Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York) is a Jewish-American actress and tabloid talk show host, best known for her long-running Ricki Lake talk show.

Career

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Lake first appeared to audiences when she played the hefty Tracy Turnblad, the main character of the John Waters film Hairspray. Her role as the overweight Red Cross recreation worker "Holly the Donut Dolly" in the television series China Beach gave her additional visibility, and she was eventually chosen to host the eponymous talk show. At the same time, she publicly went on a weight loss regime, and wound up losing about 125 pounds (57 kg).

Talk show

Ricki Lake debuted on 13 September 1993. While it avoided the worst excesses of The Jerry Springer Show, it was not especially serious in tone either. A typical show might present several lower middle class women, each claiming to be "All that" (the show's catchphrase for someone with high fashion and personal appeal) with others debating the assertion. Other shows would present someone in an obviously bad relationship and have Lake recommend, "Dump that zero and get yoself a hero." Once Lake became a mother, feel-good mother-and-child shows became common.

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RT @kEEMy_sO_taSTy: i miss the ricki lake showw & the jenny jones show & the mother love show ! #whoremembers dem shows
RT @johal20: @mrstevemac Ricki Lake, Jerry Springer or Sally-Raphael? Can't watch that shite
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