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Rebecca De Mornay

Known for acting · Born 29 August 1959 · 67 · Santa Rosa, California, USA

75 credits

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.

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Known for

Flipped

2010

Risky Business

1983

Marvel's Jessica Jones

2015

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

1992

Lords of Dogtown

2005

Runaway Train

1985

Mother's Day

2010

Apartment 1303 3D

2012

The Three Musketeers

1993

The Outer Limits

1995

Never Talk to Strangers

1995

I Am Wrath

2016

Acting (71)

2026The Gentleman ThiefOdessaFilm
2025Saint ClareArlene 'Gigi' NewberryFilm
2025Off the RecordKateFilm
2024Peter Five EightBrendaFilm
2023Angel BabyMaggieFilm
2020She BallAggieFilm
2018PeripheryVi WarnerFilm
2016LuciferPenelope, Penelope Decker · 2 episodesSeries
2016I Am WrathVivian HillFilm
2015Marvel's Jessica JonesDorothy Walker · 13 episodesSeries
2015CollarRamona BillingsleyFilm
2013Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei KonchalovskySara (archive footage)Film
2012American ReunionFinch's Mom (uncredited)Film
2012Apartment 1303 3DMaddie SlateFilm
2010FlippedPatsy LoskiFilm
2010Hawaii Five-0Barbara CotchinSeries
2010Mother's DayNatalie 'Mother' KoffinFilm
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelfSeries
2008The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky BusinessSelfFilm
2007Music WithinRichard's MomFilm
2007John from CincinnatiCissy Yost · 10 episodesSeries
2007American VenusCeliaFilm
2005Wedding CrashersMrs. KroegerFilm
2005Lords of DogtownPhilaineFilm
2004Raise Your VoiceNina FletcherFilm
2003IdentityCaroline SuzanneFilm
2003NCISCarla Marino · 3 episodesSeries
2003Salem Witch TrialsElizabeth Parris · 2 episodesSeries
2001A Girl ThingKim McCormack · 4 episodesSeries
2000The Right TemptationDerian McCallFilm
2000Range of MotionLainey BermanFilm
2000Lost On EverestFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTessa McKellenSeries
1999Thick as ThievesPetroneFilm
1999Wicked WaysRuth DraperFilm
1999Night Ride HomeNora MahlerFilm
1998The ConBarbara Beaton / Nancy ThoroughgoodFilm
1997The ShiningWendy Torrance · 3 episodesSeries
1997The PracticeHannah Rose · 4 episodesSeries
1996The WinnerLouiseFilm
1995The Outer LimitsWomanSeries
1995Never Talk to StrangersDr. Sarah Alison TaylorFilm
1995Lo + plusSelf - GuestSeries
1994ERElaine Nichols · 5 episodesSeries
1994Getting OutArlene HolsclawFilm
1993The Three MusketeersMilady de WinterFilm
1993Guilty as SinJennifer HainesFilm
1993Blind SideLynn KainesFilm
1992The Hand That Rocks the CradleMrs. Mott / Peyton FlandersFilm
1991BackdraftHelen McCaffreyFilm
1991An Inconvenient WomanFlo · 2 episodesSeries
1990By Dawn's Early LightMoreauFilm
1989DealersAnna SchumanFilm
1988Feds!Ellis DeWittFilm
1988And God Created WomanRobin SheaFilm
1988Tanner '88SelfSeries
1987Beauty and the BeastBeautyFilm
1986The Murders in the Rue MorgueClaire DupinFilm
1986Pecos BillRose 'Slew Foot Sue' PeasleyFilm
1985Runaway TrainSaraFilm
1985The Trip to BountifulThelmaFilm
1985The Slugger's WifeDebby PalmerFilm
1985Tall Tales & LegendsRose 'Slew Foot Sue' PeasleySeries
1983Risky BusinessLanaFilm
1983TestamentCathy PitkinFilm
1982One from the HeartUnderstudyFilm
1982American PlayhouseCathy PitkinSeries
1981Spinal Tap: The Final TourHot Tub GroupieFilm
1974NOVANarratorSeries
—Giving ThanksAunt TheodoraFilm
—The Up and ComerFilm

Directing (1)

1995The Outer LimitsDirectorSeries

Production (3)

1999Wicked WaysCo-Executive ProducerFilm
1996The WinnerExecutive ProducerFilm
1995Never Talk to StrangersExecutive ProducerFilm