Ricki Lake weekdays. The series was canceled in 2013 after a single season, but Lake won her first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host. Lake was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, to a secular Jewish family. Her parents are Jill (a homemaker) and Barry Lake (a pharmacist), but was largely brought up by her paternal grandmother, Sylvia Lake, until Sylvia's death in 1978. Lake attended Ithaca College for one year. Lake made her film debut as Tracy Turnblad, the lead character in John Waters's 1988 cult-classic "Hairspray". Lake also starred in other Waters films including "Cry-Baby" (with Johnny Depp and
The Ricki Lake Show program. On May 23, 2011, a U.S. federal trademark registration number 85328080 was filed by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, giving a description for the new show with the title as "The Ricki Lake Show". The request for the title was approved, with Lake herself just required to sign off. In June 2011, a logo banner for "The Ricki Lake Show" appeared on the websites for trade magazines such as "TelevisionWeek" and "Broadcasting & Cable". In August 2011, an ad for the new show appeared on its YouTube channel. In November 2011, "The Ricki Lake Show" was sold to stations