Ricki Lake

1968 (58) • Acting

Born: 9/21/1968 (58) in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Ricki Lake

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.

Known For

Cry-Baby

65%

Pepper Walker

1990

Serial Mom

67%

Misty Sutphin

1994

The King of Queens

71%

Stephanie Heffernan

1998

King of the Hill

74%

Lila (voice)

1997

Hairspray

68%

Tracy Turnblad

1988

Drop Dead Diva

77%

Susan Semler

2009

Mrs. Winterbourne

72%

Connie Doyle

1996

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

68%

Dream Ghost #1

2015

Big Rock Burning

Executive Producer

2025

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

Self (archive footage)

2025

Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry

70%

Self

2024

The Wheel

44%

Self - Expert

2022

The Sherri Shepherd Show

26%

Self - Guest

2022

Pictionary

57%

Unknown

2022

Moon Manor

68%

Ricki Lake

2022

Under the Christmas Tree

60%

Marie

2021

Stars in the House

Self - Special Guest

2020

Tamron Hall

47%

Self - Guest

2019

RuPaul

58%

Self

2019

The Masked Singer

75%

Self - Raven / Raven (archive footage)

2019

Weed the People

70%

Executive Producer

2018

25 Words or Less

52%

Self

2018

Drop the Mic

64%

Self

2017

Gemini

54%

Vanessa

2017

Hairspray Live!

73%

Pinkette

2016

Embrace

65%

Self

2016

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

68%

Dream Ghost #1

2015

Celebrity Family Feud

77%

Self

2015

I Am Divine

73%

Self

2014

Through the Keyhole

63%

Self

2013

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

77%

Self

2013

The Ricki Lake Show

20%

Unknown

2012

The Ricki Lake Show

20%

Creator

2012

The Ricki Lake Show

20%

Producer

2012

More Business of Being Born

Host

2011

More Business of Being Born

Executive Producer

2011