Ricki Lake (1993 talk show)
Ricki Lake is an American first-run syndicated talk show hosted by television presenter Ricki Lake. Taped in New York City, the show ran for eleven seasons from September 13, 1993, to May 21, 2004.
Ricki Lake promo photo, 2001
Ricki Lake, 2007.
Ricki Pamela Lake is an American television host and actress. She is known for her lead role as Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film Hairspray, for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She is also known for her talk show, Ricki Lake, which was broadcast internationally from September 1993 until May 2004. When the show debuted, Lake was 24 and credited as being the youngest person to host a syndicated talk show at the time. In late 2012, Lake began hosting a second syndicated talk show, The Ricki Lake Show. The series was canceled in 2013 after a single season, but Lake won her first Daytime Emmy Award for the project.
Lake in May 2015
Lake in 1988
Lake at the 2007 premiere of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Lake in April 2007 at the premiere of The Business of Being Born