Traci Lords filmography

Lords (age 42) at the QVC Red Carpet Style Party (2011)

Traci Lords is an American actress.[1]

Career

Lords appeared in dozens of pornographic films between 1984 and 1986, nearly all of which were filmed while she was underage; only her last such film, Traci, I Love You (1987), was legal in the United States. Once of age, Lords immediately made a transition to mainstream films.[1]

Lords made her mainstream screen debut in Not of This Earth (1988), a remake of Roger Corman's 1957 film of the same name, playing the leading role of Nadine Story.[2]

Lords followed with Fast Food (1989) and the John Waters' teen comedy Cry-Baby (1990), where she appeared alongside Johnny Depp. The film received positive reviews and the part of Wanda Woodward remains Lords' most notable role.[3][4]

Around the same time as her film debut in the late 1980s, Lords also appeared in many television series, including Wiseguy, MacGyver, Married... with Children, Highlander, and Tales from the Crypt.[citation needed]

In the early 1990s, Lords starred in various independent and B movies, such as Shock 'Em Dead, Raw Nerve, A Time to Die (1991), Intent to Kill (1992), and Skinner (1993). She also appeared in the television adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Tommyknockers.[5]

While promoting her debut studio album 1000 Fires (1995), Lords landed the role of Rikki Abbott on the television series Melrose Place and also appeared in three episodes of Roseanne.[6]

Lords was a recurring cast member on the crime series Profiler and had a small part in the vampire action film Blade (1998). She kept on making more films and appeared in more television series, including First Wave, Gilmore Girls, and Will & Grace. Her role in the comedy Chump Change (2000) earned her the Film Discovery Jury Award for Best Actress at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.[7]

In the 2000s, Lords appeared as Bubbles in the Kevin Smith comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008). She also had supporting roles in the horror films Excision (2012) and Devil May Call (2013). Her portrayal of Phyllis, a hyperreligious and controlling mother, in Excision (2012) earned her several awards including the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as the Fright Meter Award and the CinEuphoria Award.[8]

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1988 Not of This Earth Nadine Story [9]
1989 Fast Food Dixie Love [10]
1990 Cry-Baby Wanda Woodward [11]
1990 Shock 'Em Dead Lindsay Roberts Also known as Rock 'em Dead [12]
1991 Raw Nerve Gina Clayton [13]
1991 A Time to Die Jackie Swanson [14]
1992 The Nutt House Miss Tress [15]
1992 Intent to Kill Vickie Stewart [16]
1993 Laser Moon Barbara Fleck [17]
1993 Skinner Heidi [18]
1993 Desperate Crimes Laura Originally titled Il ritmo del silenzio, also known as Mafia Docks [19]
1994 Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II Norma [20]
1994 Serial Mom Carl's Date [21]
1994 Ice Ellen Reed [22]
1995 Your Studio and You Herself Short film [23]
1995 Virtuosity Media Zone Singer [24]
1996 Underworld Anna [25]
1996 Blood Money Wendy Monroe [26]
1997 Nowhere Val-Chick #1 [27]
1997 Stir Kelly Bekins [28]
1997 Full Blast Lindsay Lord [29]
1998 Boogie Boy Shonda Lee Bragg [30]
1998 Extramarital Elizabeth [31]
1998 Blade Racquel [32]
1999 Me and Will The Waitress [33]
1999 The Killing Club Laura Engles Also known as You're Killing Me... [34]
2000 Epicenter FBI Agent Amanda Foster Credited as Traci Elizabeth Lords [35]
2000 Chump Change Sam Credited as Traci Elizabeth Lords [36]
2000 Certain Guys Kathleen [37]
2002 Black Mask 2: City of Masks "Chameleon" Credited as Traci Elizabeth Lords
Voiced by Cherrie Ying in the Cantonese dub version 		[38]
2003 Manhood Actress [39]
2003 Home Lorna Short film
2005 Sweet Pea — Director only [40]
2005 Frostbite Naomi Bucks [41]
2006 Novel Romance Max Normane [42]
2006 Crazy Eights Gina Conte [43]
2007 The Chosen One Ms. Sultry Voice only [44]
2008 Your Name Here Julie Frick [45]
2008 Zack and Miri Make a Porno "Bubbles" [46]
2009 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Connie [47]
2009 Princess of Mars Dejah Thoris [48]
2011 Au Pair, Kansas Helen Hazleton Also known as The Soccer Nanny [49]
2012 Excision Phyllis [50]
2013 Devil May Call Valerie "Val" Kramer [51]
2015 Tag Ann [52]
2018 Cemetery Tales Presents: A Tale of Two Sisters Victoria Chastain [53]
2019 Steam Room Stories: The Movie! Sally Fay [54]
2019 Manipulated Cassandra King [55]
2020 Nicole, her Ex & the Killer Mother
2021 Waking Up Dead Phyllis
2021 The Farm Belle Gunness
2024 Greedy People Virginia Chetlo [56]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1988 Wiseguy Monique Episode: "Date with an Angel" [57]
1989–1991 Married... with Children T.C. / Vanessa Van Pelt 2 episodes [58]
1990 Stallone's Knockouts Ringside Commentator TV movie
1989–1990 MacGyver Jennifer/Jenny Episode: "MacGyver's Women" [58]
1991 Super Force Alien #2 Episode: "Of Human Bondage" [59]
1991 Murder in High Places Diane TV movie [60]
1993 The Tommyknockers Nancy Voss TV movie [61]
1993 Sweating Bullets Gwen Episode: "Katie's Secret"
1993 Highlander Greta Episode: "The Darkness"
1993 Tales from the Crypt Emma Conway Episode: "Two for the Show"
1994 Bandit's Silver Angel Angel Austin TV movie [62]
1994 Dragstrip Girl Blanche TV movie [63]
1994–1995 Roseanne Stacy Flagler 3 episodes [64]
1995 Melrose Place Rikki Abbott 4 episodes [65]
1995 As Good as Dead Nicole Grace TV movie [66]
1996 Dead Man's Island Miranda Prescott TV movie [67]
1997 Nash Bridges Sean Collins Episode: "Knockout" [68]
1997 Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher Suzanne Wilkinson Episode: "My Phony Valentine"
1997 Viper Talia Massey Episode: "The List"
1997–1998 Profiler Sharon Lesher Recurring cast [69]
1999 D.R.E.A.M. Team Lena Brant TV movie
Credited as Traci Elizabeth Lords 		[70]
1999 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Luscious Deluxe Episode: "Hercules, Tramps & Thieves"
Credited as Traci Elizabeth Lords 		[71]
2000–2001 First Wave Jordan Radcliffe Recurring cast
Credited as Traci Elizabeth Lords 		[68]
2002 They Shoot Divas, Don't They? Mira TV movie
Credited as Traci Elizabeth Lords 		[72]
2003 Deathlands: Homeward Bound Lady Rachel Cawdor TV movie
Credited as Traci Elizabeth Lords 		[73]
2003 Gilmore Girls Natalie Zimmermann Episode: "The Fundamental Things Apply"
Credited as Traci Elizabeth Lords 		[74]
2005 Will & Grace Rose Episode: "Birds of a Feather Boa"
2005 Wanted Bartender 2 episodes
2007 Andy Barker, P.I. Loretta Crispin Episode: "Dial M for Laptop" [75]
2007 Point of Entry Brianna Fine TV movie
2007 The Greatest Show Ever Cow Girl TV movie [76]
2013–2019 EastSiders Val 8 episodes [77]
2015 Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre Detective Kendra Patterson TV movie [78]
2016 Nightmare Nurse Barb TV movie [79]
2016–2018 Swedish Dicks Jane McKinney Recurring cast [80]

