Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay

Known for
Acting
Born
August 29, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Santa Rosa, California, USA

Biography

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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Filmography

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Giving Thanks poster

Giving Thanks

Movie · as Aunt Theodora

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The Up and Comer

The Up and Comer

Movie

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Presenting Geraldine Page

Presenting Geraldine Page

Movie

2026
The Gentleman Thief poster

The Gentleman Thief

Movie · as Odessa

2025
Off the Record poster

Off the Record

Movie · as Kate

2025
Saint Clare poster

Saint Clare

Movie · as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry

2024
Peter Five Eight poster

Peter Five Eight

Movie · as Brenda

2024
Blind Channel: After Dark Side poster

Blind Channel: After Dark Side

TV · as Lynn Kaines · 5 eps

2023
Angel Baby poster

Angel Baby

Movie · as Maggie

2020
She Ball poster

She Ball

Movie · as Aggie

2018
Periphery poster

Periphery

Movie · as Vi Warner

2016
I Am Wrath poster

I Am Wrath

Movie · as Vivian Hill

2016
Lucifer poster

Lucifer

TV · as Penelope, Penelope Decker · 1 ep

2015
Collar poster

Collar

Movie · as Ramona Billingsley

2015
Marvel's Jessica Jones poster

Marvel's Jessica Jones

TV · as Dorothy Walker · 13 eps

2013
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky

Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky

Movie · as Sara (archive footage)

2012
Apartment 1303 3D poster

Apartment 1303 3D

Movie · as Maddie Slate

2012
American Reunion poster

American Reunion

Movie · as Finch's Mom (uncredited)

2010
Flipped poster

Flipped

Movie · as Patsy Loski

2010
Mother's Day poster

Mother's Day

Movie · as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Barbara Cotchin · 1 ep

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business poster

The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business

Movie · as Self

2007
Music Within poster

Music Within

Movie · as Richard's Mom

2007
American Venus poster

American Venus

Movie · as Celia

2007
John from Cincinnati poster

John from Cincinnati

TV · as Cissy Yost · 10 eps

2005
Wedding Crashers poster

Wedding Crashers

Movie · as Mrs. Kroeger

2005
Lords of Dogtown poster

Lords of Dogtown

Movie · as Philaine

2004
Raise Your Voice poster

Raise Your Voice

Movie · as Nina Fletcher

2003
Identity poster

Identity

Movie · as Caroline Suzanne

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Carla Marino · 3 eps

2003
Salem Witch Trials poster

Salem Witch Trials

TV · as Elizabeth Parris · 2 eps

2001
A Girl Thing poster

A Girl Thing

TV · as Kim McCormack · 4 eps

2000
The Right Temptation poster

The Right Temptation

Movie · as Derian McCall

2000
Range of Motion poster

Range of Motion

Movie · as Lainey Berman

2000
Lost On Everest poster

Lost On Everest

Movie

1999
Thick as Thieves poster

Thick as Thieves

Movie · as Petrone

1999
Wicked Ways poster

Wicked Ways

Movie · as Ruth Draper

1999
Night Ride Home poster

Night Ride Home

Movie · as Nora Mahler

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Tessa McKellen · 1 ep

1998
The Con poster

The Con

Movie · as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood

1997
The Shining poster

The Shining

TV · as Wendy Torrance · 3 eps

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Hannah Rose · 4 eps

1996
The Winner poster

The Winner

Movie · as Louise

1995
Never Talk to Strangers poster

Never Talk to Strangers

Movie · as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Woman · 1 ep

1995
Lo + plus poster

Lo + plus

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1994
Getting Out poster

Getting Out

Movie · as Arlene Holsclaw

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Elaine Nichols · 5 eps

1993
The Three Musketeers poster

The Three Musketeers

Movie · as Milady de Winter

1993
Guilty as Sin poster

Guilty as Sin

Movie · as Jennifer Haines

1993
Blind Side poster

Blind Side

Movie · as Lynn Kaines

1992
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle poster

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Movie · as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders

1991
Backdraft poster

Backdraft

Movie · as Helen McCaffrey

1991
An Inconvenient Woman poster

An Inconvenient Woman

TV · as Flo · 2 eps

1990
By Dawn's Early Light poster

By Dawn's Early Light

Movie · as Moreau

1989
Dealers poster

Dealers

Movie · as Anna Schuman

1988
Feds! poster

Feds!

Movie · as Ellis DeWitt

1988
And God Created Woman poster

And God Created Woman

Movie · as Robin Shea

1988
Tanner '88 poster

Tanner '88

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1987
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

Movie · as Beauty

1986
The Murders in the Rue Morgue poster

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Movie · as Claire Dupin

1986
Pecos Bill poster

Pecos Bill

Movie · as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley

1985
Runaway Train poster

Runaway Train

Movie · as Sara

1985
The Trip to Bountiful poster

The Trip to Bountiful

Movie · as Thelma

1985
The Slugger's Wife poster

The Slugger's Wife

Movie · as Debby Palmer

1985
Tall Tales & Legends poster

Tall Tales & Legends

TV · as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley · 1 ep

1983
Risky Business poster

Risky Business

Movie · as Lana

1983
Testament poster

Testament

Movie · as Cathy Pitkin

1982
One from the Heart poster

One from the Heart

Movie · as Understudy

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Cathy Pitkin · 1 ep

1981
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour poster

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

Movie · as Hot Tub Groupie

1974
NOVA poster

NOVA

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep