Acting · Steubenville, Ohio, USA · Born May 7, 1968
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.
MovieBoris Is Dead
2026
as Angie
MovieGreedy People
2024
as Virginia
MovieThe Farm
2023
as Belle Gunness
TVJohnny vs Amber: The US Trial
2022
as Self
MovieWaking Up Dead
2022
as Phyllis
MovieNicole, Her Ex & the Killer
2022
as Mother
MovieWomen Behind Bars
2020
as Gloria
MovieSkin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self
MovieManipulated
2019
MovieSteam Room Stories: The Movie
2019
as Sally Fay
MovieCemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
2018
as Victoria Chastain
MovieKing Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
as Self
TVSwedish Dicks
2016
as Jane McKinney
MovieHardcore to Horror
2016
as (archive footage)
MovieSharkansas Women's Prison Massacre
2015
as Detective Kendra Patterson
MovieTag
2015
as Ann
MovieNightmare Nurse
2015
as Barb
MovieSkum Rocks!
2013
as Self
MovieDevil May Call
2013
as Val
TVEastSiders
2012
as Valerie
MovieExcision
2012
as Phyllis
MovieThe Soccer Nanny
2011
as Helen Hazleton
MoviePrincess of Mars
2009
as Dejah Thoris
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
MovieI Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
2009
as Connie
MovieOfficial Rejection
2009
as Self
MovieZack and Miri Make a Porno
2008
as Bubbles
MovieYour Name Here
2008
as Julie
MoviePoint of Entry
2007
as Brianna Fine
MovieThe Chosen One
2007
as Mrs. Sultry (voice)
TVHead Case
2007
as Self
TVAndy Barker, P.I.
2007
as Loretta Crispin
MovieCrazy Eights
2006
as Gina Conte
TVCelebrity Paranormal Project
2006
as Self
MovieNovel Romance
2006
as Max Normane
TVWanted
2005
as Bartender
MovieFrostbite
2005
as Naomi Bucks
Home
2003
as Lorna
MovieDeathlands
2003
as Lady Rachel Cawdor
MovieManhood
2003
as Actress
MovieX-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieYou're Killing Me...
2003
as Laura Engles
MovieBlack Mask 2: City of Masks
2002
as Chameleon
MovieThey Shoot Divas, Don't They?
2002
as Mira
MovieTraci Lords at Her Very Best
2000
as (archive footage)
Max's Classics - Del 1: 1980-1987
2000
as (archive footage)
TVGilmore Girls
2000
as Natalie Zimmermann
MovieFull Blast
2000
as Lindsay Lord
MovieEpicenter
2000
as Agent Amanda Foster
MovieChump Change
2000
as Sam
MovieD.R.E.A.M. Team
1999
as Lena Brant (as Traci Elizabeth Lords)
MovieIn Bad Taste
1999
as Self
MovieMe and Will
1999
as Waitress
MovieGet Bruce!
1999
as Self
TVWill & Grace
1998
as Rose
TVFirst Wave
1998
as Jordan Radcliffe
MovieBlade
1998
as Racquel
MovieExtramarital
1998
as Elizabeth
MovieBoogie Boy
1998
as Shonda Lee Bragg
MoviePlayboy: The Story of X
1998
as Self (archive footage)
MovieStir
1997
as Kelly Bekins
MovieNowhere
1997
as Val-Chick 1
TVProfiler
1996
as Jill of All Trades
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieUnderworld
1996
as Anna
MovieDead Man's Island
1996
as Miranda Prescott
MovieBlood Money
1996
as Wendy Monroe
MovieVirtuosity
1995
as Media Zone Singer
MovieAs Good As Dead
1995
as Nicole Grace
MovieYour Studio and You
1995
as Traci Lords
TVHercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995
as Luscious Deluxe
MovieDragstrip Girl
1994
as Blanche
MovieIce
1994
as Ellen Reed
MoviePlughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
1994
as Norma
MovieSerial Mom
1994
as Carl's Date
MovieBandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
1994
as Angel
TVViper
1994
as Talia Massey
MovieDesperate Crimes
1993
as Laura
MovieSkinner
1993
as Heidi
MovieLaser Moon
1993
as Barbara Fleck
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tommyknockers
1993
as Nancy Voss
MovieTraci Lords: Advanced Jazzthetics
1993
TVHighlander: The Series
1992
as Greta
MovieIntent to Kill
1992
as Vickie Stewart
MovieThe Nutt House
1992
as Miss Tress
TVMelrose Place
1992
as Rikki Abbott
MovieA Time to Die
1991
as Jackie Swanson
MovieRaw Nerve
1991
as Gina Clayton
MovieMurder in High Places
1991
as Diane Cody
MovieShock 'Em Dead
1991
as Lindsay Roberts
MovieHollywood Boulevard II
1991
as Traci Lords
TVSuper Force
1990
as Alien #2
TVThe Word
1990
MovieWarm Up with Traci Lords
1990
as Herself - Aerobics Workout Instructor
MovieCry-Baby
1990
as Wanda Woodward
MovieStallone's Knockouts
1990
as Traci Lords, Ringside Commentator
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Emma Conway
MovieFast Food
1989
as Dixie Love
TVRoseanne
1988
MovieNot of This Earth
1988
as Nadine Story
TVWiseguy
1987
TVMarried... with Children
1987
as Assistant
MovieTraci, I Love You
1987
as Traci
MovieElectric Blue 26
1987
as Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
MovieDouble Penetration 2
1987
as (archive footage)
MovieTraci Lords Basta!
