Ricki Lake
Acting
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.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Late Show with David Letterman
The View
The View
The View
King of the Hill
Dancing with the Stars
The King of Queens
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Masked Singer
The Masked Singer
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Drop Dead Diva
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
The Critic
Hairspray
Hairspray
Working Girl
Cry-Baby
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Serial Mom
A Dirty Shame
Cabin Boy
Where the Day Takes You
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Cecil B. Demented
Loving Leah
Gemini
Mrs. Winterbourne
Hairspray Live!
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