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