Rebecca De Mornay
Biography
Rebecca De Mornay (born Rebecca Jane Pearch; August 29, 1959) is an American film and television actress. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business opposite Tom Cruise. Her other notable film roles include Sara in Runaway Train in 1985, Helen McCaffrey in the thriller Backdraft in 1991 and her portrayal of the chillingly twisted nanny Peyton Flanders in the popular 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
Known For
All Movies (52)
- Saint Clare2025 · as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
- Off the Record2025 · as Kate
- Peter Five Eight2024 · as Brenda
- Angel Baby2023 · as Maggie
- She Ball2020 · as Aggie
- Periphery2018 · as Vi Warner
- I Am Wrath2016 · as Vivian Hill
- Collar2015 · as Ramona Billingsley
- Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky2013 · as Sara (archive footage)
- Apartment 1303 3D2012 · as Maddie Slate
- American Reunion2012 · as Finch's Mom (uncredited)
- Mother's Day2010 · as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
- Flipped2010 · as Patsy Loski
- The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business2008 · as Self
- American Venus2007 · as Celia
- Music Within2007 · as Richard's Mom
- Wedding Crashers2005 · as Mrs. Kroeger
- Lords of Dogtown2005 · as Philaine
- Raise Your Voice2004 · as Nina Fletcher
- Identity2003 · as Caroline Suzanne
- Salem Witch Trials2002 · as Elizabeth Parris
- Range of Motion2000 · as Lainey Berman
- The Right Temptation2000 · as Derian McCall
- Lost On Everest2000
- Wicked Ways1999 · as Ruth Draper
- Thick as Thieves1999 · as Petrone
- Night Ride Home1999 · as Nora Mahler
- The Con1998 · as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
- The Winner1996 · as Louise
- Never Talk to Strangers1995 · as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
- Getting Out1994 · as Arlene Holsclaw
- The Three Musketeers1993 · as Milady de Winter
- Guilty as Sin1993 · as Jennifer Haines
- Blind Side1993 · as Lynn Kaines
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle1992 · as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
- Backdraft1991 · as Helen McCaffrey
- By Dawn's Early Light1990 · as Moreau
- Dealers1989 · as Anna Schuman
- Feds!1988 · as Ellis DeWitt
- And God Created Woman1988 · as Robin Shea
- Beauty and the Beast1987 · as Beauty
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue1986 · as Claire Dupin
- Pecos Bill1986 · as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
- The Trip to Bountiful1985 · as Thelma
- Runaway Train1985 · as Sara
- The Slugger's Wife1985 · as Debby Palmer
- Testament1983 · as Cathy Pitkin
- Risky Business1983 · as Lana
- One from the Heart1982 · as Understudy
- Spinal Tap: The Final Tour1981 · as Hot Tub Groupie
- Giving Thanks— · as Aunt Theodora
- The Up and Comer—
All TV Shows (19)
- Lucifer2016 · as Penelope
- Lucifer2016 · as Penelope Decker
- Marvel's Jessica Jones2015 · as Dorothy Walker
- Hawaii Five-02010 · as Barbara Cotchin
- Celebrity Ghost Stories2009 · as Self
- John from Cincinnati2007 · as Cissy Yost
- NCIS2003 · as Carla Marino
- Salem Witch Trials2003 · as Elizabeth Parris
- A Girl Thing2001 · as Kim McCormack
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Tessa McKellen
- The Shining1997 · as Wendy Torrance
- The Practice1997 · as Hannah Rose
- Lo + plus1995 · as Self - Guest
- The Outer Limits1995 · as Woman
- ER1994 · as Elaine Nichols
- An Inconvenient Woman1991 · as Flo
- Tanner '881988 · as Self
- Tall Tales & Legends1985 · as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
- NOVA1974 · as Narrator