her film debut as Tracy Turnblad, the lead character in  John Waters ' 1988 cult-classic  Hairspray . Lake also starred in other Waters films including  Cry-Baby  (with  Johnny Depp  and  Susan Tyrell ),  Cecil B. Demented  (with  Melanie Griffith  and  Stephen Dorff ), and  Serial Mom  (with  Kathleen Turner  and  Sam