Ricki Lake Instagram – Episode 36 of @wakethefakeup is live with special guest @rickilake – former actress and talk show host turned executive producer. I was honored to sit down with her and connect about the synchronicities in life, home birthing, and finding true bliss even after painful loss. Ricki is an American television host and actress. She is known for her hit talk show, the Ricki Lake Show, and 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. After her talk show came to an end she shifted roles into executive producer roles for such documentaries as The Business of Being Born, Breastmilk, The Business of Birth Control, and Weed The People. We are honored to have her on #wakethefakeup make sure to tune in for the full episode on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and YouTube.