- She was the centerfold model for the same issue of Penthouse Magazine that "exposed" Miss America 1984, Vanessa Williams. Because she was underage, it was illegal to own or trade that issue unless the pictorial of Ms. Lords was removed.
- She was almost cast as the female lead in Martin Scorsese's Casino (1995), but lost out to Sharon Stone.
- She had her name legally changed to Traci Elizabeth Lords.
- She was Penthouse Pet of the Month in September 1984.
- "Traci" comes from her girlfriend's name, "Lords" from Jack Lord (Hawaii Five-O (1968)).
- Her husband, Jeff Gruenewald (aka Jeff Lee), is a union ironworker.
- She contributed vocals to the Manic Street Preachers song "Little Baby Nothing," from the Welsh group's "Generation Terrorists" album in 1992, and released as a single in November of that year. The song is about the sexual exploitation of a woman and singer/guitarist James Dean Bradfield said that "we needed somebody, a symbol, a person that could actually symbolize the lyrics and justify them to a certain degree. Traci was more than happy to do it. She saw the lyrics, and she had an immediate affinity with them. It was definitely easy to incorporate her personality into the lyrics. We just wanted a symbol for it, and I think she was a great symbol." Traci said that "I listened to the tape and really identified with the character in the song...this young girl who's been exploited and abused by men all her life."
- She is from from the same town in Ohio as singer and actor Dean Martin.
- In 2005 she was Best Supporting Actress for True Crime NYC at the Spike Video Game Awards.
- Her father, Louis Kuzma, was born in West Virginia, of Czech, Slovak, and Ukrainian descent. Her mother, Patricia Louise (Briceland), has English, Scottish, and German ancestry.
- In April 1992, she appeared as one of the celebrity models in a charity fashion show staged by Thierry Mugler to benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles.
- She has 1st KYU in Bujinkan Ninjutsu.
- She is the subject of the song "Come Back Traci" by Sloppy Seconds.
- Son, Joseph Gunnar Lee, born October 2007. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces.
- According to her biography she was romantically involved with Ken Wahl.
- John Tierney introduced her to future husband, Jeff Gruenewald.
- After Not of This Earth (1988) established her in mainstream movies , Lords appeared in other films.
- In 2012 she was Best Actress- Excision- Festival de Terror de Molins de Rei.
- She attended Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California. A fellow student was Brandy Ledford.
- A bra worn by Traci (from her relationship with ex-fiancé John Enos III) sold at auction on eBay for $80.00 in April, 2007.
- In August 2005, she was in Los Feliz, California.
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