Ricki Lake

- _The article about her talk show is Ricki Lake (TV series)_

**Ricki Pamela Lake** (born September 21, 1968) is an American television host and actress.  She hosted her own talk show, named _Ricki Lake_, from 1993 until 2004. Lake played Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 movie _Hairspray_. During the 1990s, she starred in many movies. These included _Serial Mom_ and _Mrs. Winterbourne_. She recently hosted another talk show named _The Ricki Lake Show_ which began in 2012.

## Early life

Lake was born to secular, Jewish parents, Barry who is a pharmacist and Jill who is a housewife. Lake went to Ithaca College and Professional Children's School.

## After her first talk show

Lake hosted _Gameshow Marathon_ on CBS in 2006.

In September 2011, Lake competed in _Dancing with the Stars_ with Derek Hough. She got third place. She lost to Rob Kardashian and J. R. Martinez, respectively.

## Personal life

Lake married Rob Sussman on March 1994. They have two sons, Milo Sebastian Sussman born March 22, 1997 and Owen Tyler Sussman born June 18, 2001. They separated in August 2003. Lake and Sussman divorced in 2005. She started dating Christian Evans in 2009. They were engaged in August 2011. Lake and Evans married on April 8, 2012.

## Movies

|Year|Movies|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1988|_Hairspray_|Tracy Turnblad||
|1988|_The In Crowd_|Dancer||
|1988|_Working Girl_|Bridesmaid|Not credited|
|1989|_Cookie_|Pia||
|1989|_Baby Cakes_|Grace||
|1989|_Last Exit to Brooklyn_|Donna||
|1990|_Cry-Baby_|Pepper Walker||
|1992|_Where the Day Takes You_|Brenda||
|1992|_Buffy the Vampire Slayer_|Charlotte|Not credited|
|1992|_Inside Monkey Zetterland_|Bella the Stalker||
|1993|_Skinner_|Kerry Tate||
|1994|_Cabin Boy_|Figurehead||
|1994|_Serial Mom_|Misty Sutphin||
|1996|_Mrs. Winterbourne_|Connie Doyle/Patricia Winterbourne||
|2000|_Cecil B. Demented_|Libby||
|2004|_A Dirty Shame_|Herself|Cameo appearance|
|2006|_Park_|Peggy||
|2007|_Hairspray_|Talent agent||
|2008|_The Business of Being Born_|—|Executive producer|

## Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1987|_Kate & Allie_|Teri|1 episode|
|1988|_ABC Afterschool Specials_|Carmen|1 episode|
|1989|_Baby Cakes_|Grace|Television movie|
|1989-1990|_China Beach_|Holly Pelegrino|13 episodes|
|1990|_Gravedale High_|Cleofatra (Voice)|Not known episodes|
|1991|_The Chase_|Tammie|Television movie|
|1992|_Based on a Untrue Story_|Velour|Television movie|
|1993-2004|_Ricki Lake_|Host|First syndicated talk show|
|1998|_Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery_|Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen|Television movie|
|2000-2001|_The King Of Queens_|Stephanie Heffernan|6 episodes|
|2004|_Higglytown Heroes_|Carpenter Hero|1 episode|
|2006|_King of the Hill_|Lila (voice)|1 episode|
|2007|_Matters of Life and Dating_|Linda|Television movie Executive producer|
|2009|_Loving Leah_|Rabbi Gerry|Television movie Co-executive producer|
|2009|_Charm School with Ricki Lake_|Head-mistress|10 episodes|
|2010|_Drop Dead Diva_|Susan Semler|1 episode|
|2010|_The Oprah Winfrey Show_|Herself|Guest, "Talk Show Reunion"|
|2011|_Dancing with the Stars_|Herself/Contestant|Season 13/Third Place|
|2012|_The Ricki Lake Show_|Host|Second syndicated talk show|

## Awards

|Year|Award|Result|Category|Film or series||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994|Daytime Emmy Awards|rowspan=2|**Nominated**|Outstanding Talk Show Host|_Ricki Lake_|
|1989|Independent Spirit Award|Best Female Lead|_Hairspray_|||

## Related pages

- Hairspray
- Ricki Lake (TV series)

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Ricki Lake
- **image**: Ricki Lake May 2015 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Lake in 2015
- **birth name**: Ricki Pamela Lake
- **birth place**: Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States
- **occupation**: Television host, actress
- **years active**: 1987–present
- **spouse**: Rob Sussman (1994–2003) (divorced/annulled)
Christian Evans (2012-present)