Ricki Lake
Ricki Lake ( born September 21, 1968 in Hastings-on -Hudson, New York as Ricki Pamela Lake ) is an American talk show host, filmmaker and actress.
Life
Lake first visited the Hastings High School, the Professional Children 's School in New York City, where she learned acting. She then studied for a year at Ithaca College.
One of the first films with Lake belonged Hairspray (1988 ) by John Waters, for which she was nominated in 1989 for the Independent Spirit Award. In the comedy Serial Mom - Why not let mom murdering? (1994 ) she played the role of Misty Sutphin, daughter of Beverly Sutphin, who played Kathleen Turner. In the comedy Mrs. Winterbourne (1996 ) she starred opposite Shirley MacLaine and Brendan Fraser one of the main roles.
From 1993 to 2004, Lake her own talk show called Ricki Lake. For their moderation she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1994. She was awarded the Swedish Aftonbladet TV pris 1996. They also occurred in several episodes of the television series The King of Queens in the role of Stefanie, Doug's sister,. Since 2006 she plays in the CBS television show Gameshow Marathon.
2008, the rotated with Abby Epstein documentary film "The Business Of Being Born", which deals with the topic natural birth and current, harmful practices in obstetrics into question appeared. In November 2011, the sequel " More Business Of Being Born", which is still going on looks raises birth options and also the birth stories of celebrities includes appears.
Lake was married from 1994 to 2003 with Rob Sussman and has two children.