Rebecca De Mornay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 29 August 1959 · Santa Rosa, California, USA
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
Acting 55
- 2026The Up and Comer
- 2026Giving Thanks as Aunt Theodora
- 2026The Gentleman Thief as Odessa
- 2025Table for One as Ruth Draper
- 2025Saint Clare as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
- 2025Off the Record as Kate
- 2024Peter Five Eight as Brenda
- 2023Angel Baby as Maggie
- 2020She Ball as Aggie
- 2018Periphery as Vi Warner
- 2016I Am Wrath as Vivian Hill
- 2015Collar as Ramona Billingsley
- 2013Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky as Sara (archive footage)
- 2012Apartment 1303 3D as Maddie Slate
- 2012American Reunion as Finch's Mom (uncredited)
- 2010Mother's Day as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
- 2010Flipped as Patsy Loski
- 2008The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business as Self
- 2007American Venus as Celia
- 2007Music Within as Richard's Mom
- 2005Wedding Crashers as Mrs. Kroeger
- 2005Lords of Dogtown as Philaine
- 2004Raise Your Voice as Nina Fletcher
- 2003Identity as Caroline Suzanne
- 2002Salem Witch Trials as Elizabeth Parris
- 2001A Girl Thing as Kim McCormack
- 2000Range of Motion as Lainey Berman
- 2000The Right Temptation as Derian McCall
- 2000Lost On Everest
- 1999Wicked Ways as Ruth Draper
- 1999Thick as Thieves as Petrone
- 1999Night Ride Home as Nora Mahler
- 1998The Con as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
- 1996The Winner as Louise
- 1995Never Talk to Strangers as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
- 1994Getting Out as Arlene Holsclaw
- 1993The Three Musketeers as Milady de Winter
- 1993Guilty as Sin as Jennifer Haines
- 1993Blind Side as Lynn Kaines
- 1992The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
- 1991Backdraft as Helen McCaffrey
- 1990By Dawn's Early Light as Moreau
- 1989Dealers as Anna Schuman
- 1988Feds! as Ellis DeWitt
- 1988And God Created Woman as Robin Shea
- 1987Beauty and the Beast as Beauty
- 1986The Murders in the Rue Morgue as Claire Dupin
- 1986Pecos Bill as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
- 1985The Trip to Bountiful as Thelma
- 1985Runaway Train as Sara
- 1985The Slugger's Wife as Debby Palmer
- 1983Testament as Cathy Pitkin
- 1983Risky Business as Lana
- 1982One from the Heart as Understudy
- 1981Spinal Tap: The Final Tour as Hot Tub Groupie
Production 3
- 1999Wicked Ways · co-executive producer
- 1996The Winner · executive producer
- 1995Never Talk to Strangers · executive producer