Maria Ricossa
Date of birth: 1950-07-18
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Known for: Acting
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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.
Movie Credits
A Map of the World
1999-09-13
School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisco
The In-Laws
2003-05-23
Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are
The Brady Bunch in the White House
2002-11-29
Mike Brady becomes the President of the United States and names Carol as his V.P.!
A Royal Recipe for Love
2023-06-30
When Emma, an up-and-coming baker in New York City, is hired to bake for the King and Queen of Sanov
Cabin Connection
2022-01-15
When lifestyle writer and committed bachelorette Hannah Monroe inherits her late-grandmother's cabin
Finding John Christmas
2003-11-30
When a photojournalist photographs a mysterious stranger performing an act of bravery, the act quick
Bojangles
2001-02-04
The life of the legendary showman Bill Robinson, African American tap dancing star of stage and scre
Christmas Casanova
2023-11-01
Elise is a podcaster in need of catchy Christmas content. Elise agrees to be Jake's wing woman and g
Drive Time Murders
2006-01-01
A Chicago attorney and his gossip columnist host a popular morning radio show. Their search to locat
What If God Were the Sun?
2007-05-14
A grieving nurse finds comfort and inspiration in her new assignment, where she meets a terminally i
Astronaut
2019-07-26
A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to
Love and the Radio Star
2022-10-19
Savannah Joy, a single parent image consultant by day and aspiring wellness influencer by night, is
Sex & the Single Mom
2003-09-08
Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, howeve
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999-05-12
A young woman (Crystal Bernard) aware of her father's (James Brolin) affair with another woman becom
Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story
2002-03-11
Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story is the true story of a teenage gang's attack on high school stude
Some Things That Stay
2004-11-05
A coming-of-age story of a teenage girl from a liberal upbringing who moves to a conservative baptis
The Good Sister
2014-05-10
The Good Sister follows a couple who is working to put their crumbling marriage back together, when
Fairfield Road
2010-05-20
Noah McManus is leaving his job with the Boston mayor's office for a dream gig in Washington, D.C. B
Luckless in Love
2023-01-25
Winnie, a dating blogger who anonymously writes under the pen name Luckless, goes viral for a post a
Class
1983-07-22
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the sma
Her Best Friend's Husband
2002-03-10
Would you betray your best friend for your own happiness? This is the moral dilemma one woman faces
Last Wish
1992-01-12
A woman with cancer seeks the assistance of her daughter in fulfilling her last wish - a wish to die
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
1996-05-27
Kerry Ellison is sexually harassed at work. No matter how much she complains, the problem, Jack Gilc
Out of the Ashes
2003-04-13
The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz
Harvard Man
2001-08-01
College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" pl
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
2006-12-13
When Erik Stifler realizes that he's the only Stifler family member who might graduate high school a
Catch a Christmas Star
2013-11-17
Nikki Crandon is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Whether she's singing the National Anth
To Catch a Killer
1992-05-15
"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful nei
Butterbox Babies
1995-01-01
A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
2009-01-31
Columnist Peyton MacGruder befriends a reader who sent her a note that inspires Peyton to reconsider
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
1999-11-21
All his life, teenager Daniel Huffman and his grandma have dreamed of Daniel playing college footbal
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006-04-30
When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local la
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
2018-11-25
As Christmas approaches, a department store worker whose life lacks fulfillment meets her guardian a
Absolution
2006-09-11
For 10 years, a journalist has avoided visiting her small hometown. When news spreads about a comato
Dead Man Out
1989-03-12
A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate if a convicted multiple murderer who's awaiting execution on Deat
Heart of the Holidays
2020-11-23
After her life in New York unexpectedly falls apart, powerhouse stockbroker Sam Wallace returns to h
My Husband's Double Life
2001-03-12
A woman discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled f
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993-08-13
A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famo
Bathroom Rules
2018-05-25
A 10-year-old, gender non-conforming student navigates his way through the school, in search of a sa
The Note
2007-12-08
Following a tragic plane crash, newspaper columnist Peyton MacGruder happens upon a hastily-written
Twelfth Night
1986-01-01
In mythical Ilyria, Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are separated after a shipwreck. Disguised
Goosebumps: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
1996-05-17
Things have been strange ever since the new kid moved into Fever Swamp. A kid can't change into a we