Rachel Ticotin

In 1981, she appeared opposite Paul Newman in the feature film Fort Apache, the Bronx. She then moved to television for regular roles on the NBC military drama For Love and Honor (1983) and the ABC crime drama O'Hara (1987). Other television projects included Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991), Crime & Punishment (1993), and Gargoyles (1994). On the big screen she appeared in Critical Condition (1986), Where the Day Takes You (1992), and Falling Down (1993). However, she might be best known for her role in the sci-fi action film Total Recall (1990), in which she gets to fight Sharon Stone. In 1997, she earned an ALMA award for her role as a prison guard in Con Air. After her divorce from actor David Caruso, she married actor Peter Strauss and took a few years off to raise her daughter. In 2002, she played Vangie Gonzalez Taylor in Gregory Nava's PBS series American Family. The next year, Ticotin appeared in the feature film Something's Gotta Give and joined the cast of the FOX series Skin as Judge Laura Roame, wife of DA Thomas Roame (Kevin Anderson) and mother of Adam Roame (D.J. Cotrona). Projects for 2004 include Tony Scott's feature film Man on Fire. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide