Rebecca De Mornay
Acting • Born 1959-08-29
Biography
Rebecca De Mornay (born 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
70 credits
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1993
Milady
Identity
Movie • 2003
Caroline Suzanne
Backdraft
Movie • 1991
Helen McCaffrey
Guilty as Sin
Movie • 1993
Jennifer Haines
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Movie • 1992
Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
By Dawn's Early Light
Movie • 1990
Moreau
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Movie • 1986
Claire Dupin
Runaway Train
Movie • 1985
Sara
Wedding Crashers
Movie • 2005
Mrs. Kroeger
Feds!
Movie • 1988
Ellis DeWitt
Lords of Dogtown
Movie • 2005
Philaine
Risky Business
Movie • 1983
Lana
Raise Your Voice
Movie • 2004
Nina Fletcher
Music Within
Movie • 2007
Richard's Mom
Blind Side
Movie • 1993
Lynn Kaines
And God Created Woman
Movie • 1988
Robin Shea
Flipped
Movie • 2010
Patsy Loski
The Trip to Bountiful
Movie • 1985
Thelma
Thick as Thieves
Movie • 1999
Petrone
Beauty and the Beast
Movie • 1987
Beauty
Never Talk to Strangers
Movie • 1995
Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
Giving Thanks
Movie
Aunt Theodora
The Right Temptation
Movie • 2000
Derian McCall
Dealers
Movie • 1989
Anna Schuman
The Slugger's Wife
Movie • 1985
Debby Palmer
Mother's Day
Movie • 2010
Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
Pecos Bill
Movie • 1986
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
The Winner
Movie • 1996
Louise
The Con
Movie • 1998
Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
Range of Motion
Movie • 2000
Lainey Berman
Apartment 1303 3D
Movie • 2012
Maddie Slate
Peter Five Eight
Movie • 2024
Brenda
Wicked Ways
Movie • 1999
Ruth Draper
American Venus
Movie • 2007
Celia
Night Ride Home
Movie • 1999
Nora Mahler
Off the Record
Movie • 2025
Kate
Saint Clare
Movie • 2025
Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
Testament
Movie • 1983
Cathy Pitkin
Salem Witch Trials
Movie • 2002
Elizabeth Parris
I Am Wrath
Movie • 2016
Vivian Hill
Getting Out
Movie • 1994
Arlene Holsclaw
Collar
Movie • 2015
Ramona Billingsley
She Ball
Movie • 2020
Aggie
The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
Movie • 2008
Self
Periphery
Movie • 2018
Vi Warner
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
Movie • 2013
Sara (archive footage)
One from the Heart
Movie • 1982
Understudy
American Reunion
Movie • 2012
Finch's Mom (uncredited)
The Up and Comer
Movie
Angel Baby
Movie • 2023
Maggie
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
Movie • 1981
Hot Tub Groupie
Lost On Everest
Movie • 2000
John from Cincinnati
TV • 2007
Cissy Yost
The Shining
TV • 1997
Wendy Torrance
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Tessa McKellen
Lucifer
TV • 2016
Penelope
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Woman
Tanner '88
TV • 1988
Self
NOVA
TV • 1974
Narrator
The Practice
TV • 1997
Hannah Rose
Lucifer
TV • 2016
Penelope Decker
Marvel's Jessica Jones
TV • 2015
Dorothy Walker
An Inconvenient Woman
TV • 1991
Flo
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
Tall Tales & Legends
TV • 1985
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
Lo + plus
TV • 1995
Self - Guest
ER
TV • 1994
Elaine Nichols
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Barbara Cotchin
NCIS
TV • 2003
Carla Marino
A Girl Thing
TV • 2001
Kim McCormack