Maria Ricossa

Maria Ricossa

Known for
Acting
Born
July 18, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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.

Known For

Filmography

2025
Sheriff Country poster

Sheriff Country

TV · as Bernice 'Bernie' Wambach · 2 eps

2023
A Royal Recipe for Love poster

A Royal Recipe for Love

Movie · as Queen Evelyn Batcher

2023
Christmas Casanova poster

Christmas Casanova

Movie · as Patty Schultz

2023
Luckless in Love poster

Luckless in Love

Movie · as Evette

2023
Painkiller poster

Painkiller

TV · as Else Sackler · 1 ep

2022
Cabin Connection poster

Cabin Connection

Movie · as Kim

2022
Love and the Radio Star poster

Love and the Radio Star

Movie · as Amy

2021
Clarice poster

Clarice

TV · as Lila Gumb · 1 ep

2020
Heart of the Holidays poster

Heart of the Holidays

Movie · as Tammy Wallace

2019
Astronaut poster

Astronaut

Movie · as Journalist

2018
A Shoe Addict's Christmas poster

A Shoe Addict's Christmas

Movie · as Helen

2018
Bathroom Rules poster

Bathroom Rules

Movie · as Ms. Warren

2017
Save Me poster

Save Me

TV · as Fiorella · 1 ep

2016
Private Eyes poster

Private Eyes

TV · as Eleanor Brown · 1 ep

2015
Christmas Incorporated poster

Christmas Incorporated

Movie · as Interviewer 2

2015
Blood and Water poster

Blood and Water

TV · as Professor Colleen Bradley · 10 eps

2015
Good Witch poster

Good Witch

TV · as Ida Elliott · 1 ep

2014
The Good Sister poster

The Good Sister

Movie · as Psychiatrist

2014
The Strain poster

The Strain

TV · as Margaret Pierson · 3 eps

2013
Catch a Christmas Star poster

Catch a Christmas Star

Movie · as Shelley

2013
King & Maxwell poster

King & Maxwell

TV · as Hilary Cunningham · 1 ep

2010
Fairfield Road poster

Fairfield Road

Movie · as Mayor Grant

2009
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love poster

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love

Movie · as Nora

2009
Warehouse 13 poster

Warehouse 13

TV · as Warden Corinne Huggins · 1 ep

2008
Flashpoint poster

Flashpoint

TV · 1 ep

2007
What If God Were the Sun? poster

What If God Were the Sun?

Movie · as Alma

2007
The Note poster

The Note

Movie · as Nora Chilsen

2006
Drive Time Murders poster

Drive Time Murders

Movie · as Dr. Emily Wilmont

2006
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile poster

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile

Movie · as Mrs. Stifler

2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise poster

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Movie · as Sandy Bishop

2006
Absolution poster

Absolution

Movie · as Maria Toratelli

2006
The Jane Show poster

The Jane Show

TV · as Gwen · 2 eps

2004
Some Things That Stay poster

Some Things That Stay

Movie · as Mrs. Burns

2003
The In-Laws poster

The In-Laws

Movie · as Katherine Peyser

2003
Finding John Christmas poster

Finding John Christmas

Movie · as Marcy Bernard

2003
Sex & the Single Mom poster

Sex & the Single Mom

Movie · as Deena

2003
Out of the Ashes poster

Out of the Ashes

Movie · as Esther Jacob

2003
Missing poster

Missing

TV · as Toni Mastriani · 1 ep

2002
The Brady Bunch in the White House poster

The Brady Bunch in the White House

Movie · as Kelly Brooks

2002
Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story poster

Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story

Movie · as Judge Levine

2002
Her Best Friend's Husband poster

Her Best Friend's Husband

Movie · as Lorraine

2002
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye poster

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

TV · as Miranda Hogan · 1 ep

2001
Bojangles poster

Bojangles

Movie · as Rae

2001
Harvard Man poster

Harvard Man

Movie · as Charlotte Jensen

2001
My Husband's Double Life poster

My Husband's Double Life

Movie · as Linda Berg

2001
Degrassi poster

Degrassi

TV · as Kate Kerwin · 8 eps

2001
Doc poster

Doc

TV · as Mrs. Cooper · 1 ep

1999
A Map of the World poster

A Map of the World

Movie · as Realtor

1999
To Love, Honor, & Betray poster

To Love, Honor, & Betray

Movie · as Maria Hermann

1999
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story

A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story

Movie · as Estelle Jenkins

1999
Forget Me Never poster

Forget Me Never

Movie · as Linda

1999
Twice in a Lifetime poster

Twice in a Lifetime

TV · as Olympia · 1 ep

1998
Brimstone poster

Brimstone

TV · as Curator · 1 ep

1997
Riverdale

Riverdale

TV · as Chrisa Stavros · 1 ep

1997
Earth: Final Conflict poster

Earth: Final Conflict

TV · as Dr. Morrison · 1 ep

1996
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story poster

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

Movie · as Liz

1996
Goosebumps: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp poster

Goosebumps: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp

Movie · as Mrs. Tucker

1995
Butterbox Babies

Butterbox Babies

Movie · as Mrs. Kellerman

1995
Goosebumps poster

Goosebumps

TV · as Mrs. Tucker · 2 eps

1994
Due South poster

Due South

TV · as Head Mover, Vivian Richards · 2 eps

1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer poster

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Movie · as Gym Parent

1993
Gregory K poster

Gregory K

Movie · as Marie Esteban

1992
Last Wish poster

Last Wish

Movie · as Dr. Millicent Findlay

1992
To Catch a Killer poster

To Catch a Killer

Movie · as Helen Gacy

1989
Dead Man Out poster

Dead Man Out

Movie · as Prison Doctor

1987
Friday the 13th: The Series poster

Friday the 13th: The Series

TV · as Lysa Redding · 1 ep

1986
Twelfth Night poster

Twelfth Night

Movie · as Olivia

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · 1 ep

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Torre · 1 ep

1983
Class poster

Class

Movie · as Table Friend