Ricki Lake
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday21 September 1968 (57 years old)
Place of birthHastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA
Known credits88
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. The series was ca…
Big Rock Burning
2025 · Executive Producer
American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- Special Edition of 20/20
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
2024 · Self
The Wheel
2022 · Self - Expert
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022 · Self - Guest
Pictionary
2022
Moon Manor
2022 · Ricki Lake
Under the Christmas Tree
2021 · Marie
Stars in the House
2020 · Self - Special Guest
Tamron Hall
2019 · Self - Guest
RuPaul
2019 · Self
The Masked Singer
2019 · Raven (archive footage)
The Masked Singer
2019 · Self - Raven
Weed the People
2018 · Executive Producer
25 Words or Less
2018 · Self
Drop the Mic
2017 · Self
Gemini
2017 · Vanessa
Hairspray Live!
2016 · Pinkette
Embrace
2016 · Self
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015 · Dream Ghost #1
Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · Self
I Am Divine
2014 · Self
Through the Keyhole
2013 · Self
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013 · Self
The Ricki Lake Show
2012
The Ricki Lake Show
2012 · Producer
The Ricki Lake Show
2012 · Creator
More Business of Being Born
2011 · Host
More Business of Being Born
2011 · Executive Producer
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Drop Dead Diva
2009 · Susan Semler
Charm School with Ricki Lake
2009 · Self - Headmistress
Charm School with Ricki Lake
2009 · Producer
Olivia
2009 · Creator
Loving Leah
2009 · Rabbi Gerry
Loving Leah
2009 · Co-Executive Producer
Celebrity Juice
2008 · Self
Easy to Assemble
2008
The Business of Being Born
2008 · Self
The Business of Being Born
2008 · Producer
Hairspray: Playing Tracy
2007 · Self
The Roots of 'Hairspray'
2007 · Self
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
2007 · Self
Matters of Life & Dating
2007 · Linda Dackman
Hairspray
2007 · Talent Agent
Park
2006 · Peggy
Gameshow Marathon
2006 · Hostess
The Reichen Show
2005 · Self
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