Rachel Ticotin Strauss (born November 1, 1958) is an American film and television actress. She's best known for her roles as Director Tyson in Superintellegince, Lt. Arleen Gonzales on NBC's Law & Order: LA, Christina Lowell in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 1 & 2, Mariana Garcia Guerrero in Man on Fire, Dr. Martinez in Something's Gotta Give, Laura Roam on the FOX series Skin, Guard Sally Bishop in Con Air, Rachel Taper in Turbulence, Doña Inez in Don Juan DeMarco, Melina in Total Recall (1990), and Teresa Storm on the ABC series Ohara. She was married to actor David Caruso from 1984 to 1987, with whom she has a daughter Greta, born in 1984. Since 1998, she has been married to actor Peter Strauss.

Filmography

• 2026Diamond — Mrs. Echevarria
• 2025Grassland
• Sheriff Country — Eva Santos
• 2020Superintelligence — Director Tyson
• The Act — Gina
• 2011America — Esther
• Homeland — Mercedes Acosta
• Unforgettable — Sharon Vega
• Blue Bloods — Carmen Castillo
• Law & Order: LA — Arleen Gonzales
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Monica Tenez
• 2008The Burning Plain — Ana
• 2008The Eye — Rosa Martinez
• 2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 — Christina Lowell
• John from Cincinnati — Woman in Jail Cell
• Grey's Anatomy — Marie Cerone
• 2005The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants — Christina Lowell
• Weeds — Candela
• Lost — Teresa Cortez
• 2004Man on Fire — Mariana Garcia Guerrero
• NCIS — Joy Aaronson
• Skin — Laura Roam
• 2003Something's Gotta Give — Dr. Martinez
• 2002Desert Saints — Dora
• 2001Full Disclosure — Armiti Khalq
• 2001Warden of Red Rock — Mrs. Maria McVale
• 2000Civility — Rebecca Russo
• Aftershock: Earthquake in New York — Elizabeth Perez
• 1999Can't Be Heaven — Maggie
• 1997Con Air — Guard Sally Bishop
• 1997First Time Felon — McBride
• 1997Turbulence — Rachel Taper
• 1996The Wharf Rat — Dexter Ireland
• 1995Steal Big Steal Little — Laura
• The Outer Limits — Theodora 'Teddi' Madden
• 1994Criminal Passion — Tracy Perry
• 1994Deconstructing Sarah — Elizabeth Davis
• 1994Don Juan DeMarco — Doña Inez
• Gargoyles — Tony Dracon (voice), Maria Chavez (voice), Maria Chavez/Police Dispatcher (voice)
• 1994Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story — Diane
• Crime & Punishment
• 1993Falling Down — Sandra
• 1992From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One — Christine Avila
• 1992Keep the Change — Astrid
• 1992Where the Day Takes You — Officer Landers
• 1991F/X2 — Kim Brandon
• 1991One Good Cop — Grace
• 1991Prison Stories: Women on the Inside — Iris
• 1990Total Recall — Melina
• Tales from the Crypt — Charbonnet / Lilian
• 1988Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs — Sonia
• 1987Critical Condition — Rachel Atwood
• Ohara — Teresa Storm
• 1986Rockabye — Victoria Garcia
• 1986When the Bough Breaks — Raquel Santos
• 1985Love, Mary — Rachel Martin
• Stingray
• 1983For Love and Honor — Cpl. Grace Pavlik
• For Love and Honor
• 1981Fort Apache, the Bronx — Isabella
• 1976Obsession — Production Assistant

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2005Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' — Self
• 2001Imagining 'Total Recall' — Self (archive footage)