8.4Acting
Rebecca De Mornay
- Born
- 1959-08-29
- Birthplace
- Santa Rosa, California, USA
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
Filmography
71 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
The Gentleman Thief
2026 · Movie
Odessa
Off the Record
2025 · Movie
Kate
Saint Clare
2025 · Movie
Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
Peter Five Eight
2024 · Movie
Brenda
Angel Baby
2023 · Movie
Maggie
She Ball
2020 · Movie
Aggie
Periphery
2018 · Movie
Vi Warner
I Am Wrath
2016 · Movie
Vivian Hill
Lucifer
2016 · TV Show
Penelope · Penelope Decker
Collar
2015 · Movie
Ramona Billingsley
Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015 · TV Show
Dorothy Walker
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
2013 · Movie
Sara (archive footage)
American Reunion
2012 · Movie
Finch's Mom (uncredited)
Apartment 1303 3D
2012 · Movie
Maddie Slate
Flipped
2010 · Movie
Patsy Loski
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · TV Show
Barbara Cotchin
Mother's Day
2010 · Movie
Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · TV Show
Self
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008 · Movie
Self
American Venus
2007 · Movie
Celia
John from Cincinnati
2007 · TV Show
Cissy Yost
Music Within
2007 · Movie
Richard's Mom
Lords of Dogtown
2005 · Movie
Philaine
Wedding Crashers
2005 · Movie
Mrs. Kroeger
Raise Your Voice
2004 · Movie
Nina Fletcher
Identity
2003 · Movie
Caroline Suzanne
NCIS
2003 · TV Show
Carla Marino
Salem Witch Trials
2003 · TV Show
Elizabeth Parris
A Girl Thing
2001 · TV Show
Kim McCormack
Lost On Everest
2000 · Movie
Cast
Range of Motion
2000 · Movie
Lainey Berman
The Right Temptation
2000 · Movie
Derian McCall
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
Tessa McKellen
Night Ride Home
1999 · Movie
Nora Mahler
Thick as Thieves
1999 · Movie
Petrone
Wicked Ways
1999 · Movie
Ruth Draper · Co-Executive Producer
The Con
1998 · Movie
Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
The Practice
1997 · TV Show
Hannah Rose
The Shining
1997 · TV Show
Wendy Torrance
The Winner
1996 · Movie
Louise · Executive Producer
Lo + plus
1995 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Never Talk to Strangers
1995 · Movie
Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor · Executive Producer
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV Show
Woman · Director
ER
1994 · TV Show
Elaine Nichols
Getting Out
1994 · Movie
Arlene Holsclaw
Blind Side
1993 · Movie
Lynn Kaines
Guilty as Sin
1993 · Movie
Jennifer Haines
The Three Musketeers
1993 · Movie
Milady de Winter
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992 · Movie
Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
An Inconvenient Woman
1991 · TV Show
Flo
Backdraft
1991 · Movie
Helen McCaffrey
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Movie
Moreau
Dealers
1989 · Movie
Anna Schuman
And God Created Woman
1988 · Movie
Robin Shea
Feds!
1988 · Movie
Ellis DeWitt
Tanner '88
1988 · TV Show
Self
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Movie
Beauty
Pecos Bill
1986 · Movie
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986 · Movie
Claire Dupin
Runaway Train
1985 · Movie
Sara
Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · TV Show
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
The Slugger's Wife
1985 · Movie
Debby Palmer
The Trip to Bountiful
1985 · Movie
Thelma
Risky Business
1983 · Movie
Lana
Testament
1983 · Movie
Cathy Pitkin
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
Cathy Pitkin
One from the Heart
1982 · Movie
Understudy
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981 · Movie
Hot Tub Groupie
NOVA
1974 · TV Show
Narrator
Giving Thanks
Date unknown · Movie
Aunt Theodora
The Up and Comer
Date unknown · Movie
Cast