Biography
In films and on TV, Ticotin (pronounced "tick-oh-tin") has often proven effective playing cops, soldiers, officials and other women with demanding jobs. She made her film acting debut playing a drug-addicted nurse involved with policeman Paul Newman in "Fort Apache, the Bronx" (1981). Ticotin received her widest big screen exposure as Melina, the enigmatic woman of Arnold Schwarzenegger's dreams in the lavish sci-fi thriller "Total Recall" …
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Career Milestones
| At age twelve, joined Ballet Hispanico of New York | ||
| Moved to Los Angeles | ||
| Off-Broadway acting debut in Miguel Pinero's "The Sun Always Shines for the Cool" | ||
| Worked as production assistant on Brian De Palma's "Dressed to Kill" (1980) and Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull" (1980) | ||
1966 | Began dance lessons at age eight | |
1968 | Made NY stage debut in a production of "The King and I" at City Center Theatre | |
1978 | Feature debut, playing a Gypsy dancer in "King of the Gypsies" | |
1979 | Was a production assistant on Philip Kaufman's "The Wanderers" | |
1981 | Credited as dance assistant on Arthur Penn's "Four Friends" | |
1981 | Film acting debut, "Fort Apache, The Bronx" | |
1983 | Debut as a series regular, playing Corporal Grace Pavlik on the short-lived NBC military drama "For Love and Honor" | |
1985 | TV-movie debut, "Love, Mary" (CBS) | |
1987 | First lead role in a feature film, "Critical Condition," opposite Richard Pryor | |
1987 | Joined the second season of ABC's "Ohara," as Asst. US Attorney Teresa Storm | |
1990 | First major feature, Paul Verhoeven's "Total Recall," opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger | |
1991 | Played an undercover narcotics agent in "One Good Cop" | |
1993 | Co-starred in the short-lived NBC police drama "Crime & Punishment" as Detective Annette Rey | |
1994 | Provided the voice of Captain Maria Chavez, a recurring character, on the Disney series "Gargoyles" | |
1995 | Starred with Johnny Depp in "Don Juan DeMarco" | |
1997 | Played a Guard in "Con Air" | |
2002 | Cast as Vangie Gonzalez Taylor in the second season of PBS's television series "American Family" | |
2003 | Had a small role opposite Jack Nicholson in "Something's Gotta Give" | |
2004 | Featured in Tony Scott's "Man on Fire" | |
2005 | Appeared in two episodes of "Lost" (ABC) as the mother of Michelle Rodriguez's character Ana Lucia Cortez | |
2005 | Played America Ferrera's mother in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" | |
2010 | Cast in of NBC's "Law & Order: Los Angeles" as Lt. Arleen Gonzales | |