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American actress and television host Ricki Lake has estimated net worth of $16 million.
Trained at various professional schools for youngsters, actress Ricki Lake completed her education at Ithaca College. While her excessive weight precluded ingenue roles on stage and screen, Lake enjoyed some success as a cabaret singer and off-Broadway performer; she was also a gifted musician, adept at several instruments.
Her film career began in 1988 as a member of director John Waters' eccentric stock company. She garnered fine reviews for her work in Waters' Hairspray and the made-for-TV Babycakes (1989) and in the regular role of Red-Cross volunteer Holly Pergerino on the weekly TV series China Beach. Sensing that her poundage was holding her back professionally, Lake lost 115 pounds over a 36-month period. It was a svelte, sexy Ricki Lake who in 1993 launched the popular daily TV talkfest, The Ricki Lake Show. In 1996, she returned to the big screen playing a leading role in Mrs. Winterbourne opposite Shirley MacLaine.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2018 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Gemini as Vanessa |
$31,980 |
|
2013 |
Sale of Asset |
Selling price of Ricki Lake's six-bedroom house in Los Angeles, California |
$8,400,000 |
|
2010 |
Earnings |
Earnings won at the PCA Luxury Ladies Poker Event |
$5,500 |
|
2008 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Business of Being Born as herself and the film's executive producer |
$69,990 |
|
2007 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Hairspray as a Talent agent |
$202,550,000 |
|
2004 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie A Dirty Shame as herself |
$1,910,000 |
|
2001 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Ricki Lake's six-bedroom house in Los Angeles, California |
$5,600,000 |
|
2000 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Cecil B. Demented as Libby |
$1,960,000 |
|
1996 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Mrs. Winterbourne as Connie Doyle or Patricia Winterbourne |
$10,080,000 |
|
1994 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Cabin Boy as Figurehead and Serial Mom as Misty Sutphin |
$11,480,000 |
|
1993 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Inside Monkey Zetterland as Bella the Stalker |
$121,480 |
|
1992 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Charlotte and Where the Day Takes You as Brenda |
$17,010,000 |
|
1989 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Cookie as Pia, Cry-Baby as Pepper Walker and Last Exit to Brooklyn as Donna |
$11,870,000 |
|
1988 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Working Girl as the bridesmaid and box office sales of the movies Hairspray as Tracy Turnblad and The In Crowd as a dancer |
$109,760,000 |
|
1987 |
Salary |
Salary from the movie Hairspray as Tracy Turnblad |
$50,000 |