Rebecca De Mornay
August 29, 1959 (66 years old) in Santa Rosa, California, USA
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
Credits
- 2025 · Saint Clare as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
- 2016 · I Am Wrath as Vivian Hill
- 2016 · Lucifer as Penelope
- 2016 · Lucifer as Penelope Decker
- 2015 · Marvel's Jessica Jones as Dorothy Walker
- 2013 · Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky as Sara (archive footage)
- 2012 · American Reunion as Finch's Mom (uncredited)
- 2010 · Mother's Day as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Barbara Cotchin
- 2010 · Flipped as Patsy Loski
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2007 · Music Within as Richard's Mom
- 2005 · Wedding Crashers as Mrs. Kroeger
- 2005 · Lords of Dogtown as Philaine
- 2004 · Raise Your Voice as Nina Fletcher
- 2003 · NCIS as Carla Marino
- 2003 · Identity as Caroline Suzanne
- 2000 · Range of Motion as Lainey Berman
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Tessa McKellen
- 1997 · The Practice as Hannah Rose
- 1995 · Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Woman
- 1994 · ER as Elaine Nichols
- 1993 · The Three Musketeers as Milady
- 1993 · Blind Side as Lynn Kaines
- 1992 · The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
- 1991 · Backdraft as Helen McCaffrey
- 1988 · Feds as Ellis DeWitt
- 1985 · Runaway Train as Sara
- 1985 · The Slugger's Wife as Debby Palmer
- 1983 · Testament as Cathy Pitkin
- 1983 · Risky Business as Lana
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- Future · Table for One as Ruth Draper
- 2025 · Off the Record as Kate
- 2024 · Peter Five Eight as Brenda
- 2020 · She Ball as Aggie
- 2018 · Periphery as Vi Warner
- 2015 · Collar as Ramona Billingsley
- 2012 · Apartment 1303 3D as Maddie Slate
- 2008 · The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business as Self
- 2007 · American Venus as Celia
- 2007 · John from Cincinnati as Cissy Yost
- 2002 · Salem Witch Trials as Elizabeth Parris
- 2001 · A Girl Thing as Kim McCormack
- 2000 · The Right Temptation as Derian McCall
- 1999 · Wicked Ways as Ruth Draper
- 1999 · Thick as Thieves as Petrone
- 1999 · Night Ride Home as Nora Mahler
- 1998 · The Con as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
- 1997 · The Shining as Wendy Torrance
- 1996 · The Winner as Louise
- 1995 · Never Talk to Strangers as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
- 1994 · Getting Out as Arlene Holsclaw
- 1993 · Guilty as Sin as Jennifer Haines
- 1991 · An Inconvenient Woman as Flo
- 1990 · By Dawn's Early Light as Moreau
- 1989 · Dealers as Anna Schuman
- 1988 · And God Created Woman as Robin Shea
- 1988 · Tanner '88 as Self
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as Beauty
- 1986 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue as Claire Dupin
- 1986 · Pecos Bill as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
- 1985 · The Trip to Bountiful as Thelma
- 1985 · Tall Tales & Legends as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
- 1982 · One from the Heart as Understudy
- Future · The Up and Comer as
- Future · Giving Thanks as Aunt Theodora