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Ricki Lake

1968 - Today

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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. When the show debuted, Lake was 24 and credited as being the youngest person to host a syndicated talk show at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Ricki Lake is the 10,726th most popular actor (down from 10,469th in 2024), the 15,705th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,222nd in 2019) and the 4,955th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Ricki Lake ranks 10,726 out of 13,578. Before her are Céline Sallette, Asami Imai, Paul Walter Hauser, Jessica Henwick, Alex Vincent, and Wen Junhui. After her are Manu Ríos, Yoon Bo-ra, Brandon T. Jackson, Julia Duffy, David Berman, and Todd Graff.

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Among people born in 1968, Ricki Lake ranks 757. Before her are Shahbaz Bhatti, Torben Frank, Miri Yu, Jorge Volpi, Jesús Rollán, and Stan Kirsch. After her are Claudia Grigorescu, Ana Moser, William Andem, Eric Lamaze, Javier Castillejo, and Josef Polig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ricki Lake ranks 15,712 out of 20,380. Before her are Dennis Morgan (1908), Alex Vincent (1981), Bethanie Mattek-Sands (1985), Elfrid Payton (1994), Mark N. Brown (1951), and Paul Fannin (1907). After her are Chappell Roan (1998), Brandon T. Jackson (1984), Julia Duffy (1951), Justin Raimondo (1951), Charles L. McNary (1874), and David Berman (1973).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ricki Lake ranks 4,958. Before her are Ruth Donnelly (1896), Stan Kirsch (1968), Camille Guaty (1976), Jean Brooks (1915), Paul Walter Hauser (1986), and Alex Vincent (1981). After her are Brandon T. Jackson (1984), Julia Duffy (1951), David Berman (1973), Todd Graff (1959), Kyle Gallner (1986), and Daryl Sabara (1992).

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