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Rachel Ticotin

Rachel Ticotin

21 movies on Netflix

Biography

Rachel Ticotin is an American actress and dancer who was born in The Bronx and trained with Ballet Hispanico as a teenager. She first appeared on screen as a dancer in King of the Gypsies (1978) and also acted Off-Broadway in The Sun Always Shines for the Cool. A significant early role came as Isabella, Paul Newman's love interest, in Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981). She went on to play Melina in Total Recall (1990), Detective Sandra Torres in Falling Down (1993), and Sally Bishop in Con Air (1997), earning an ALMA Award for that performance. Her film credits also include Don Juan DeMarco, Man on Fire (2004), and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005). On television, she voiced Captain Maria Chavez on Gargoyles and played Lieutenant Arleen Gonzales on Law & Order: LA.

67years old

Turns 68 on November 1in 18 days

  • Born The Bronx
  • Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21

Movie Career

Films
21
Career span
43 years1981 to 2024

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  1. Early training

    Ticotin started dance lessons when she was 9, taught by Tina Ramirez. At 14 she joined Ballet Hispanico and danced with the company for four years.

  2. First role

    Ticotin's first film role came in 1978, when she appeared as a dancer in King of the Gypsies. She also took part in an Off-Broadway staging of Miguel Piñero's The Sun Always Shines for the Cool.

  3. A change of course

    Ticotin earned money for acting lessons by babysitting, managing New York's Public Theater and ushering there, and also worked as a production assistant on New York films.

Rachel Ticotin movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Total Recall1990 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Melina

    IMDb rating 7.5385K votes

  2. Falling Down1993 Drama, Thrilleras Sandra

    IMDb rating 7.5229K votes

  3. Man on Fire2004as Mariana Garcia Guerrero

    IMDb rating 7.7426K votes

  4. Con Air1997as Guard Sally Bishop

    IMDb rating 6.9343K votes

  5. Something's Gotta Give2003as Dr. Martinez

    IMDb rating 6.8141K votes

  6. Don Juan DeMarco1994as Doña Inez

    IMDb rating 6.756K votes

  7. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants2005as Carmen's Mother

    IMDb rating 6.568K votes

  8. F/X21991as Kim Brandon

    IMDb rating 5.912K votes

Most often with

Eleven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Rachel Ticotin's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.2 billion

14 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 21 films: 14 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.

  • 14Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 4Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 90% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Something's Gotta Give2003as Dr. Martinez
    $270M21.8% of the total
  2. 2
    Total Recall1990as Melina
    $261M21.1% of the total
  3. 3
    Con Air1997as Guard Sally Bishop
    $224M18.1% of the total
  4. 4
    Man on Fire2004as Mariana Garcia Guerrero
    $130M10.5% of the total
  5. 5
    Don Juan DeMarco1994as Doña Inez
    $69M5.5% of the total
  6. 6
    Fort Apache, the Bronx1981as Isabella
    $65M5.3% of the total
  7. 7
    The Eye2008as Rosa Martinez
    $58M4.7% of the total
  8. 8
    $44M3.6% of the total
Falling Down (1993), $40.9 millionThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), $39.1 millionF/X2 (1991), $21.1 millionTurbulence (1997), $11.5 millionThe Burning Plain (2008), $5.6 millionWhere the Day Takes You (1992), $390,152

$119 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 10% of the total