Person
Rebecca De Mornay
Acting · Born 1959-08-29 · 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.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Tessa McKellen
NCIS
Carla Marino
Lucifer
Penelope
Hawaii Five-0
Barbara Cotchin
NOVA
Narrator
ER
Elaine Nichols
The Practice
Hannah Rose
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Dorothy Walker
American Playhouse
Cathy Pitkin
The Gentleman Thief
Odessa
Filmography
- 2026The Gentleman ThiefOdessa
- 2025Saint ClareArlene 'Gigi' Newberry
- 2025Off the RecordKate
- 2024Peter Five EightBrenda
- 2023Angel BabyMaggie
- 2020She BallAggie
- 2018PeripheryVi Warner
- 2016I Am WrathVivian Hill
- 2016LuciferPenelope
- 2015Marvel's Jessica JonesDorothy Walker
- 2015CollarRamona Billingsley
- 2013Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei KonchalovskySara (archive footage)
- 2012Apartment 1303 3DMaddie Slate
- 2012American ReunionFinch's Mom (uncredited)
- 2010Mother's DayNatalie 'Mother' Koffin
- 2010Hawaii Five-0Barbara Cotchin
- 2010FlippedPatsy Loski
- 2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf
- 2008The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky BusinessSelf
- 2007American VenusCelia
- 2007John from CincinnatiCissy Yost
- 2007Music WithinRichard's Mom
- 2005Wedding CrashersMrs. Kroeger
- 2005Lords of DogtownPhilaine
- 2004Raise Your VoiceNina Fletcher
- 2003NCISCarla Marino
- 2003IdentityCaroline Suzanne
- 2003Salem Witch TrialsElizabeth Parris
- 2001A Girl ThingKim McCormack
- 2000Range of MotionLainey Berman
- 2000The Right TemptationDerian McCall
- 2000Lost On Everest
- 1999Wicked WaysRuth Draper
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTessa McKellen
- 1999Thick as ThievesPetrone
- 1999Night Ride HomeNora Mahler
- 1998The ConBarbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
- 1997The ShiningWendy Torrance
- 1997The PracticeHannah Rose
- 1996The WinnerLouise
- 1995Never Talk to StrangersDr. Sarah Alison Taylor
- 1995Lo + plusSelf - Guest
- 1995The Outer LimitsWoman
- 1994ERElaine Nichols
- 1994Getting OutArlene Holsclaw
- 1993The Three MusketeersMilady de Winter
- 1993Guilty as SinJennifer Haines
- 1993Blind SideLynn Kaines
- 1992The Hand That Rocks the CradleMrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
- 1991BackdraftHelen McCaffrey
- 1991An Inconvenient WomanFlo
- 1990By Dawn's Early LightMoreau
- 1989DealersAnna Schuman
- 1988Feds!Ellis DeWitt
- 1988And God Created WomanRobin Shea
- 1988Tanner '88Self
- 1987Beauty and the BeastBeauty
- 1986The Murders in the Rue MorgueClaire Dupin
- 1986Pecos BillRose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
- 1985The Trip to BountifulThelma
- 1985Runaway TrainSara
- 1985Tall Tales & LegendsRose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
- 1985The Slugger's WifeDebby Palmer
- 1983TestamentCathy Pitkin
- 1983Risky BusinessLana
- 1982One from the HeartUnderstudy
- 1982American PlayhouseCathy Pitkin
- 1981Spinal Tap: The Final TourHot Tub Groupie
- 1974NOVANarrator
- —Giving ThanksAunt Theodora
- —The Up and Comer
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