Rachel Ticotin (born November 1, 1958) is an
American film and television
actress.
Biography
Early life
Ticotin (pronounced
tick-oh-tin) was born in the
Bronx,
New York, the daughter of Iris Torres, a
Puerto Rican educator, and Abe Ticotin, a
Jewish used car salesman.
[Rachel Ticotin Biography (1958-)][Linguistic humor] Her brother,
Sahaj, is a musician and the lead singer for his rock group,
Ra. Ticotin grew up in the South Bronx, which has a large population of Puerto Ricans,
[The Bronx] and where she received her primary and
secondary education. Ticotin's parents enrolled her in the
Ballet Hispanico of New York where she took
ballet lessons.
Career
In 1978, Rachel appeared as a dancer in the film
King of the Gypsies, making that her official film debut. She also acted on the
Off-Broadway production of
Miguel Piñero's
The Sun Always Shines for the Cool. (During this period, she also received an onscreen credit as a
production assistant on
Brian De Palma's
Dressed to Kill.) Her first big break came in
1981, when she was cast as
Isabella opposite
Paul Newman in the movie
Fort Apache, The Bronx. That same year, she was listed as one of 12 promising New Actors in John Willis Screen World Vol.33.
