Maria Ricossa

Actor

Born July 18, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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.

Acting

Sheriff Country
TV series, 2025
as Bernice 'Bernie' Wambach
Christmas Casanova
Film, 2023
as Patty Schultz
Painkiller
TV series, 2023
as Else Sackler
A Royal Recipe for Love
Film, 2023
as Queen Evelyn Batcher
Luckless in Love
Film, 2023
as Evette
Love and the Radio Star
Film, 2022
as Amy
Cabin Connection
Film, 2022
as Kim
Clarice
TV series, 2021
as Lila Gumb
Heart of the Holidays
Film, 2020
as Tammy Wallace
Astronaut
Film, 2019
as Journalist
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
Film, 2018
as Helen
Bathroom Rules
Film, 2018
as Ms. Warren
Save Me
TV series, 2017
as Fiorella
Private Eyes
TV series, 2016
as Eleanor Brown
Christmas Incorporated
Film, 2015
as Interviewer 2
Blood and Water
TV series, 2015
as Professor Colleen Bradley
Good Witch
TV series, 2015
as Ida Elliott
The Strain
TV series, 2014
as Margaret Pierson
The Good Sister
Film, 2014
as Psychiatrist
Catch a Christmas Star
Film, 2013
as Shelley
King & Maxwell
TV series, 2013
as Hilary Cunningham
Fairfield Road
Film, 2010
as Mayor Grant
Warehouse 13
TV series, 2009
as Warden Corinne Huggins
The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
Film, 2009
as Nora
Flashpoint
TV series, 2008
1 episode
The Note
Film, 2007
as Nora Chilsen
What If God Were the Sun?
Film, 2007
as Alma
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
Film, 2006
as Mrs. Stifler
Absolution
Film, 2006
as Maria Toratelli
The Jane Show
TV series, 2006
as Gwen