole Grace
Your Studio and You
1995 · Movie
as Traci Lords
Virtuosity
1995 · Movie
as Media Zone Singer
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995 · TV Show
as Luscious Deluxe
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
1994 · Movie
as Norma
Serial Mom
1994 · Movie
as Carl's Date
Ice
1994 · Movie
as Ellen Reed
Dragstrip Girl
1994 · Movie
as Blanche
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
1994 · Movie
as Angel
Viper
1994 · TV Show
as Talia Massey
Skinner
1993 · Movie
as Heidi
Laser Moon
1993 · Movie
as Barbara Fleck
Traci Lords: Advanced Jazzthetics
1993 · Movie
Desperate Crimes
1993 · Movie
as Laura
The Tommyknockers
1993 · TV Show
as Nancy Voss
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Intent to Kill
1992 · Movie
as Vickie Stewart
The Nutt House
1992 · Movie
as Miss Tress
Melrose Place
1992 · TV Show
as Rikki Abbott
Highlander: The Series
1992 · TV Show
as Greta
Shock 'Em Dead
1991 · Movie
as Lindsay Roberts
A Time to Die
1991 · Movie
as Jackie Swanson
Raw Nerve
1991 · Movie
as Gina Clayton
Murder in High Places
1991 · Movie
as Diane Cody
Cry-Baby
1990 · Movie
as Wanda Woodward
Stallone's Knockouts
1990 · Movie
as Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
Warm Up with Traci Lords
1990 · Movie
as Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
Super Force
1990 · TV Show
as Alien #2
The Word
1990 · TV Show
Fast Food
1989 · Movie
as Dixie Love
Hollywood Boulevard II
1989 · Movie
as Traci Lords
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV Show
as Emma Conway
Not of This Earth
1988 · Movie
as Nadine Story
Roseanne
1988 · TV Show
Traci, I Love You
1987 · Movie
as Traci
Electric Blue 26
1987 · Movie
as Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
Double Penetration 2
1987 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Traci Lords Basta!
1987 · Movie
as herself
Wiseguy
1987 · TV Show
Married... with Children
1987 · TV Show
as Assistant, Vanessa Van Pelt
Deep Inside Tracey
1986 · Movie
as Traci (Original, Archived Footage)
Foxy Boxing
1986 · Movie
as Self - Round Girl
Traci's Fantasies
1986 · Movie
Beverly Hills Copulator
1986 · Movie
as Michelle Leon
Porn in the U.S.A.
1986 · Movie
as Miss Tatum (archive footage)
Girls of Paradise
1986 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Traci Takes Tokyo
1986 · Movie
as Traci
Electric Blue 21
1986 · Movie
as Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
Lovely Young Tracy
1986 · Movie
Traci Made in Japan
1986 · Movie
as Traci
Deep Inside Traci
1986 · Movie
Young & Restless II
1985 · Movie
Educating Mandy
1985 · Movie
as Mandy
It's My Body
1985 · Movie
as Maggie
Battle of the Stars
1985 · Movie
as Traci
Suzie Superstar II
1985 · Movie
as Barbara / Suzie Wilson
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Erotic Gold
1985 · Movie
New Wave Hookers
1985 · Movie
as The Devil
The Grafenberg Spot
1985 · Movie
as Tracy
Fallen Angels
1985 · Movie
as Self
Pony Girl
1985 · Movie
as Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
Adult 45
1985 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Another Roll in the Hay
1985 · Movie
as Candi
The Adventures of Tracy Dick: The Case of the Missing Stiff
1985 · Movie
as Tracy Dick
Harlequin Affair
1985 · Movie
as Tracy
Aroused
1985 · Movie
as Allison Davis
Hollywood Heartbreakers
1985 · Movie
Holly Does Hollywood
1985 · Movie
as Tracy
Just Another Pretty Face
1985 · Movie
as Traci
One Hot Night of Passion
1985 · Movie
as Dawn
Passion Pit
1985 · Movie
as Jan
Perfect Fit
1985 · Movie
as Diane Green
Pleasure Party
1985 · Movie
as Brad's Girlfriend
Peek a Boo Gang
1985 · Movie
as Tracy
The Sex Goddess
1985 · Movie
as Marilyn
Sizzling Suburbia
1985 · Movie
as Helen Trent
Spermbusters
1985 · Movie
Tailhouse Rock
1985 · Movie
as Stacey
Tracy in Heaven
1985 · Movie
Two Timing Traci
1985 · Movie
as Traci
We Love to Tease
1985 · Movie
as Tracy
Sex Shoot
1985 · Movie
as Tracy La Sorta
Black Throat
1985 · Movie
as Debbie
Country Girl
1985 · Movie
as Billie jean
Dirty Pictures
1985 · Movie
Love Bites
1985 · Movie
as Nurse
Wild Things
1985 · Movie
as School Girl
Sex Fifth Avenue
1985 · Movie
Dream Lover
1985 · Movie
Sex Waves
1985 · Movie
as Beverly
Portrait of Lust
1985 · Movie
as Mirage
Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 5
1985 · Movie
as (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
Future Voyeur
1985 · Movie
Marilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 6
1985 · Movie
as Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
Erotic Zones #1
1985 · Movie
as Liz (segment "Love Nest")
Jean Genie
1985 · Movie
A Night for Legends
1985 · Movie
as Self - Presenter
Lovely Young Tracy 2
1985 · Movie
as Tracy
Whore of the Worlds
1985 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Physical II
1985 · Movie
as Helen Highwater
Ladies in Lace
1985 · Movie
as Linda
Electric Blue 20
1985 · Movie
as Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)
Electric Blue 17
1985 · Movie
as (segment "Hard Times")
The Reincarnation of Don Juan
1985 · Movie
as Girl In Red (archive footage)
More than a Handful
1985 · Movie
as (archive footage)
American Babylon
1985 · Movie
MacGyver
1985 · TV Show
as Jenny
Talk Dirty to Me 3
1984 · Movie
as The Mermaid
Sister Dearest
1984 · Movie
as Vicky Jennings
Red Hot Rock
1984 · Movie
as Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
Bad Girls 3
1984 · Movie
as Cherry Sue
Breaking It
1984 · Movie
as Jodie Brown
Joys of Erotica 109
1984 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Lust in the Fast Lane
1984 · Movie
as Jackie
Open Up Tracy
1984 · Movie
as Traci
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Pleasure Productions 9
1984 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Sweet Little Things
1984 · Movie
as Traci
Those Young Girls
1984 · Movie
as Traci
What Gets Me Hot!
1984 · Movie
as Lannie
Tracie Lords
1984 · Movie
as Tracie
Swedish Erotica 56
1984 · Movie
Miss Passion
1984 · Movie
as Sassy Sizzle
Night of Loving Dangerously
1984 · Movie
as Janice O'Hara
Hot Pink
1984 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Kinky Business
1984 · Movie
as Tracy
No image
Swedish Erotica 57
1984 · Movie
Swedish Erotica 60
1984 · Movie
No image
The Ramones Go to Heaven
· Movie
as Angel
Object of Desire
· Movie
Crew Credits
Excision
2012 · Movie
Associate Producer
Extramarital
1998 · Movie
Executive Producer
Underworld
1996 · Movie
Songs
Mortal Kombat
1995 · Movie
Songs
Virtuosity
1995 · Movie
Songs
Pet Sematary II
1992 · Movie
Songs
Traci, I Love You
1987 · Movie
Producer
Beverly Hills Copulator
1986 · Movie
Producer
Traci Takes Tokyo
1986 · Movie
Producer, Makeup Artist
Traci Made in Japan
1986 · Movie
Producer
