- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1959
- Place of Birth
- Santa Rosa, California, USA
Rebecca De Mornay
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.
Filmography
movieSaint Clare
2025 · Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
movieOff the Record
2025 · Kate
moviePeter Five Eight
2024 · Brenda
movieAngel Baby
2023 · Maggie
movieShe Ball
2020 · Aggie
moviePeriphery
2018 · Vi Warner
movieI Am Wrath
2016 · Vivian Hill
tvLucifer
2016 · Penelope, Penelope Decker
tvMarvel's Jessica Jones
2015 · Dorothy Walker
movieCollar
2015 · Ramona Billingsley
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
movieRunning on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
2013 · Sara (archive footage)
movieApartment 1303 3D
2012 · Maddie Slate
movieAmerican Reunion
2012 · Finch's Mom (uncredited)
movieMother's Day
2010 · Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
tvHawaii Five-0
2010 · Barbara Cotchin
movieFlipped
2010 · Patsy Loski
tvCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
movieThe Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008 · Self
movieAmerican Venus
2007 · Celia
tvJohn from Cincinnati
2007 · Cissy Yost
movieMusic Within
2007 · Richard's Mom
movieWedding Crashers
2005 · Mrs. Kroeger
movieLords of Dogtown
2005 · Philaine
movieRaise Your Voice
2004 · Nina Fletcher
tvNCIS
2003 · Carla Marino
movieIdentity
2003 · Caroline Suzanne
tvSalem Witch Trials
2003 · Elizabeth Parris
movieSalem Witch Trials
2002 · Elizabeth Parris
tvA Girl Thing
2001 · Kim McCormack
movieRange of Motion
2000 · Lainey Berman
movieThe Right Temptation
2000 · Derian McCall
movieLost On Everest
2000
movieWicked Ways
1999 · Ruth Draper, Co-Executive Producer
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Tessa McKellen
movieThick as Thieves
1999 · Petrone
movieNight Ride Home
1999 · Nora Mahler
movieThe Con
1998 · Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
tvThe Shining
1997 · Wendy Torrance
tvThe Practice
1997 · Hannah Rose
movieThe Winner
1996 · Louise, Executive Producer
movieNever Talk to Strangers
1995 · Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor, Executive Producer
tvLo + plus
1995 · Self - Guest
tvThe Outer Limits
1995 · Woman, Director
tvER
1994 · Elaine Nichols
movieGetting Out
1994 · Arlene Holsclaw
movieThe Three Musketeers
1993 · Milady de Winter
movieGuilty as Sin
1993 · Jennifer Haines
movieBlind Side
1993 · Lynn Kaines
movieThe Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992 · Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
movieBackdraft
1991 · Helen McCaffrey
tvAn Inconvenient Woman
1991 · Flo
movieBy Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Moreau
movieDealers
1989 · Anna Schuman
movieFeds!
1988 · Ellis DeWitt
movieAnd God Created Woman
1988 · Robin Shea
tvTanner '88
1988 · Self
movieBeauty and the Beast
1987 · Beauty
movieThe Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986 · Claire Dupin
moviePecos Bill
1986 · Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
movieThe Trip to Bountiful
1985 · Thelma
movieRunaway Train
1985 · Sara
tvTall Tales & Legends
1985 · Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
movieThe Slugger's Wife
1985 · Debby Palmer
movieTestament
1983 · Cathy Pitkin
movieRisky Business
1983 · Lana
movieOne from the Heart
1982 · Understudy
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Cathy Pitkin
movieSpinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981 · Hot Tub Groupie
tvNOVA
1974 · Narrator
movieGiving Thanks
— · Aunt Theodora
The Up and Comer
movieThe Up and Comer
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