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
Complete Filmography

Christmas Casanova
2023
as Patty Schultz
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
2023
as Queen Evelyn Batcher
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
2023
as Evette
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
2022
as Amy
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
2022
as Kim
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
2020
as Tammy Wallace
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
2019
as Journalist
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
2018
as Helen
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
2018
as Ms. Warren
A 10-year-old, gender non-conforming student navigates his way through the school, in search of a safe washroom.

The Good Sister
2014
as Psychiatrist
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
2013
as Shelley
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
2010
as Mayor Grant
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
2009
as Nora
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
2007
as Nora Chilsen
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?
2007
as Alma
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
2006
as Mrs. Stifler
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
2006
as Maria Toratelli
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
2006
as Sandy Bishop
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
2006
as Dr. Emily Wilmont
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
2004
as Mrs. Burns
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
2003
as Marcy Bernard
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
2003
as Deena
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
2003
as Katherine Peyser
Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.

Out of the Ashes
2003
as Esther Jacob
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
2002
as Kelly Brooks
Mike Brady becomes the President of the United States and names Carol as his V.P.!

Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story
2002
as Judge Levine

Her Best Friend's Husband
2002
as Lorraine
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
2001
as Charlotte Jensen
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
2001
as Linda Berg
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
2001
as Rae
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
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
1999
as Realtor
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
1999
as Maria Hermann
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
1996
as Liz
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
1996
as Mrs. Tucker
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
A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.

Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Gym Parent
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
1992
as Helen Gacy
"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
1992
as Dr. Millicent Findlay
A woman with cancer seeks the assistance of her daughter in fulfilling her last wish - a wish to die with dignity.

Dead Man Out
1989
as Prison Doctor
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
1986
as Olivia
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
1983
as Table Friend
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 ...