تولد
November 1, 1958 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
محل تولد
New York City , New York , USA
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 was 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 as Alvin Ailey, Geoffrey Holder and Anna Sokolow. Rachel made her film debut at age 20 in a bit role as a gypsy dancer in the König der Zigeuner (1978) starring Eric Roberts. She gained valuable experience in off-Broadway shows and on the other side of the camera as a production assistant for such films as The Wanderers - Terror in der Bronx (1979), Dressed to Kill (1980) and Wie ein wilder Stier (1980). Rachel earned her big break after being handed the top female role opposite Paul Newman and Edward Asner in the brutal police film The Bronx (1981). Television became a viable forum with the TV pilot For Love and Honor (1983) as Corporal Grace Pavlik. The pilot introduced her to up-and-coming actor David Caruso. They married later that year. Rachel went on to appear in the short-lived series version of For Love and Honor (1983) without Caruso. Other television projects included assertive roles in Frauen hinter Gittern (1991), Aftershock - Das große Beben (1999) and Warden of Red Rock (2001). On the big screen she played tough in Critical Condition (1987), Straßenkinder (1992), and Falling Down - Ein ganz normaler Tag (1993). Her best known role is probably the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi blockbuster Total Recall - Die totale Erinnerung (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 in Con Air (1997). Divorced from Caruso after six years in 1989, she later met actor Peter Strauss on the set of the TV movie Liebe kennt kein warum (1994). They married in 1998. In series drama she joined the cast of Ohara (1987) as a U.S. attorney and played detective in the police drama Crime & Punishment (1993). A proven talent who is as alluring as she is enduring, Rachel's work has included the popular films Was das Herz begehrt (2003) starring Jack Nicholson and Oscar-nominated Diane Keaton, Mann unter Feuer (2004) with Denzel Washington, as well as the recent Eine für 4 (2005) and its sequel Eine für 4 - Unterwegs in Sachen Liebe (2008). She also was part of the critically acclaimed bi-cultural series American Family (2002). Although gracing such recent films as horror opus The Eye (2008), the romantic crimer Auf brennender Erde (2008) and the dramatic thriller América (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." - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / [email protected]
