What is Ricki Lake?
:''The article about her talk show is [[Ricki Lake (TV series)]]'' {{Infobox person | name = Ricki Lake | image = Ricki Lake May 2015 (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Lake in 2015 | birth_name = Ricki Pamela Lake | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|9|21}} | birth_place = [[Hastings-on-Hudson, New York]], [[United States]] | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Television host, actress | years_active = 1987–present | spouse = Rob Sussman (1994–2003) (divorced/annulled)<br>Christian Evans (2012-present) }} '''Ricki Pamela Lake''' (born September 21, 1968) is an [[Americans|American]] [[television host]] and [[actress]]. She [[wikt:host|hosted]] her own [[Ricki Lake (TV series)|talk show]], named ''Ricki Lake'', from 1993 until 2004. Lake played Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 [[movie]] ''[[Hairspray (1988 movie)|Hairspray]]''. During the 1990s, she starred in many movies. These included ''[[Serial Mom]]'' and ''[[Mrs. Winterbourne]]''. She recently hosted another talk show named ''The Ricki Lake Show'' which began in 2012. ==Early life== Lake was born to [[secularism|secular]], [[Jew]]ish parents, Barry who is a [[pharmacist]] and Jill who is a housewife.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/95/Ricki-Lake.html Ricki Lake biography] FilmReference.com.</ref> Lake went to Ithaca College and Professional Children's School.<ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/person/ricki-lake/biography.html Ricki Lake biography] Yahoo! Movies.</ref> ==After her first talk show== Lake hosted ''[[Gameshow Marathon]]'' on [[CBS]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ricki Lake Is Back In The Game|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/15/earlyshow/main1717535.shtml|author=Amy Bonawitz|date=June 15, 2006|accessdate=November 23, 2012|publisher=[[CBS News]]|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024013136/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/15/earlyshow/main1717535.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> In September 2011, Lake competed in ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' with [[De