Tijuana Ricks

Biography

Tijuana Ricks grew up in Gramercy, Louisiana. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a double major in Performing Arts and Psychology and was a member of the sketch comedy troupe, Kaktabulz. Tijuana received her MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama and lives in Los Angeles.

Ricks’s most prominent roles have been recurring parts on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Marnie Aiken, OB/GYN, Law and Order as Sgt. Royce and Guiding Light as Nurse Maggie. She had a small role in the film “The Savages” with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney and has starred in many television and radio commercials. Onstage, she originated the role of Cora Lee in the musical version of The Women of Brewster Place.