Rachel Ticotin
Acting • Born 1958-11-01
Biography
Rachel Ticotin Strauss (born November 1, 1958) is an American film and television actress. She's best known for her roles as Director Tyson in Superintellegince, Lt. Arleen Gonzales on NBC's Law & Order: LA, Christina Lowell in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1 & 2, Mariana Garcia Guerrero in Man on Fire, Dr. Martinez in Something's Gotta Give, Laura Roam on the FOX series Skin, Guard Sally Bishop in Con Air, Rachel Taper in Turbulence, Doña Inez in Don Juan DeMarco, Melina in Total Recall (1990), and Teresa Storm on the ABC series Ohara. She was married to actor David Caruso from 1984 to 1987, with whom she has a daughter Greta, born in 1984. Since 1998, she has been married to actor Peter Strauss.
Filmography
62 credits
Total Recall
Movie • 1990
Melina
Desert Saints
Movie • 2002
Dora
Con Air
Movie • 1997
Guard Sally Bishop
Criminal Passion
Movie • 1994
Tracy Perry
Don Juan DeMarco
Movie • 1994
Doña Inez
Critical Condition
Movie • 1987
Rachel Atwood
Something's Gotta Give
Movie • 2003
Dr. Martinez
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Movie • 1981
Isabella
The Eye
Movie • 2008
Rosa Martinez
Man on Fire
Movie • 2004
Mariana Garcia Guerrero
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Movie • 2005
Christina Lowell
Turbulence
Movie • 1997
Rachel Taper
F/X2
Movie • 1991
Kim Brandon
Where the Day Takes You
Movie • 1992
Officer Landers
First Time Felon
Movie • 1997
McBride
Steal Big Steal Little
Movie • 1995
Laura
Rockabye
Movie • 1986
Victoria Garcia
Deconstructing Sarah
Movie • 1994
Elizabeth Davis
The Burning Plain
Movie • 2008
Ana
Falling Down
Movie • 1993
Sandra
Grassland
Movie • 2025
Full Disclosure
Movie • 2001
Armiti Khalq
One Good Cop
Movie • 1991
Grace
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
Movie • 1992
Christine Avila
America
Movie • 2011
Esther
Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs
Movie • 1988
Sonia
Love, Mary
Movie • 1985
Rachel Martin
Keep the Change
Movie • 1992
Astrid
Can't Be Heaven
Movie • 2000
Maggie
When the Bough Breaks
Movie • 1986
Raquel Santos
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Movie • 2008
Christina Lowell
Warden of Red Rock
Movie • 2001
Mrs. Maria McVale
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Movie • 1994
Diane
For Love and Honor
Movie • 1983
Cpl. Grace Pavlik
The Wharf Rat
Movie • 1996
Dexter Ireland
Civility
Movie • 2000
Rebecca Russo
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
Movie • 1991
Iris
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
Movie • 2005
Self
Superintelligence
Movie • 2020
Director Tyson
Diamond
Movie
John from Cincinnati
TV • 2007
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Tony Dracon (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Charbonnet / Lilian
Lost
TV • 2004
Teresa Cortez
Ohara
TV • 1987
Teresa Storm
Stingray
TV • 1985
Skin
TV • 2003
Laura Roam
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Theodora 'Teddi' Madden
For Love and Honor
TV • 1983
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Maria Chavez (voice)
Crime & Punishment
TV • 1993
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
TV • 1999
Elizabeth Perez
Weeds
TV • 2005
Candela
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Carmen Castillo
Unforgettable
TV • 2011
Sharon Vega
Law & Order: LA
TV • 2010
Arleen Gonzales
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Marie Cerone
NCIS
TV • 2003
Joy Aaronson
Homeland
TV • 2011
Mercedes Acosta
The Act
TV • 2019
Gina
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Monica Tenez
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Maria Chavez/Police Dispatcher (voice)