Portrait of Maria Ricossa

Maria Ricossa

Acting

Biography

Maria Ricossa's professional life began in Chicago with The Second City. She then moved to Toronto where she joined The Stratford Festival Company. In Film & TV, Maria is known for her roles in The Inlaws, Bojangles and The Space Between and recurring roles in The Strain, Designated Survivor, Da Kink in my Hair & Missing.

Born: July 18, 1950

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Filmography

2023
Christmas Casanova

as Patty Schultz

2023
Painkiller

as Else Sackler

2023
A Royal Recipe for Love

as Queen Evelyn Batcher

2023
2021
Clarice

as Lila Gumb

2020
Heart of the Holidays

as Tammy Wallace

2019
Astronaut

as Journalist

2018
Bathroom Rules

as Ms. Warren

2017
Save Me

as Fiorella

2016
Private Eyes

as Eleanor Brown

2015
Blood and Water

as Professor Colleen Bradley

2015
Good Witch

as Ida Elliott

2014
The Strain

as Margaret Pierson

2014
The Good Sister

as Psychiatrist

2013
King & Maxwell

as Hilary Cunningham

2010
Fairfield Road

as Mayor Grant

2009
Warehouse 13

as Warden Corinne Huggins

2007
The Note

as Nora Chilsen

2006
Absolution

as Maria Toratelli

2006
2006
Drive Time Murders

as Dr. Emily Wilmont

2004
2003
Finding John Christmas

as Marcy Bernard

2003
Missing

as Toni Mastriani

2003
The In-Laws

as Katherine Peyser

2003
Out of the Ashes

as Esther Jacob

2002
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

as Miranda Hogan

2001
Degrassi

as Kate Kerwin

2001
Harvard Man

as Charlotte Jensen

2001
2001
2001
Bojangles

as Rae

1999
1999
1999
To Love, Honor, & Betray

as Maria Hermann

1998
Brimstone

as Curator

1997
Earth: Final Conflict

as Dr. Morrison

1995
Goosebumps

as Mrs. Tucker

1994
Due South

as Head Mover

1994
Due South

as Vivian Richards

1992
To Catch a Killer

as Helen Gacy

1992
Last Wish

as Dr. Millicent Findlay

1989
Dead Man Out

as Prison Doctor

1987
1986
Twelfth Night

as Olivia

1983
Class

as Table Friend