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Ricki Lake‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1968-09-21

Popularity

star4.4

Ricki Lake

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Ricki Lake

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1968-09-21

Popularity

star4.4

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.

Movie Credits

The In Crowd

The In Crowd‌
star6.0
calendar 1988

A Family Again

A Family Again‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Serial Mom

Serial Mom‌
star6.7
calendar 1994

Under the Christmas Tree

Under the Christmas Tree‌
star6.0
calendar 2021

Based on an Untrue Story

Based on an Untrue Story‌
star4.3
calendar 1993

Cabin Boy

Cabin Boy‌
star5.1
calendar 1994

Cry-Baby

Cry-Baby‌
star6.5
calendar 1990

Mrs. Winterbourne

Mrs. Winterbourne‌
star7.2
calendar 1996

Cecil B. Demented

Cecil B. Demented‌
star6.3
calendar 2000

Working Girl

Working Girl‌
star6.6
calendar 1988

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Last Exit to Brooklyn‌
star6.4
calendar 1989

Where the Day Takes You

Where the Day Takes You‌
star6.1
calendar 1992

The Business of Being Born

The Business of Being Born‌
star6.6
calendar 2008

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery‌
star7.7
calendar 1998

Skinner

Skinner‌
star4.5
calendar 1993

Cookie

Cookie‌
star5.2
calendar 1989

Matters of Life & Dating

Matters of Life & Dating‌
star5.0
calendar 2007

I Am Divine

I Am Divine‌
star7.4
calendar 2013

Inside Monkey Zetterland

Inside Monkey Zetterland‌
star2.9
calendar 1992

Babycakes

Babycakes‌
star7.0
calendar 1989

It Came from... Baltimore!!

It Came from... Baltimore!!‌
star7.2
calendar 2005

Loving Leah

Loving Leah‌
star7.0
calendar 2009

The Chase

The Chase‌
star3.0
calendar 1991

Moon Manor

Moon Manor‌
star6.8
calendar 2022

More Business of Being Born

More Business of Being Born‌
star0.0
calendar 2011

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer‌
star5.6
calendar 1992

Embrace

Embrace‌
star6.5
calendar 2016

Gemini

Gemini‌
star5.4
calendar 2017

Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live!‌
star7.3
calendar 2016

Hairspray

Hairspray‌
star6.7
calendar 2007

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie‌
star5.1
calendar 2005

Park

Park‌
star4.9
calendar 2006

A Dirty Shame

A Dirty Shame‌
star5.3
calendar 2004

Hairspray

Hairspray‌
star6.8
calendar 1988

Jackie's Back!

Jackie's Back!‌
star7.8
calendar 1999

Tv Credits

Kate & Allie

Kate & Allie‌
star5.8
calendar 1984

Ricki Lake

Ricki Lake‌
star4.2
calendar 1993

China Beach

China Beach‌
star7.3
calendar 1988

King of the Hill

King of the Hill‌
star7.3
calendar 1997

Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall‌
star5.1
calendar 2019

The King of Queens

The King of Queens‌
star7.1
calendar 1998

Gravedale High

Gravedale High‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman‌
star6.3
calendar 1993

The Masked Singer

The Masked Singer‌
star7.9
calendar 2019

Easy to Assemble

Easy to Assemble‌
star5.0
calendar 2008

The Ricki Lake Show

The Ricki Lake Show‌
star2.0
calendar 2012

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Whose Line Is It Anyway?‌
star7.7
calendar 2013

The View

The View‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

Gameshow Marathon

Gameshow Marathon‌
star0.0
calendar 2006

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend‌
star6.8
calendar 2015

Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars‌
star6.1
calendar 2005

Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva‌
star7.7
calendar 2009

Sherri

Sherri‌
star4.2
calendar 2022

Drop the Mic

Drop the Mic‌
star6.2
calendar 2017

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen‌
star5.0
calendar 2009

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark‌
star5.2
calendar 1988

The Reichen Show

The Reichen Show‌
star4.8
calendar 2005

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait‌
star4.5
calendar 1993

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show‌
star3.5
calendar 1996

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show‌
star5.8
calendar 2003

Celebrity Juice

Celebrity Juice‌
star6.6
calendar 2008

The View

The View‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

The Jenny Jones Show

The Jenny Jones Show‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

Hollywood Squares

Hollywood Squares‌
star6.5
calendar 1998

The Masked Singer

The Masked Singer‌
star7.9
calendar 2019

RuPaul

RuPaul‌
star4.8
calendar 2019

Stars in the House

Stars in the House‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

The Wheel

The Wheel‌
star3.5
calendar 2022

The View

The View‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

25 Words or Less

25 Words or Less‌
star6.7
calendar 2018

Celebrity Family Feud

Celebrity Family Feud‌
star7.8
calendar 2015

Through the Keyhole

Through the Keyhole‌
star6.0
calendar 2013

Pictionary

Pictionary‌
star3.5
calendar 2022

Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry

Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry‌
star6.0
calendar 2024