Nancy Ticotin was born on September 4, 1957 in New York City, New York, USA to Iris Torres and Abe Ticotin. She was raised in middle class family, and her parents were an ordinary people from Bronx. Her mother Iris was a Puerto Rican educator and her father Abe - a Russian-Jewish used car salesman. She also has a siblings Rachel and tree brothers Daniel, Marcus and David A. Ticotin. Her young sister Rachel become an actress too. Her brother Daniel known by his scene name Sahaj, is a musician, record producer and lead singer for the rock band “Ra”, Marcus works in the theater as a producer and writer. Another brother David A. Ticotin is First Assistant Director and lives in California, with his wife Alexis and their children. Nancy grew up, and received her primary and secondary education, in the Bronx, which has a large Puerto Rican community. Nancy Ticotin was first married to director and producer Mitchell Maxwell but their married life didn't last too long and they are now divorced. The ex-husband is also an author of the books like “Little Did I Know and On Second Thought”. There is no information about her net worth.
She began her professional on-camera career in the earlier 80s. The first acting experience came to Nancy with a TV series “Knots Landing”, with secondary role of airline clerk. Soon, black hair girl and talented actress appeared in more significant role in few serials like “Law & Order”, playing detective Reina Perez in the episode “Deep Vote” and “New York Undercover” with role of Teresa Torres. Actress with a mixed ethnicity appearance was very demand. Nancy Ticotin was active in the middle 1990s, playing in the comedy thriller “Hackers” in the 1995. In the same year she appeared in TV series “New York News” playing reporter, she also shown in another film “Jeffrey” with secondary role.
The following year Nancy Ticotin appeared in the movie “The First Wives Club and Ransom” along with Goldie Hawn, where she was a dancer. Another movie that gives to her some popularity was “Ransom”, where she played a role of agent Kimba Welch in the 1996. At the same year she played a dancer again in the movie “Everyone Says I Love You”. During the end of 90s she appeared in such a projects like "The Tavern" and tv series "Third Watch". In the new millennium Nancy's career turns to the acting in the TV series. She take a part in "The Jury", "Miracle's Boys", "Conviction", "light of the Conchords", "Fringe", "The Good Wife", "White Collar" and the last one "Orange Is the New Black" where she appeared as a Lola Diaz. In the 2011 she was shown in the short film “Encuéntrate” by Sonia Fritz. In the 2016 Nancy appeared in the film "Ordinary World", where she played role of Denise, it was the first long played movie for the last several years in her career.
