Maria Ricossa
Acting1950Chicago, 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
Acting History
2025
Sheriff Country
TVas Bernice 'Bernie' Wambach
2023
A Royal Recipe for Love
as Queen Evelyn Batcher
Christmas Casanova
as Patty Schultz
Luckless in Love
as Evette
Painkiller
TVas Else Sackler
2022
Cabin Connection
as Kim
Love and the Radio Star
as Amy
2021
Clarice
TVas Lila Gumb• 1 eps
2020
Heart of the Holidays
as Tammy Wallace
2019
Astronaut
as Journalist
2018
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
as Helen
Bathroom Rules
as Ms. Warren
2017
Private Eyes
TVas Eleanor Brown• 1 eps
Save Me
TVas Fiorella
2015
Christmas Incorporated
as Interviewer 2
Good Witch
TVas Ida Elliott• 1 eps
Blood and Water
TVas Professor Colleen Bradley
2014
The Good Sister
as Psychiatrist
The Strain
TVas Margaret Pierson• 3 eps
2013
Catch a Christmas Star
as Shelley
King & Maxwell
TVas Hilary Cunningham
2010
Fairfield Road
as Mayor Grant
2009
2007
What If God Were the Sun?
as Alma
The Note
as Nora Chilsen
2006
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
as Mrs. Stifler
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Sandy Bishop
Absolution
as Maria Toratelli
Drive Time Murders
as Dr. Emily Wilmont
The Jane Show
TVas Gwen
2004
Some Things That Stay
as Mrs. Burns
2003
Sex & the Single Mom
as Deena
The In-Laws
as Katherine Peyser
Gisella Perl
as Esther Jacob
Finding John Christmas
as Marcy Bernard
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
TVas Miranda Hogan• 1 eps
Missing
TVas Toni Mastriani• 1 eps
2002
The Brady Bunch in the White House
as Kelly Brooks
Her Best Friend's Husband
as Lorraine
Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story
as Judge Levine
Earth: Final Conflict
TVas Dr. Morrison• 1 eps
2001
Harvard Man
as Charlotte Jensen
Bojangles
as Rae
My Husband's Double Life
as Linda Berg
Degrassi
TVas Kate Kerwin• 8 eps
2000
Twice in a Lifetime
TVas Olympia• 1 eps
1999
A Map of the World
as Realtor
To Love, Honor, & Betray
as Maria Hermann
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
as Estelle Jenkins
1998
Brimstone
TVas Curator
1997
Riverdale
TVas Chrisa Stavros
1996
Goosebumps: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
as Mrs. Tucker
Goosebumps
TVas Mrs. Tucker• 2 eps
Due South
TVas Head Mover / Vivian Richards• 1 eps
1995
Butterbox Babies
as Mrs. Kellerman
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Gym Parent
1992
To Catch a Killer
as Helen Gacy
Last Wish
as Dr. Millicent Findlay
1989
Dead Man Walking
as Prison Doctor
Friday the 13th: The Series
TVas Lysa Redding• 1 eps
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Torre• 1 eps
1986
Twelfth Night
as Olivia
1983
Class
as Table Friend