Ricki Lake | |
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.jpg) Lake in May 2015 | |
| Born | Ricki Pamela Lake September 21, 1968 |
| Education | Ithaca College (attended) |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
| Known for | Tracy Turnblad – Hairspray Ricki Lake The Ricki Lake Show |
| Spouses | Rob Sussman
(m. 1994; div. 2004)Christian Evans
(m. 2012; div. 2015)Ross Burningham (m. 2022) |
| Children | 2 |
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.[1][2][3] When the show debuted, Lake 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.
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- ^ Zoglin, Richard (January 30, 1995). "Talking Trash". Time. Archived from the original on May 2, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- ^ Corliss, Richard (February 29, 1988). "Cinema: Buxom Belles in Baltimore 'Hairspray'". Time. Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2010.