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Ricki Lake starred as Tracy Turnblad in John Waters's original 1988 Hairspray, earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination, before launching her own syndicated talk show at 24 -- making her, at the time, the youngest person to host one. It ran for eleven years; a second attempt, The Ricki Lake Show, lasted one season but won her a Daytime Emmy.