Maria Ricossa

Maria Ricossa

1950-07-18 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. 42 Credits

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.

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Christmas Casanova

Christmas Casanova

2023

as Patty Schultz

5.0
Acting

Elise is a podcaster in need of catchy Christmas content. Elise agrees to be Jake's wing woman and guide. As the two scramble to build the best Christ...

A Royal Recipe for Love

A Royal Recipe for Love

2023

as Queen Evelyn Batcher

6.8
Acting

When Emma, an up-and-coming baker in New York City, is hired to bake for the King and Queen of Sanovia’s anniversary party, she is convinced a good jo...

Luckless in Love

Luckless in Love

2023

as Evette

6.5
Acting

Winnie, a dating blogger who anonymously writes under the pen name Luckless, goes viral for a post about a disastrous date with Holden, a perpetually ...

Love and the Radio Star

Love and the Radio Star

2022

as Amy

6.1
Acting

Savannah Joy, a single parent image consultant by day and aspiring wellness influencer by night, is hired to rebrand New York’s #4 interview radio sho...

Cabin Connection

Cabin Connection

2022

as Kim

5.9
Acting

When lifestyle writer and committed bachelorette Hannah Monroe inherits her late-grandmother's cabin, she hires her widowed neighbour, local handyman ...

Heart of the Holidays

Heart of the Holidays

2020

as Tammy Wallace

6.2
Acting

After her life in New York unexpectedly falls apart, powerhouse stockbroker Sam Wallace returns to her small town for the holidays and reconnects with...

Astronaut

Astronaut

2019

as Journalist

6.1
Acting

A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.

A Shoe Addict's Christmas

A Shoe Addict's Christmas

2018

as Helen

6.2
Acting

As Christmas approaches, a department store worker whose life lacks fulfillment meets her guardian angel, who offers her a chance to change her circum...

Bathroom Rules

Bathroom Rules

2018

as Ms. Warren

6.0
Acting

A 10-year-old, gender non-conforming student navigates his way through the school, in search of a safe washroom.

The Good Sister

The Good Sister

2014

as Psychiatrist

5.3
Acting

The Good Sister follows a couple who is working to put their crumbling marriage back together, when the wife receives a letter informing her that she ...

Catch a Christmas Star

Catch a Christmas Star

2013

as Shelley

6.4
Acting

Nikki Crandon is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Whether she's singing the National Anthem or promoting her latest album, everyone knows w...

Fairfield Road

Fairfield Road

2010

as Mayor Grant

6.4
Acting

Noah McManus is leaving his job with the Boston mayor's office for a dream gig in Washington, D.C. But in a single day, he finds out his new boss in W...

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love

2009

as Nora

4.4
Acting

Columnist Peyton MacGruder befriends a reader who sent her a note that inspires Peyton to reconsider the choices she's made and her reluctance to acce...

The Note

The Note

2007

as Nora Chilsen

6.3
Acting

Following a tragic plane crash, newspaper columnist Peyton MacGruder happens upon a hastily-written note that was from one of the passengers onboard. ...

What If God Were the Sun?

What If God Were the Sun?

2007

as Alma

7.0
Acting

A grieving nurse finds comfort and inspiration in her new assignment, where she meets a terminally ill woman with a quick with and strong faith.

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile

2006

as Mrs. Stifler

5.5
Acting

When Erik Stifler realizes that he's the only Stifler family member who might graduate high school a virgin, he decides to live up to his legacy. Afte...

Absolution

Absolution

2006

as Maria Toratelli

5.0
Acting

For 10 years, a journalist has avoided visiting her small hometown. When news spreads about a comatose man healing people from his home, she is sent t...

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006

as Sandy Bishop

6.9
Acting

When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and in...

Drive Time Murders

Drive Time Murders

2006

as Dr. Emily Wilmont

Acting

A Chicago attorney and his gossip columnist host a popular morning radio show. Their search to locate a mysterious woman leads them to the Chicago Art...

Some Things That Stay

Some Things That Stay

2004

as Mrs. Burns

4.2
Acting

A coming-of-age story of a teenage girl from a liberal upbringing who moves to a conservative baptist community in rural 1950s America.

Finding John Christmas

Finding John Christmas

2003

as Marcy Bernard

6.2
Acting

When a photojournalist photographs a mysterious stranger performing an act of bravery, the act quickly becomes headline news and the town dubs the str...

Sex & the Single Mom

Sex & the Single Mom

2003

as Deena

7.4
Acting

Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, however, Mom won't stand for anything less than premarit...

The In-Laws

The In-Laws

2003

as Katherine Peyser

5.6
Acting

Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.

Out of the Ashes

Out of the Ashes

2003

as Esther Jacob

6.3
Acting

The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.

The Brady Bunch in the White House

The Brady Bunch in the White House

2002

as Kelly Brooks

4.0
Acting

Mike Brady becomes the President of the United States and names Carol as his V.P.!

Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story

Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story

2002

as Judge Levine

1.0
Acting
Her Best Friend's Husband

Her Best Friend's Husband

2002

as Lorraine

5.1
Acting

Would you betray your best friend for your own happiness? This is the moral dilemma one woman faces after she is called upon to help save her best fri...

Harvard Man

Harvard Man

2001

as Charlotte Jensen

4.7
Acting

College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketb...

My Husband's Double Life

My Husband's Double Life

2001

as Linda Berg

5.8
Acting

A woman discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.

Bojangles

Bojangles

2001

as Rae

8.0
Acting

The life of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African-American tap-dancing star of stage and screen. In 1916, Robinson was a successful vaudeville performer ...

A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story

1999

as Estelle Jenkins

3.0
Acting

All his life, teenager Daniel Huffman and his grandma have dreamed of Daniel playing college football. After Daniel is cut from his high school team,...

A Map of the World

A Map of the World

1999

as Realtor

6.1
Acting

School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property ...

To Love, Honor, & Betray

To Love, Honor, & Betray

1999

as Maria Hermann

2.5
Acting

A young woman (Crystal Bernard) aware of her father's (James Brolin) affair with another woman becomes convinced of his guilt after her mother (Dee Wa...

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

1996

as Liz

5.0
Acting

Kerry Ellison is sexually harassed at work. No matter how much she complains, the problem, Jack Gilcrest, is unstoppable. Kerry's only left option is ...

The Werewolf of Fever Swamp

The Werewolf of Fever Swamp

1996

as Mrs. Tucker

6.4
Acting

Things have been strange ever since the new kid moved into Fever Swamp. A kid can't change into a werewolf, or can he?

Butterbox Babies

1995

as Mrs. Kellerman

6.0
Acting

A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

as Gym Parent

7.1
Acting

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

To Catch a Killer

To Catch a Killer

1992

as Helen Gacy

6.8
Acting

"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful bu...

Last Wish

Last Wish

1992

as Dr. Millicent Findlay

Acting

A woman with cancer seeks the assistance of her daughter in fulfilling her last wish - a wish to die with dignity.

Dead Man Out

Dead Man Out

1989

as Prison Doctor

6.3
Acting

A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate if a convicted multiple murderer who's awaiting execution on Death Row for eighth year now and whose behavior durin...

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

1986

as Olivia

Acting

In mythical Ilyria, Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are separated after a shipwreck. Disguised as a boy, Viola enters the service of Duke Orsino ...

Class

Class

1983

as Table Friend

6.0
Acting

Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the ...