Ricki Lake



Ricki Pamela Lake ( Hastings-on-Hudson ( New York ), September 211968 ) is an Americanactress and presenter . She is in the Netherlands and Belgium 's best-known by its own, her eponymous talk show .

She played her first major film role in the year 1988, when she played the lead role in the film Hairspray . Later, she also appeared in the remake of this and include Cry-Baby (1990) and Park(2006).

After making several film and television roles for its account had been taken, and she was forced to the general public, she received in 1993 her own daily talk show. She was previously on a strict diet, which she lost more than 57 pounds.

On 13 September1993, the first episode aired on Ricki Lake . The show was not meant to be a second Jerry Springer Show to be, but there are controversial issues were handled. To fight came rarely. Often the episodes were about polygraph tests, paternity tests, family quarrels and doubles of famous Americans. Where the show in the 90s was very successful, decreasedratings early 2000s, leaving Ricki Lake in 2004 decided to continue its programs. eleven years after stopping In the Netherlands the show was for years by SBS6 broadcast, now there are still aired repeats.

On March 26, 1994 Lake married to Rob Sussman, whom she divorced in 2003 again in August of the year. She is a mother of two.