Rachel Ticotin
- Actress
- Additional Crew
One tough cookie who can definitely hold her own next to the boys on
film and TV, lovely, dark-haired Rachel Ticotin has stepped up to the
plate many times in strong-armed femme roles, playing everything from
cops and bodyguards to military corporals.
Born on November 1, 1958, and raised in the Bronx, Rachel is of Puerto Rican, Russian-Jewish descent and learned the fine art of discipline at a young age with ballet training at age 8. She made her first stage appearance at age 10 as a Siamese princess in a production of "The King and I" at NYC's City Center Theatre. At age twelve she joined the Ballet Hispanico of New York and went on to work with such famed choreographers asAlvin Ailey, Geoffrey HolderandAnna Sokolow.
Rachel made her film debut at age 20 in a bit role as a gypsy dancer in theKing of the Gypsies (1978)starringEric Roberts.She gained valuable experience in off-Broadway shows and on the other side of the camera as a production assistant for such films asThe Wanderers (1979),Dressed to Kill (1980)andRaging Bull (1980).
Rachel earned her big break after being handed the top female role oppositePaul NewmanandEdward Asnerin the brutal police filmFort Apache the Bronx (1981). Television became a viable forum with the TV pilotFor Love and Honor (1983)as Corporal Grace Pavlik. The pilot introduced her to up-and-coming actorDavid Caruso. They married later that year. Rachel went on to appear in the short-lived series version ofFor Love and Honor (1983)without Caruso. Other television projects included assertive roles inPrison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991),Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)andWarden of Red Rock (2001).On the big screen she played tough inCritical Condition (1987),Where the Day Takes You (1992),andFalling Down (1993).
Her best known role is probably theArnold Schwarzeneggersci-fi blockbusterTotal Recall (1990) in which the athletic Rachel has a memorable fisticuffs scene with Sharon Stone.In 1997, Rachel earned an ALMA award for her role as a prison guard inCon Air (1997).Divorced from Caruso after six years in 1989, she later met actorPeter Strausson the set of the TV movieThicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (1994).They married in 1998. In series drama she joined the cast ofOhara (1987)as a U.S. attorney and played detective in the police dramaCrime & Punishment (1993).
A proven talent who is as alluring as she is enduring, Rachel's work has included the popular filmsSomething's Gotta Give (2003)starringJack Nicholsonand Oscar-nominatedDiane Keaton, Man on Fire (2004)withDenzel Washington,as well as the recentThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)and its sequelThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008).She also was part of the critically acclaimed bi-cultural seriesAmerican Family (2002).
Although gracing such recent films as horror opusThe Eye (2008),the romantic crimerThe Burning Plain (2008)and the dramatic thrillerAmérica (2011),Rachel has focused on TV as of late with guest roles on the revamped "The Outer Limits," as well as "Lost," "Law & Order: LA," "NCIS: Los Angeles," "Homeland," "Grey's Anatomy" and "The Act."
Born on November 1, 1958, and raised in the Bronx, Rachel is of Puerto Rican, Russian-Jewish descent and learned the fine art of discipline at a young age with ballet training at age 8. She made her first stage appearance at age 10 as a Siamese princess in a production of "The King and I" at NYC's City Center Theatre. At age twelve she joined the Ballet Hispanico of New York and went on to work with such famed choreographers asAlvin Ailey, Geoffrey HolderandAnna Sokolow.
Rachel made her film debut at age 20 in a bit role as a gypsy dancer in theKing of the Gypsies (1978)starringEric Roberts.She gained valuable experience in off-Broadway shows and on the other side of the camera as a production assistant for such films asThe Wanderers (1979),Dressed to Kill (1980)andRaging Bull (1980).
Rachel earned her big break after being handed the top female role oppositePaul NewmanandEdward Asnerin the brutal police filmFort Apache the Bronx (1981). Television became a viable forum with the TV pilotFor Love and Honor (1983)as Corporal Grace Pavlik. The pilot introduced her to up-and-coming actorDavid Caruso. They married later that year. Rachel went on to appear in the short-lived series version ofFor Love and Honor (1983)without Caruso. Other television projects included assertive roles inPrison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991),Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)andWarden of Red Rock (2001).On the big screen she played tough inCritical Condition (1987),Where the Day Takes You (1992),andFalling Down (1993).
Her best known role is probably theArnold Schwarzeneggersci-fi blockbusterTotal Recall (1990) in which the athletic Rachel has a memorable fisticuffs scene with Sharon Stone.In 1997, Rachel earned an ALMA award for her role as a prison guard inCon Air (1997).Divorced from Caruso after six years in 1989, she later met actorPeter Strausson the set of the TV movieThicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (1994).They married in 1998. In series drama she joined the cast ofOhara (1987)as a U.S. attorney and played detective in the police dramaCrime & Punishment (1993).
A proven talent who is as alluring as she is enduring, Rachel's work has included the popular filmsSomething's Gotta Give (2003)starringJack Nicholsonand Oscar-nominatedDiane Keaton, Man on Fire (2004)withDenzel Washington,as well as the recentThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)and its sequelThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008).She also was part of the critically acclaimed bi-cultural seriesAmerican Family (2002).
Although gracing such recent films as horror opusThe Eye (2008),the romantic crimerThe Burning Plain (2008)and the dramatic thrillerAmérica (2011),Rachel has focused on TV as of late with guest roles on the revamped "The Outer Limits," as well as "Lost," "Law & Order: LA," "NCIS: Los Angeles," "Homeland," "Grey's Anatomy" and "The Act."