Traci Lords

Traci Lords was born on 7th May 1968 at Steubenville, Ohio, USA. Her mother was a school teacher. At the age of only 12 her mother moved with her and with her sisters to Redondo Beach. At the age of 18, Lords got admitted at the famed Lee Strasberg Institute. After some time she was caste in a science fiction Roger Corman's feature film 'Not of This Earth'.

But it was the film 'Cry Baby' directed by John Waters which paved a clear path for Lords career. She became a known face amongst renowned directors. She performed the role wonderfully, and was later caste with performers like Johnny Depp, Iggy Pop and Ricki Lake. After this film got to the theaters Lords was offered to make her appearance as a guest star in TV series such as 'MacGyver', 'Wiseguy', 'Superforce', 'Married with Children'.

Her other most important TV works were in 'Profiler', 'Melrose Place' where she played Rikki, a leader and 'Roseanne'.

Lords is also well known for her appearance in TV miniseries 'Stephen King's 'The Tommyknockers'' where she played a woman overtaken by an unknown force.

She was also caste in movies like 'As Good As Dead' and 'Intent to Kill'. Her other feature films include 'Serial Mom', 'Virtuosity', 'A Time to Die', 'The Nutty Nut'. She produced 'Extramarital' where she also starred as a lead role. Her next couple of movies includes 'Boogie Boy', 'Blade' and 'The Killing Club'.

Lords then went on to pose for celebrity calendars and posters, which she also helped in designing. When she has time off from her hectic schedule she enjoys tennis, swimming, hiking and boxing. Traci thinks that these are good ways to stay fit and get a good workout. She also likes gardening and improving on her music.

She also finds enough time for 'Children of the Night', a charitable organization which helps keeping the under aged children and teens from staying in the streets of Hollywood.