1987
as herself
MoviePorn in the U.S.A.
1986
as Miss Tatum (archive footage)
MovieTraci's Fantasies
1986
MovieBeverly Hills Copulator
1986
as Michelle Leon
MovieTraci Takes Tokyo
1986
as Traci
MovieTraci Made in Japan
1986
as Traci
MovieFoxy Boxing
1986
as Self - Round Girl
MovieGirls of Paradise
1986
as (archive footage)
Deep Inside Tracey
1986
as Traci (Original, Archived Footage)
MovieElectric Blue 21
1986
as Jane / Suzy (segment "Night in Bangkok")
MovieLovely Young Tracy
1986
MovieDeep Inside Traci
1986
MovieWe Love to Tease
1985
as Tracy
MovieSex Shoot
1985
as Tracy La Sorta
MovieThe Sex Goddess
1985
as Marilyn
MovieSpermbusters
1985
MovieSizzling Suburbia
1985
as Helen Trent
MovieTailhouse Rock
1985
as Stacey
MovieTwo Timing Traci
1985
as Traci
MoviePerfect Fit
1985
as Diane Green
MoviePassion Pit
1985
as Jan
MoviePleasure Party
1985
as Brad's Girlfriend
MoviePeek a Boo Gang
1985
as Tracy
MovieHollywood Heartbreakers
1985
MovieHolly Does Hollywood
1985
as Tracy
MovieJust Another Pretty Face
1985
as Traci
MovieOne Hot Night of Passion
1985
as Dawn
MovieLadies in Lace
1985
as Linda
MovieHarlequin Affair
1985
as Tracy
MovieDirty Pictures
1985
MovieCountry Girl
1985
as Billie jean
MovieBlack Throat
1985
as Debbie
MovieAroused
1985
as Allison Davis
MovieA Night for Legends
1985
as Self - Presenter
MovieAdult 45
1985
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Adventures of Tracy Dick: The Case of the Missing Stiff
1985
as Tracy Dick
MovieAnother Roll in the Hay
1985
as Candi
MovieMarilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 6
1985
as Traci (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
TVMacGyver
1985
as Jenny
MovieLove Bites
1985
as Nurse
MovieWhore of the Worlds
1985
as (archive footage)
MovieEducating Mandy
1985
as Mandy
MovieLovely Young Tracy 2
1985
as Tracy
MoviePhysical II
1985
as Helen Highwater
MovieNew Wave Hookers
1985
as The Devil
MovieMore than a Handful
1985
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Grafenberg Spot
1985
as Tracy
MovieSuzie Superstar II
1985
as Barbara / Suzie Wilson
MovieWild Things
1985
as School Girl
MoviePortrait of Lust
1985
as Mirage
MovieFuture Voyeur
1985
MovieMarilyn Chambers' Private Fantasies 5
1985
as (Scene Cut For 1987 Reissue)
MovieJean Genie
1985
MovieErotic Zones #1
1985
as Liz (segment "Love Nest")
MovieSex Waves
1985
as Beverly
MovieSex Fifth Avenue
1985
MovieDream Lover
1985
MovieYoung & Restless II
1985
MovieIt's My Body
1985
as Maggie
MovieBattle of the Stars
1985
as Traci
Erotic Gold
1985
MovieFallen Angels
1985
as Self
MoviePony Girl
1985
as Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
MovieTracy in Heaven
1985
MovieElectric Blue 20
1985
as Electric Blue Girl (archive footage)
MovieElectric Blue 17
1985
as (segment "Hard Times")
MovieThe Reincarnation of Don Juan
1985
as Girl In Red (archive footage)
MovieAmerican Babylon
1985
MovieSwedish Erotica 56
1984
Pleasure Productions 9
1984
as (archive footage)
MovieSweet Little Things
1984
as Traci
MovieTracie Lords
1984
as Tracie
MovieOpen Up Tracy
1984
as Traci
MovieJoys of Erotica 109
1984
as (archive footage)
MovieLust in the Fast Lane
1984
as Jackie
MovieBad Girls 3
1984
as Cherry Sue
MovieKinky Business
1984
as Tracy
MovieBreaking It
1984
as Jodie Brown
MovieSister Dearest
1984
as Vicky Jennings
MovieTalk Dirty to Me 3
1984
as The Mermaid
MovieWhat Gets Me Hot!
1984
as Lannie
MovieThose Young Girls
1984
as Traci
MovieNight of Loving Dangerously
1984
as Janice O'Hara
MovieMiss Passion
1984
as Sassy Sizzle
Swedish Erotica 57
1984
MovieRed Hot Rock
1984
as Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
MovieHot Pink
1984
as (archive footage)
MovieSwedish Erotica 60
1984
The Ramones Go to Heaven
as Angel
MovieObject of Desire
