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For more than a decade, Ricki Lake was one of the most recognisable faces on daytime television.

The formerHairsprayactress hosted her namesake talk show from 1993 to 2004, and a reincarnated version calledThe Ricki Lake Showaired for a single season in 2013.

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In the years since, she has worked on a 2014 documentary about breast milk as well as 2015 documentarySweetening the Pill about the contraceptive pill and made a cameo in the 2016 television musicalHairspray Live!

There were a few reality TV cameos in 2018 and 2019; she was revealed to be The Raven in the US' version ofThe Masked Singerand also competed onThe X Factor: Celebrity.

But Lake, 52, has recently had a comparatively lower profile.

This week, Lake shared some personal news: She's engaged to her partner Ross Burningham.

"Friends, I'm so so so excited to share some good news," Lake wrote on social media alongside a selfie.

"I'm engaged! This is Ross. He is my person. He is wonderful. I love him very much and I am so grateful I get to love and be loved so deeply by this stellar human. Our next chapter is sure to be a good one."

The pair have been together for more than a year, according to People, after meeting through a mutual friend, but Lake only introduced him to her followers in December 2020 when she shared a couple's selfie on Instagram, writing, "LOVE."

To mark Birmingham's birthday in February 2021, Lake wrote a tribute: "You have brought me so much joy and peace and laughs these last few months. I pinch myself, I am such a lucky girl. Thank you for choosing me. I love you."

Lake was previously married to Rob Sussman, from 1994 to 2004, and Christian Evans from 2012 to 2015.

Lake and jewellery designer Evans began dating in 2010 and married in 2012.

Lake said she felt like "the luckiest girl" with "charismatic", "funny" Evans, who was upfront about living with bipolar disorder.

"He had a lot of self-esteem issues and a lot of demons," Lake told People after Evans died by suicide in 2017.

"But I understood him, and he was someone that I think a lot of people misunderstood."

She said she first experienced one of Evans' manic episodes in September 2014. At the height of it, he "thought he could fly".

"He thought he could cure cancer with his hands. It was horrific. He just wasn't the person I had been with for four years."

The advice of a therapist led to Lake cutting off contact until Evans stabilised. She filed for divorce and Evans was hospitalised under a 5150 hold and entered a treatment centre.

Despite their divorce being finalised in 2015, the couple continued their relationship when he was released from treatment.

"He wasn't stable, and he was so fragile," Lake said. "But I was still in love with him, so there was something romantic about it. I wanted to save him."

Evans' mania returned in September 2016 and again he moved out. In February the following year, Lake was away for work in London.

On February 11, she received a text. It was from Evans' sister - he had emailed her a suicide note.

"I knew right then that he was gone," she said. "Everybody thought he was missing, but I knew."

"The struggle was just too much for him. He did the best he could."

Four years on, she is celebrating her engagement to Birmingham, but Lake still honours Evans.

"Today, February 11th, marks four years since the world lost this beautiful soul," she posted in February 2021.

"[Evans] continues to be my greatest teacher. Through his compassion and kindness for others, especially those suffering with mental illness. Forever grateful for the unconditional love we shared," she wrote alongside photos of Evans.

Lake previously said she wasn't sure she'd find love again, telling PeopleTV's Chatter she had "true, unconditional love [with Evans], so I'd like to have something along those lines again, but I feel like lightning doesn't strike twice".