Ricki Lake
ActressBorn 1968Active 2009
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- New York City
Awards & honours
- Aftonbladet TV Prize · 1996
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host · 2013
Ricki Pamela Lake 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. 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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People also ask
- How many Hallmark movies has Ricki Lake been in?
- We have 1 Hallmark movie on file for Ricki Lake, spanning 2009.
- What is Ricki Lake's most popular Hallmark movie?
- Loving Leah (2009) has more audience votes than any other Ricki Lake Hallmark film, so it's the one most people have actually seen.
- What was Ricki Lake's first Hallmark movie?
- The earliest Ricki Hallmark title we have is Loving Leah (2009).
- Where is Ricki Lake from?
- Ricki is from New York City.
- What does Ricki Lake do in Hallmark movies?
- Ricki Lake works on Hallmark films as actress.
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Ricki’s filmography, credits and ratings are compiled from IMDb, TMDB and Wikipedia, then checked and tidied by the Talking Hallmark team. Last updated August 2026.
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