Traci Lords Biography

Nora Louise Kuzma, better known as Traci Lords (born May 7, 1968) is an actress previously working in pornographic films.

Biography

Traci Lords began her career in porn illegally in 1983, at age fifteen by using false identification (well under the age of consent in the United States). In 1986, it was revealed that she had made 77 X-rated films while still a minor. The ensuing chaos cost the adult industry millions of dollars as they were forced to pull hundreds of thousands of video tapes and magazines from store shelves and destroy them. Many people affiliated with her films suffered legal troubles as a result. In an effort to separate herself from porn Lords spoke out against the industry for years after the scandal, claiming to be the victim of unscrupulous smut peddlers. Her comments along with her refusal to accept responsibility for her own actions, has left her a reviled figure among industry veterans.

Traci Lords has since attempted to move into mainstream films with limited success. She has played a bimbo in a number of B-movies. Some of her more notable films include Things from Other Worlds (1988), John Waters Cry Baby, (1990) and Blade, (1998).

Traci Lords also appeared in continuing roles in several television series, including Married with Children (1987), Roseanne (1988), and Melrose Place (1992), with single appearances in MacGyver (1985), Highlander (1992), Tales from the Crypt (1989), Hercules (1995), and Profiler (1996), among others.

In the 1990s, Traci Lords began developing a career as a singer, also appearing in the music videos of other performers and groups, and has become an active gay rights advocate.

Acting Credits

• Film
  • Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2001) - Chameleon
  • Chump Change (2000) (as Traci Elizabeth Lords) - Sam
  • Epicenter (2000) (as Traci Elizabeth Lords) - Amanda Foster
  • You're Killing Me (2001) - Laura Engles
  • Blade (1998) - Racquel
  • Extramarital (1997) - Elizabeth
  • Me and Will (1998) - Waitress
  • Stir (1997) - Kelly Bekins
  • Boogie Boy (1997) - Shonda
  • Underworld (1996) - Anna
  • Blood Money (1996) - Wendy Monroe
  • Virtuosity (1995) - Media Zone singer
  • Ice (1993) - Ellen
  • Serial Mom (1994) - Carl's Date
  • Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994) - Norma
  • Laser Moon (1992) - Barbara Fleck
  • Nutt House, The (1992) - Miss Tress
  • Raw Nerve (1991) - Gina Clayton
  • Time to Die, A (1991) - Jackie
  • Cry-Baby (1990) - Wanda Woodward
  • Shock 'Em Dead (1991) - Lindsay Roberts
  • Fast Food (1989) - Dixie Love
  • Not of This Earth (1988) - Nadine
• Television
  • D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999) (as Traci Elizabeth Lords) - Mira
  • Deathlands (2003) - Lady Rachel Cawdor
  • They Shoot Divas, Don't They (2002) (as Traci Elizabeth Lords) - Mira
  • As Good as Dead (1995) - Nicole Grace
  • Dragstrip Girl (1994) - Blanche
  • Tommyknockers, The (1993) - Nancy Voss
  • Murder in High Places (1991) - Diane
• Video
  • Adult 45 (1985)
  • Adventures of Tracy Dick: The Case of the Missing Stiff (1985) - Tracy Dick
  • Another Roll in the Hay (1985)
  • Aroused (1985) - Allison
  • Black Throat (1985) (scenes deleted on re-release) - First Whore
  • Country Girl (1985) - Billie Jean
  • Diamond Collection 69 (1985)
  • Diamond Collection 73 (1985)
  • Dirty Pictures (1985)
  • Dream Lover (1985)
  • Educating Mandy (1985) - Mandy
  • Electric Blue 20 (1985)
  • Electric Blue 21 (1985) - Suzy/Jane
  • Electric Blue 28 (1985) - Nikki (scenes deleted)
  • Erotic Gold (1985)
  • Erotic Zones Vol. 1 (1985) (as Tracy Lords)
  • Future Voyeur (1985)
  • Grafenberg Spot, The (1985)
  • Harlequin Affair (1985) - Tracy
  • Holly Does Hollywood (1985) - Tracy
  • Hollywood Heartbreakers (1985)
  • Huge Bras 3 (1985)
  • It's My Body (1985) - Maggie
  • Jean Genie (1985)
  • Just Another Pretty Face (1985)
  • Ladies in Lace (1985) - Linda
  • Love Bites (1985) - Nurse
  • New Wave Hookers (1985) - Devil
  • Peek a Boo Gang (1985) - Tracy
  • Perfect Fit (1985) - Diane
  • Porn in the USA (1985) (as Tracy Lords)
  • Portrait of Lust (1985) (as Tracy Lords) - Mirage
  • S-- Shoot (1985) (as Tracy Lords)
  • S-- Waves (1985)
  • Sister Dearest (1985)
  • Sizzling Suburbia (1985)
  • Tailhouse Rock (1985) - Stacey
  • Tracy in Heaven (1985) - Monika Hart
  • Two-Timing Tracie (1985)
  • We Love to Tease (1985)
  • Bad Girls III (1984)
  • Breaking It (1984) - Jodie Brown
  • Lust in the Fast Lane (1984) (as Tracy Lords) - Jackie
  • Miss Passion (1984)
  • Night of Loving Dangerously, The (1984) (as Tracy Lords)
  • S-- Goddess, The (1984) - Marilyn West
  • S--y Shorts (1984) (uncredited) - Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'")
  • Those Young Girls (1984) (as Tracy Lords) - Tracy Lords
  • Tracy Lords (1984) (as Tracy Lords)
  • What Gets Me Hot (1984) (as Tracy Lords) - Lannie