The story of Tracy Lords is that of a star who is a bright example of what it means to have redemption. Three decades in the movie industry and so many things have changed from the naive girl who first walked into the industry; everything, including her personality has undergone tremendous change. What is Traci Lords up to these days? Here is everything you need to know about the actress, singer, and writer.
Traci Lords: Age and early life
Traci Lords was born on May 7, 1968, in Steubenville, Ohio as Nora Louise Kuzma. The name of her father is Louis, a steel industry worker who has Ukrainian roots while her mother Patricia is of Irish Origin. Traci has an older sister named Lorraine and two other sisters Grace and Rachel.
She became an adult quite too early as events at home shaped her negatively. Her father was an alcoholic who constantly returned home every night drunk, venting his spleen on everyone and constantly abusing their mother. When the abuse intensified, the marriage ended in divorce which led to her mother picking up a part-time at Ohio University in order to take care of them while she ships them off to go live with her mother (their grandmother).
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At aged 10, Traci was defiled by a 16-year-old boy at the birthday party of a friend she attended. This really devastated her, leaving her in bruises. At age 12, her mother found love again and decided to take his children to Lawndale, California where her new boyfriend resides.
This relocation only brought flashbacks of her father as her mother’s new boyfriend was a drug dealer. At night, he would abuse her – she was a minor. Her mother’s newfound love crashed suddenly and there was another man waiting to accept her but this time, Traci and her elder sister Lorraine refused to join her and it was by this time she was admitted at the Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California.
At 14, emotions started running deep and she thought she had found love in the eyes of her classmate who got her pregnant. When things went sour, she didn’t keep the baby and worked briefly as a babysitter in order to feed. Then, without the knowledge of anyone, she illegally procured a fake driver’s license claiming she was 22 whereas her legal age was 15 as she posed for magazines like Velvet, Juggs, and Club.
Luckily for her, she was among the models selected to model for the Penthouse magazine’s 15th-anniversary issue but she was asked to pick a stage name and that was how she christened herself Traci Lords; derived from a friend’s first name and “Hawaii Five-0” actor Jack Lord.
The money started coming in and she dropped out of school completely and entered the minor industry as a minor flashing her fake ID of 22. Her first adult film was in 1984 and by the time she appeared in others, including the one that won her the AVN Award for Best Movie “Talk to me Dirty” she was given the name “Princess of P—”.
At the age of 17, she wanted to leave the industry but her boyfriend Stuart Dell who founded the “Traci Lords Company” with her tried to blackmail her and she stayed in the industry until authorities found out and she was taken to protective custody. Her adult contents were taken off the shelf and her promoters went through a messy legal battle that reverberated the industry itself.
Traci finally left the adult industry but not without giving them one more content; an 18th birthday gift “Traci, I Love You” which was shot in Cannes, France.
Traci Lords is 53 years old.
Traci Lords: Movies
After leaving the dark side of the show business, she studied method acting at Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and made her debut in the science fiction film “Not of This Earth” in 1988. Due to how popular she was before going mainstream, her breakout role did not take a decade to come as she played the role of an obstinate teenager in the musical comedy film “Cry-Baby”.
She appeared in films like “Shock ‘Em Dead”. “Intent to Kill” and many others as her career progressed. She also signed a modeling contract for the magazine “Muscle & Fitness” with her birth name Nora Kuzma. Her modeling career took her to London where she modeled for brands like Thierry Mugler.
Traci jumped into music and signed a contract with Radioactive Records and recorded the song “Love Never Dies” for the movie “Pet Sematary Two”. Later, she released her debut album entitled “1000 Fires” in 1995.
One of her lead songs in the album “Control” reached the second spot on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs list while a remix of the track was used in the video game of Mortal Kombat.
Traci continued to appear in films and soon began to win awards for her hard work on the screen. She won the Best Actress Award at the Film Discovery Jury Awards for her role in “Chump Change” in 2001. She also won the Best Supporting Actress award at the ‘Fright Meter Awards’ for her role in “Excision” in 2012.
Her last award was in 2013 when she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the CinEuphoria Awards and Fangoria Chainsaw Awards respectively. In 2003, she wrote the book “Traci Lords: Underneath It All” a book that explains her journey to fame and all.
Relationships
Traci Lords has been married three times. She first married actor Brook Yeaton in Baltimore, Maryland in the year 1990. Brook is known for his appearances on American Ultra and The Boondock Saints. However, Traci met him on the set of the teen musical comedy film “Cry-Baby”. The marriage ended after six years in divorce.
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Traci met actor Ryan Granger and they married in 1999. The marriage ended in 2000 as both parties never discussed the reason for the divorce (Not as if they owe that to anyone though)
Her third marriage is to video game developer Jeff Lee in 2002. Together, they have a son named Joseph Gunnar Lee.
Net worth, body measurements, and other facts
Traci grew up poor but she is living like a millionaire, actually like a billionaire in some currencies. Her days as a minor in the industry of adults may have made her rich to some level but not as much as she has at the moment after she went mainstream. The actress is worth 8 million dollars and this figure is just as of the tail end of 2019.
Traci Lords is among the league of women who possesses an amazing curve in Hollywood. She stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches or 170 meters. She weighs around 54kg or 119 pounds, while her body measurement is 38-23-34.
Traci Lords is an advent supporter of the LGBT community
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