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Trained at various professional schools for youngsters, actress Ricki Lake completed her education at Ithaca College. While her excessive weight precluded ingenue roles on stage and screen, Lake enjoyed some success as a cabaret singer and off-Broadway performer; she was also a gifted musician, adept at several instruments. Her film career began in 1988 as a member of director John Waters' eccentric stock company. She garnered fine reviews for her work in Waters' Hairspray and the made-for-TV Babycakes (1989) and in the regular role of Red-Cross volunteer Holly Pergerino on the weekly TV series China Beach. Sensing that her poundage was holding her back professionally, Lake lost 115 pounds over a 36-month period. It was a svelte, sexy Ricki Lake who in 1993 launched the popular daily TV talkfest The Ricki Lake Show. In 1996, she returned to the big screen playing a leading role in Mrs. Winterbourne opposite Shirley MacLaine.
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Dancing With the Stars: Season 13
Participant |
2011 | |||
More Business of Being Born
Executive Producer, Participant |
2010 | |||
Loving Leah
Actor, Co-Executive Producer |
2009 | |||
The Business of Being Born
Executive Producer, Participant, Producer |
2007 | |||
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Game$how Marathon [TV Series]
Participant |
2006 | |||
Park
Actor |
2006 | |||
A Dirty Shame
Actor |
2004 | |||
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West Memphis Three
Actor |
2004 | |||
Cecil B. Demented
Actor |
2000 | |||
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2000 | |||
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2000 | |||
Jackie's Back
Actor |
1999 | |||
Mrs. Winterbourne
Actor |
1996 | |||
Cabin Boy
Actor |
1994 | |||
Serial Mom
Actor |
1994 | |||
Based on an Untrue Story
Actor |
1993 | |||
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Actor |
1993 | |||
Skinner
Actor |
1993 | |||
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Actor |
1992 | |||
Where the Day Takes You
Actor |
1992 | |||
The Chase
Actor |
1991 | |||
Cry-Baby
Actor |
1990 | |||
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Actor |
1990 | |||
Babycakes
Actor |
1989 | |||
Cookie
Actor |
1989 | |||
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Hairspray
Actor |
1988 | |||
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Starlight
Actor |
1988 | |||
Working Girl
Actor |
1988 |
