Though she claimed to be 18 at the time, when the truth came out years later, it scandalized the X-rated industry, and earned Lords notoriety that continues today.
She got her start in front of the camera at the age 15, appearing in dozens of adult films.
Traci Lords was born Nora Louise Kuzma on May 7, 1968, in Steubenville, Ohio. She has also appeared on numerous TV series, most notably Melrose Place. Later a student of the Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles, Lords starred in John Waters’ Cry-Baby and Serial Mom. Though she claimed to be 18 at the time, when the truth came out years later, it scandalized the industry and earned Lords notoriety. She also appeared in films such as Skinner (1993), Virtuosity (1995), Blade (1998), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) and Excision (2012), which earned her a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as a Fright Meter Award and a CinEuphoria Award.Traci Lords started in film at the age 15, appearing in dozens of adult films. with Children, Tales from the Crypt, Roseanne, Melrose Place, Profiler, First Wave, Highlander: The Series, Gilmore Girls and Will & Grace.
Her other acting credits included the television series MacGyver, Married. Lords followed with the role of Wanda Woodward in John Waters's teen comedy, Cry-Baby (1990). She made her mainstream screen debut at age 19 in a leading role in the 1988 remake of the 1957 Roger Corman science fiction film Not of This Earth. In addition, all but the last of her adult films were banned as child pornography.Īfter her departure from the industry only two days after turning the legal age of 18, Lords enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, where she studied method acting with the intention of becoming a mainstream actress. When the FBI acted on an anonymous tip that Lords was a minor during her time in the industry, and that pornographers were distributing and selling these illegal images and videotapes, the resulting fallout led to prosecution of those responsible for creating and distributing. Lords starred in adult films and was one of the most sought-after actresses in the adult entertainment industry during her career. Lords got into the adult film industry by using a fake birth certificate to conceal the fact that she was two years under the legal age of 18. Traci Lords (born Nora Louise Kuzma May 7, 1968) is an American actress, singer, and former pornographic actress.
0 kommentar(er)
