Ricki Lake - Filmography

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Hairspray	Tracy Turnblad
1988	The In Crowd	Dancer	Uncredited
1988	Working Girl	Bridesmaid
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	Uncredited
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	Caméo
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 Special	Carmen	1 episode
1989	Baby Cakes	Grace	Television movie
1989	Starting Now	Ricki Ross	Television series pilot
1989–1990	China Beach	Holly Pelegrino	13 episodes
1990	Gravedale High	Cleofatra (Voice)	Unknown episodes
1991	The Chase	Tammie	Television movie
1991	Riders in the Sky	Broadway Baby	1 episode
1992	Based on an 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