Actor
· Acting
Rachel Ticotin
Born 1958-11-01
📍 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
Diamond
2026
Sheriff Country
as Eva Santos
2025
Grassland
2025
Superintelligence
as Director Tyson
2020
The Act
as Gina
2019
Homeland
as Mercedes Acosta
2011
Unforgettable
as Sharon Vega
2011
America
as Esther
2011
Law & Order: LA
as Arleen Gonzales
2010
Blue Bloods
as Carmen Castillo
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Monica Tenez
2009
The Burning Plain
as Ana
2008
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
as Christina Lowell
2008
The Eye
as Rosa Martinez
2008
John from Cincinnati
2007
Weeds
as Candela
2005
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
as Christina Lowell
2005
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
as Self
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Marie Cerone
2005
Lost
as Teresa Cortez
2004
Man on Fire
as Mariana Garcia Guerrero
2004
Something's Gotta Give
as Dr. Martinez
2003
Skin
as Laura Roam
2003
NCIS
as Joy Aaronson
2003
Desert Saints
as Dora
2002
Warden of Red Rock
as Mrs. Maria McVale
2001
Full Disclosure
as Armiti Khalq
2001
Can't Be Heaven
as Maggie
2000
Civility
as Rebecca Russo
2000
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Elizabeth Perez
1999
First Time Felon
as McBride
1997
Con Air
as Guard Sally Bishop
1997
Turbulence
as Rachel Taper
1997
The Wharf Rat
as Dexter Ireland
1996
Steal Big Steal Little
as Laura
1995
The Outer Limits
as Theodora 'Teddi' Madden
1995
Deconstructing Sarah
as Elizabeth Davis
1994
Gargoyles
as Tony Dracon (voice)
1994
Gargoyles
as Maria Chavez (voice)
1994
Gargoyles
as Maria Chavez/Police Dispatcher (voice)
1994
Don Juan DeMarco
as Doña Inez
1994
Criminal Passion
as Tracy Perry
1994
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
as Diane
1994
Crime & Punishment
1993
Falling Down
as Sandra
1993
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
as Christine Avila
1992
Where the Day Takes You
as Officer Landers
1992
Keep the Change
as Astrid
1992
One Good Cop
as Grace
1991
F/X2
as Kim Brandon
1991
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
as Iris
1991
Total Recall
as Melina
1990
Tales from the Crypt
as Charbonnet / Lilian
1989
Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs
as Sonia
1988
Ohara
as Teresa Storm
1987
Critical Condition
as Rachel Atwood
1987
When the Bough Breaks
as Raquel Santos
1986
Rockabye
as Victoria Garcia
1986
Love, Mary
as Rachel Martin
1985
Stingray
1985
For Love and Honor
as Cpl. Grace Pavlik
1983
Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Isabella
1981