Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 29, 1959
Place of Birth:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Rebecca De Mornay
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Saint Clare | Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry |
| 2024 | Peter Five Eight | Brenda |
| 2024 | Off the Record | Kate |
| 2020 | She Ball | Aggie |
| 2018 | Periphery | Vi Warner |
| 2016 | I Am Wrath | Vivian Hill |
| 2015 | Collar | Ramona Billingsley |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky | Sara (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Apartment 1303 3D | Maddie Slate |
| 2012 | American Reunion | Finch's Mom (uncredited) |
| 2010 | Flipped | Patsy Loski |
| 2010 | Mother's Day | Natalie 'Mother' Koffin |
| 2008 | The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business | Self |
| 2007 | Music Within | Richard's Mom |
| 2007 | American Venus | Celia |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Mrs. Kroeger |
| 2005 | Lords of Dogtown | Philaine |
| 2004 | Raise Your Voice | Nina Fletcher |
| 2003 | Identity | Caroline Suzanne |
| 2002 | Salem Witch Trials | Elizabeth Parris |
| 2001 | A Girl Thing | Kim McCormack |
| 2000 | The Right Temptation | Derian McCall |
| 2000 | Range of Motion | Lainey Berman |
| 1999 | Thick as Thieves | Petrone |
| 1999 | Wicked Ways | Ruth Draper |
| 1999 | Night Ride Home | Nora Mahler |
| 1998 | The Con | Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood |
| 1996 | The Winner | Louise |
| 1995 | Never Talk to Strangers | Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor |
| 1994 | Getting Out | Arlene Holsclaw |
| 1993 | The Three Musketeers | Milady |
| 1993 | Guilty as Sin | Jennifer Haines |
| 1993 | Blind Side | Lynn Kaines |
| 1992 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders |
| 1991 | Backdraft | Helen McCaffrey |
| 1990 | By Dawn's Early Light | Moreau |
| 1989 | Dealers | Anna Schuman |
| 1988 | Feds | Ellis DeWitt |
| 1988 | And God Created Woman | Robin Shea |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | Beauty |
| 1986 | The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Claire Dupin |
| 1986 | Pecos Bill | Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley |
| 1985 | Runaway Train | Sara |
| 1985 | The Trip to Bountiful | Thelma |
| 1985 | The Slugger's Wife | Debby Palmer |
| 1983 | Risky Business | Lana |
| 1983 | Testament | Cathy Pitkin |
| 1981 | One from the Heart | Understudy |
| Giving Thanks | Aunt Theodora | |
| The Up and Comer |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Lucifer | Penelope |
| 2016 | Lucifer | Penelope Decker |
| 2015 | Marvel's Jessica Jones | Dorothy Walker |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Barbara Cotchin |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self |
| 2007 | John from Cincinnati | Cissy Yost |
| 2003 | NCIS | Carla Marino |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Tessa McKellen |
| 1997 | The Shining | Wendy Torrance |
| 1997 | The Practice | Hannah Rose |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Woman |
| 1995 | Lo + plus | Self - Guest |
| 1994 | ER | Elaine Nichols |
| 1991 | An Inconvenient Woman | Flo |
| 1988 | Tanner '88 | Self |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley |
| 1974 | NOVA | Narrator |