Rachel Ticotin Biography
Rachel Ticotin Strauss is an American film and television actress who made her film debut as a dancer in the 1978 film King of the Gypsies. She also appeared in the off-Broadway production of Miguel Piero’s The Sun Always Shines for the Cool.
Rachel Ticotin Age
Rachel was born Rachel Ticotin Strauss on November 1, 1958, · Bronx, New York City, New York, United States of America. She is 64 years old as of November 2022.
Rachel Ticotin Height
She stands at a height of 5′ 7″ (1.70 m) tall.
Rachel Ticotin Education
She enrolled at Columbia University in her 50s to study English and graduated in 2019 as the first of her six children to have a college degree.
Rachel Ticotin Family- Parents
Ticotin was born and raised in Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican mother and a Russian-Jewish father. She also has three brothers, Marcus, Daniel, and first assistant director David A. Ticotin.
Rachel Ticotin Husband- Children
From 1984 to 1987, she was married to actor David Caruso, with whom she had a daughter (Greta) born in 1984. She has been married to actor Peter Strauss since 1998.
Rachel Ticotin Career
Ticotin made her cinematic début as a dancer in King of the Gypsies in 1978. She also appeared in Miguel Piero’s off-Broadway production of The Sun Always Shines for the Cool. During this time, she appeared as a production assistant in Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill. Her first big break occurred in 1981 while working as a production assistant alongside her brother David when she was cast as Isabella, Paul Newman’s love interest in the film Fort Apache, The Bronx. She was named one of 12 promising new actors in John Willis’ Screen World Vol. 33 that same year. She secured a regular role on NBC’s television drama Love and Honor in 1983.
Ticotin’s film credits include Critical Condition (1987) as Rachel Atwood, Total Recall (1990) as Melina alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone, Where the Day Takes You (1992) as Officer Landers, Falling Down (1993) as Detective Sandra Torres, First Time Felon (1997) as Mcbride alongside Omar Epps, and Con Air (1997) as prison guard Sally Bishop, for which she received an ALMA Award. In 1995, she played Doa Inez, Don Juan’s Mexican mother, in the tongue-in-cheek romantic comedy Don Juan DeMarco, in which Johnny Depp played the titular role. Ticotin has appeared in over 40 films and television series, including Mariana in Man on Fire (2004) and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005).
Rachel Ticotin’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 4 million dollars as of 2023.
Ticotin Movies
2019 The Act
2018 Grey’s Anatomy
2017 Homeland
2016 Secret Summer
2015 The Curse of the Fuentes Women
2013 Blue Bloods
2012 Unforgettable
2012 NCIS: Los Angeles
2010–2011 Law & Order: LA
2009 Weeds
2007 John from Cincinnati
2005–2006 Lost
2003–2004 Skin
2002 American Family
2001 The Outer Limits