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Ricki Lake

Ricki Lake

Actress

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. The series was canceled in 2013 after a single season, but Lake won her first Daytime Emmy Award for the project. She also starred in other Waters films including Cry-Baby, Cecil B. Demented, and Serial Mom. She starred in Mrs. Winterbourne, Cabin Boy, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Cookie, and Inside Monkey Zetterland. She joined the cast of the Vietnam War drama series China Beach as a Red Cross volunteer, Holly "the Donut Dolly" Pelegrino, for the show's third season. She also had a recurring role on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens as Doug's sister Stephanie. She also had a cameo in the 2007 film Hairspray as a talent agent and sang "Mama I'm A Big Girl Now" with Nikki Blonsky and Marissa Jaret Winokur for the film's end credits. In 2008, her documentary about home birth and midwifery, The Business of Being Born, was released. She also jointly wrote a book, Your Best Birth, on the world of natural childbirth and birthing options, along with Abby Epstein and Jacques Moritz, which was published in 2009. Lake and Epstein also launched MyBestBirth.com, an online social network, powered by Ning, intended to allow parents and medical professionals to dialogue about varying birthing options and resources. She returned to television on May 11, 2009, succeeding Sharon Osbourne as host for the third season of VH1's Charm School. On November 10, 2010, Lake joined fellow talkers Phil Donahue, Sally Jessy Raphael, Geraldo Rivera, and Montel Williams as guests of Oprah Winfrey on The Oprah Winfrey Show, marking the first time those hosts appeared together on one show since their respective programs left the air. She competed on the 13th season of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with three-time champion Derek Hough and cited Kirstie Alley's appearance as an inspiration to do the show. In October 2019, she began competing in The X Factor: Celebrity. In March 2018, at SXSW, Lake and Epstein premiered their documentary film Weed the People, examining the use of cannabis as medicine and its status as a Schedule I prohibited drug in the United States. The film focused in particular on the use of cannabis in the treatment of pediatric cancer.

Born: September 21, 1968 (Age 55) in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA

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Ricki Lake  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.5
ActressCharlotte1992
Movie
5.2
ActressFigurehead1994
Movie
6.4
ActressLibby2000
Movie
5.6
ActressPia1989
Movie
6.7
ActressPepper Walker1990
Movie
7.1
ActressSelf2016
Movie
5.6
ActressVanessa2017
Movie
6.9
ActressTalent Agent2007
Movie
7.2
ActressTracy Turnblad1988
Movie
7.6
ActressHerself2013
Movie
4.7
ActressBella the Stalker1992
Movie
6.7
ActressBridesmaid1988
Movie
7
ActressMisty Sutphin1994
Movie
6.4
ActressConnie Doyle1996
Movie
6.6
ActressBrenda1992
Movie
7.5
ActressHerself2008
Movie
3.8
ActressRicki Lake2005
Movie
5
ActressKerry Tate1993
Movie
5.5
ActressPeggy2006
Movie
5.3
ActressHerself2004
Movie
6.1
ActressDancer (uncredited)1988
Movie
6.9
ActressDonna1989
Movie
6
ActressMary Minor 'Harry' Haristeen1998
Movie
5.6
ActressRicki Lake2022
Movie
7.3
ActressSelf2005
TV Show
3.8
Actress19 Episodes1992-2004
TV Show
6.3
ActressCleofatra
13 Episodes
1990-1991
TV Show
5.8
Actress260 Episodes2012
TV Show
5.6
ActressHostess
7 Episodes
2006-2006
TV Show
7.3
ActressLila (voice)
1 Episode
1997-2010
TV Show
6.8
Actress1 Episode1984-1989
TV Show
8
ActressHolly Pelegrino
22 Episodes
1988-1991
TV Show
5.2
Actress1 Episode2008-2012
TV Show
7.3
ActressStephanie Heffernan
6 Episodes
1998-2007
TV Show
7.7
ActressDream Ghost #1
1 Episode
2015-2019
TV Show
7.3
ActressSusan Semler
1 Episode
2009-2014
TV Show
4.8
Actress2 Episodes1988
TV Show
7.4
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1990-2005
TV Show
4.6
ActressSelf
1 Episode
2005-2006
TV Show
3.9
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1996-2002
TV Show
6.4
ActressSelf
1 Episode
2003-2023
TV Show
2.7
ActressSelf - Guest
1 Episode
1997
TV Show
3.4
Actress1 Episode1991-2003
TV Show
5.6
ActressHerself
1 Episode
2019-2019
TV Show
7.4
ActressHerself
1 Episode
2008
TV Show
4.4
ActressSelf - Guest
2 Episodes
2019-2024
TV Show
7.2
ActressHerself
1 Episode
2008-2022
TV Show
6.9
ActressSelf - Guest
1 Episode
1993-2015
TV Show
8.2
ActressSelf
1 Episode
2013-2024
TV Show
6
ActressRaven (archive footage)
1 Episode
2019-2024
TV Show
6.2
ActressSelf - Expert
1 Episode
2022-2022
TV Show
2.7
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1997
TV Show
2.7
ActressSelf - Guest Co-Host
1 Episode
1997
TV Show
6
ActressRaven
1 Episode
2019-2024
TV Show
5
ActressSelf - Contestant
20 Episodes
2005
TV Show
4.3
ActressSelf
1 Episode
2017-2019
TV Show
6
ActressSelf - Guest
1 Episode
2022
TV Show
5.8
ActressSelf - Guest
2 Episodes
2009
TV Show
7.2
ActressSelf
2 Episodes
2008-2022
Movie
7.1
ActressRabbi Gerry2009
Movie
7.2
ActressPinky's Girl2016
Movie
6.9
ActressGrace1989
Movie
5.2
ActressVelour Gnack1993
Movie
4.6
ActressTammie1991
Movie
4.6
ActressLinda Dackman2007
Movie
6.9
ActressRicki Lake1999
Movie
5.9
ActressNoelle2021
Movie
7.5
ProductionProducer2008
Movie
7.5
ProductionExecutive Producer2018
TV Show
5.8
ProductionProducer
260 Episodes
2012
TV Show
4.9
ProductionProducer
22 Episodes
2009-2009
TV Show
5.6
CreatorCreator2009-2015
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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