Music video appearances

Year Title Performer Album Ref.
1984 "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" Helix Walkin' the Razor's Edge [81]
1987 "Notorious" Loverboy Wildside
1991 "TRASH SONGS" ODD-BOWZ TRASH IT! [82]
1991 "I Wanna Sex You Up" Color Me Badd C.M.B.
1994 "Back on the Street" Jay Miles 9 Hours [83]

Video games

Year Title Character Ref.
2002 Defender Commander Kyoto [84]
2004 Ground Control II: Operation Exodus Dr. Alice McNeil [85]
2005 True Crime: New York City Madam Cassandra Hartz [86]
2012 Hitman: Absolution Layla Stockton [84]
2016 Hitman Dino's agent / Dexy Barat / Maya Parvati [87]
2016 Let It Die Jackal Z [88]

Pornographic videos

Year Title Role Notes
1984 What Gets Me Hot! Lannie (as Tracy Lords) First porn movie
1984 The Sex Goddess Marilyn
1984 Talk Dirty to Me Part III The Mermaid Scenes replaced by new scenes featuring Lisa De Leeuw
1984 Those Young Girls Traci (as Tracy Lords)
1984 Sister Dearest Vicky Jennings Scenes edited out
1985 Wild Things School Girl
1985 The Adventures of Tracy Dick: The Case of the Missing Stiff Tracy Dick (as Tracy Lords)
1985 Educating Mandy Mandy Scenes are used in the comedy From Beijing with Love by Stephen Chow, as the "painkiller" when he was undergoing the operation for bullet removal
1985 Holly Does Hollywood Tracy
1985 Black Throat Debbie
1985 Future Voyeur Traci
1985 Harlequin Affair Tracy (as Tracy Lords)
1985 Hollywood Heartbreakers
1985 It's My Body Maggie
1985 Perfect Fit Diane Green
1985 The Grafenberg Spot (aka The G-Spot) Tracy (as Tracy Lords)[89]
1986 Traci Takes Tokyo Traci Banned in the U.S.
1986 Beverly Hills Copulator Michelle Leon (as Tracy Lords)
1986 Traci, I Love You Traci Last pornographic film and the only one featuring all of her scenes intact that is legally available in the U.S. and some other countries, as it was made two days after her 18th birthday.

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