Rebecca De Mornay

Known for: Acting

Born: 1959-08-29 (age 66)

From: 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.

Filmography (70)

MOVIE★ 5.2
Saint Clare
2025
as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
MOVIE★ 5.6
Off the Record
2025
as Kate
MOVIE★ 4.4
Peter Five Eight
2024
as Brenda
MOVIE★ 3.5
Angel Baby
2023
as Maggie
MOVIE★ 6.4
She Ball
2020
as Aggie
MOVIE
Periphery
2018
as Vi Warner
MOVIE★ 5.8
I Am Wrath
2016
as Vivian Hill
TV★ 8.4
Lucifer
2016
as Penelope
TV★ 7.5
Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015
as Dorothy Walker
MOVIE
Collar
2015
as Ramona Billingsley
MOVIE★ 2.0
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
2013
as Sara (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.6
Apartment 1303 3D
2012
as Maddie Slate
MOVIE★ 6.3
American Reunion
2012
as Finch's Mom (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mother's Day
2010
as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
TV★ 7.7
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Barbara Cotchin
MOVIE★ 8.0
Flipped
2010
as Patsy Loski
TV★ 7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.4
American Venus
2007
as Celia
TV★ 6.2
John from Cincinnati
2007
as Cissy Yost
MOVIE★ 6.5
Music Within
2007
as Richard's Mom
MOVIE★ 6.5
Wedding Crashers
2005
as Mrs. Kroeger
MOVIE★ 7.1
Lords of Dogtown
2005
as Philaine
MOVIE★ 6.5
Raise Your Voice
2004
as Nina Fletcher
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Carla Marino
MOVIE★ 7.2
Identity
2003
as Caroline Suzanne
TV★ 5.0
Salem Witch Trials
2003
as Elizabeth Parris
TV★ 7.5
A Girl Thing
2001
as Kim McCormack
MOVIE★ 5.0
Range of Motion
2000
as Lainey Berman
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Right Temptation
2000
as Derian McCall
MOVIE★ 9.0
Lost On Everest
2000
MOVIE★ 5.1
Wicked Ways
1999
as Ruth Draper
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Tessa McKellen
MOVIE★ 6.0
Thick as Thieves
1999
as Petrone
MOVIE★ 5.8
Night Ride Home
1999
as Nora Mahler
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Con
1998
as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
TV★ 6.3
The Shining
1997
as Wendy Torrance
TV★ 7.7
The Practice
1997
as Hannah Rose
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Winner
1996
as Louise
MOVIE★ 5.3
Never Talk to Strangers
1995
as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
TV
Lo + plus
1995
as Self - Guest
TV★ 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
as Woman
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Elaine Nichols
MOVIE★ 5.2
Getting Out
1994
as Arlene Holsclaw
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Three Musketeers
1993
as Milady de Winter
MOVIE★ 5.7
Guilty as Sin
1993
as Jennifer Haines
MOVIE★ 5.5
Blind Side
1993
as Lynn Kaines
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992
as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
MOVIE★ 6.7
Backdraft
1991
as Helen McCaffrey
TV★ 5.8
An Inconvenient Woman
1991
as Flo
MOVIE★ 6.5
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Moreau
MOVIE★ 5.6
Dealers
1989
as Anna Schuman
MOVIE★ 5.8
Feds!
1988
as Ellis DeWitt
MOVIE★ 4.3
And God Created Woman
1988
as Robin Shea
TV★ 6.9
Tanner '88
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Beauty
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986
as Claire Dupin
MOVIE
Pecos Bill
1986
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Trip to Bountiful
1985
as Thelma
MOVIE★ 7.0
Runaway Train
1985
as Sara
TV★ 6.0
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
MOVIE★ 3.6
The Slugger's Wife
1985
as Debby Palmer
MOVIE★ 6.4
Testament
1983
as Cathy Pitkin
MOVIE★ 6.6
Risky Business
1983
as Lana
MOVIE★ 6.0
One from the Heart
1982
as Understudy
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Cathy Pitkin
MOVIE★ 6.0
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981
as Hot Tub Groupie
TV★ 7.0
NOVA
1974
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Up and Comer
—
MOVIE
Giving Thanks
—
as Aunt Theodora