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Maria Ricossa

Acting

Born July 18, 1950 · 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.

Filmography39 titles

Bojangles

2001as Rae

Goosebumps

1995as Mrs. Tucker

Good Witch

2015as Ida Elliott

Warehouse 13

2009as Warden Corinne Huggins

Degrassi

2001as Kate Kerwin

Doc

2001

The Strain

2014as Margaret Pierson

Sheriff Country

2025as Bernice 'Bernie' Wambach

Private Eyes

2016as Eleanor Brown

Flashpoint

2008

Friday the 13th: The Series

1987as Lysa Redding

Painkiller

2023as Else Sackler

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

2002as Miranda Hogan

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993as Gym Parent

King & Maxwell

2013as Hilary Cunningham

Clarice

2021as Lila Gumb

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006as Sandy Bishop

Missing

as Toni Mastriani

Earth: Final Conflict

1997as Dr. Morrison

A Royal Recipe for Love

2023as Queen Evelyn Batcher

Luckless in Love

2023as Evette

A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story

1999as Estelle Jenkins

Heart of the Holidays

2020as Tammy Wallace

Catch a Christmas Star

2013as Shelley

Gregory K

1993as Marie Esteban

Christmas Incorporated

2015as Interviewer 2

Fairfield Road

2010as Mayor Grant

Astronaut

2019as Journalist

A Shoe Addict's Christmas

2018as Helen

Love and the Radio Star

2022as Amy

A Map of the World

1999as Realtor

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

1996as Liz

Class

1983as Table Friend

My Husband's Double Life

2001as Linda Berg

The In-Laws

2003as Katherine Peyser

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile

2006as Mrs. Stifler

The Good Sister

2014as Psychiatrist

Her Best Friend's Husband

2002as Lorraine

Christmas Casanova

2023as Patty Schultz