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Ricki Lake
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Ricki Lake
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-09-21,Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA
Gender
Female
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 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.

Filmography

6.1

The In Crowd
1988-02-01

9

A Family Again
1988-10-15

6.734

Serial Mom
1994-04-13

Under the Christmas Tree

6

Under the Christmas Tree
2021-12-19

Based on an Untrue Story

4.643

Based on an Untrue Story
1993-09-20

5.228

Cabin Boy
1994-01-07

6.533

Cry-Baby
1990-04-06

Mrs. Winterbourne

7.2

Mrs. Winterbourne
1996-04-19

Cecil B. Demented

6.42

Cecil B. Demented
2000-08-02

6.604

Working Girl
1988-12-20

Last Exit to Brooklyn

6.455

Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989-07-26

Where the Day Takes You

6.1

Where the Day Takes You
1992-09-11

The Business of Being Born

6.432

The Business of Being Born
2008-01-09

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

7.595

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
1998-12-13

4.538

Skinner
1993-10-01

5.6

Cookie
1989-08-02

Matters of Life & Dating

5

Matters of Life & Dating
2007-10-22

7.281

I Am Divine
2014-03-26

Inside Monkey Zetterland

3.591

Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992-09-12

7.05

Babycakes
1989-02-14

It Came from... Baltimore!!

7.571

It Came from... Baltimore!!
2005-07-12

6.924

Loving Leah
2009-01-25

4

The Chase
1991-02-10

6.8

Moon Manor
2022-02-25

More Business of Being Born

0

More Business of Being Born
2011-11-08

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

5.617

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992-07-24

6.464

Embrace
2016-08-04

5.428

Gemini
2017-06-14

Hairspray Live!

7.3

Hairspray Live!
2016-12-07

6.666

Hairspray
2007-07-19

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie

5.042

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
2005-10-23

4.929

Park
2006-06-12

5.383

A Dirty Shame
2004-09-24

6.807

Hairspray
1988-02-26

6.9

Jackie's Back!
1999-06-14

Hairspray: Playing Tracy

0

Hairspray: Playing Tracy
2007-11-20

The Roots of 'Hairspray'

0

The Roots of 'Hairspray'
2007-11-20

Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad

0

Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
2007-11-20

New Line: Independent Legacies

0

New Line: Independent Legacies

The Best of So Graham Norton

0

The Best of So Graham Norton
2004-10-05

American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- Special Edition of 20/20

0

American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- Special Edition of 20/20
2025-01-10

6.148

Kate & Allie
1984-03-19

4.5

Ricki Lake
1993-09-13

7.431

China Beach
1988-04-26

King of the Hill

7.396

King of the Hill
1997-01-12

4.5

Tamron Hall
2019-09-09

The King of Queens

7.142

The King of Queens
1998-09-21

7

Gravedale High
1990-09-08

Late Show with David Letterman

6.436

Late Show with David Letterman
1993-08-30

The Masked Singer

7.565

The Masked Singer
2019-01-02

Easy to Assemble

5

Easy to Assemble
2008-09-22

The Ricki Lake Show

2

The Ricki Lake Show
2012-09-10

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

7.679

Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013-07-16

4.345

The View
1997-08-11

Gameshow Marathon

0

Gameshow Marathon
2006-05-31

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

6.819

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015-10-12

Dancing with the Stars

6.1

Dancing with the Stars
2005-06-01

7.734

Drop Dead Diva
2009-07-12

2.633

Sherri
2022-09-12

6.417

Drop the Mic
2017-10-24

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

4.915

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

The Reichen Show

4.8

The Reichen Show
2005-11-11

Intimate Portrait

4.5

Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

4.053

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-06-10

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.587

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

Celebrity Juice

6.7

Celebrity Juice
2008-09-24

4.345

The View
1997-08-11

The Jenny Jones Show

7

The Jenny Jones Show
1991-09-16

Hollywood Squares

7.571

Hollywood Squares
1998-09-14

5.8

RuPaul
2019-06-10

Stars in the House

0

Stars in the House
2020-03-16

4.4

The Wheel
2022-12-19

4.345

The View
1997-08-11

25 Words or Less

5.2

25 Words or Less
2018-08-06

Celebrity Family Feud

7.689

Celebrity Family Feud
2015-06-21

Through the Keyhole

6.25

Through the Keyhole
2013-08-31

5.7

Pictionary
2022-09-12

Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry

7

Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
2024-09-17

7.318

The Critic
1994-01-26

The Entertainment Biz

0

The Entertainment Biz
1998-02-15

Entertainment Tonight

4.296

Entertainment Tonight
1981-09-15

6.6

The Idiot Box
1991-03-23

Charm School with Ricki Lake

8

Charm School with Ricki Lake
2009-05-11

The Masked Singer

7.565

The Masked Singer
2019-01-02

6

The Word
1990-08-10

7.1

TFI Friday
1996-02-09

Higglytown Heroes

7.114

Higglytown Heroes
2004-09-12