Acting
Rebecca De Mornay
Acting · Born 1959-08-29 · 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.
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FilmThe Gentleman Thief
2026 · Odessa
FilmSaint Clare
2025 · Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
FilmOff the Record
2025 · Kate
FilmPeter Five Eight
2024 · Brenda
FilmAngel Baby
2023 · Maggie
FilmShe Ball
2020 · Aggie
FilmI Am Wrath
2016 · Vivian Hill
Lucifer
2016 · Penelope
Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015 · Dorothy Walker
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
FilmRunning on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
2013 · Sara (archive footage)
FilmApartment 1303 3D
2012 · Maddie Slate
FilmAmerican Reunion
2012 · Finch's Mom (uncredited)
FilmMother's Day
2010 · Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Barbara Cotchin
FilmFlipped
2010 · Patsy Loski
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
FilmThe Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008 · Self
FilmAmerican Venus
2007 · Celia
John from Cincinnati
2007 · Cissy Yost
FilmMusic Within
2007 · Richard's Mom
FilmWedding Crashers
2005 · Mrs. Kroeger
FilmLords of Dogtown
2005 · Philaine
FilmRaise Your Voice
2004 · Nina Fletcher
NCIS
2003 · Carla Marino
FilmIdentity
2003 · Caroline Suzanne
Salem Witch Trials
2003 · Elizabeth Parris
A Girl Thing
2001 · Kim McCormack
FilmRange of Motion
2000 · Lainey Berman
FilmThe Right Temptation
2000 · Derian McCall
FilmLost On Everest
2000
FilmWicked Ways
1999 · Ruth Draper
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Tessa McKellen
FilmThick as Thieves
1999 · Petrone
FilmNight Ride Home
1999 · Nora Mahler
FilmThe Con
1998 · Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
The Shining
1997 · Wendy Torrance
The Practice
1997 · Hannah Rose
FilmThe Winner
1996 · Louise
FilmNever Talk to Strangers
1995 · Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
Lo + plus
1995 · Self - Guest
The Outer Limits
1995 · Woman
ER
1994 · Elaine Nichols
FilmGetting Out
1994 · Arlene Holsclaw
FilmThe Three Musketeers
1993 · Milady de Winter
FilmGuilty as Sin
1993 · Jennifer Haines
FilmBlind Side
1993 · Lynn Kaines
FilmThe Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992 · Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
FilmBackdraft
1991 · Helen McCaffrey
An Inconvenient Woman
1991 · Flo
FilmBy Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Moreau
FilmDealers
1989 · Anna Schuman
FilmFeds!
1988 · Ellis DeWitt
FilmAnd God Created Woman
1988 · Robin Shea
Tanner '88
1988 · Self
FilmBeauty and the Beast
1987 · Beauty
FilmThe Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986 · Claire Dupin
FilmThe Trip to Bountiful
1985 · Thelma
FilmRunaway Train
1985 · Sara
Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
FilmThe Slugger's Wife
1985 · Debby Palmer
FilmTestament
1983 · Cathy Pitkin
FilmRisky Business
1983 · Lana
FilmOne from the Heart
1982 · Understudy
American Playhouse
1982 · Cathy Pitkin
FilmSpinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981 · Hot Tub Groupie
NOVA
1974 · Narrator