Acting

Rebecca De Mornay

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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The Gentleman Thief
as Odessa
2026
Saint Clare
as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
2025
Off the Record
as Kate
2025
Peter Five Eight
as Brenda
2024
Angel Baby
as Maggie
2023
She Ball
as Aggie
2020
Periphery
as Vi Warner
2018
I Am Wrath
as Vivian Hill
2016
Lucifer
as Penelope
2016
Lucifer
as Penelope Decker
2016
Marvel's Jessica Jones
as Dorothy Walker
2015
Collar
as Ramona Billingsley
2015
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
as Sara (archive footage)
2013
Apartment 1303 3D
as Maddie Slate
2012
American Reunion
as Finch's Mom (uncredited)
2012
Mother's Day
as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
2010
Hawaii Five-0
as Barbara Cotchin
2010
Flipped
as Patsy Loski
2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
as Self
2008
American Venus
as Celia
2007
John from Cincinnati
as Cissy Yost
2007
Music Within
as Richard's Mom
2007
Wedding Crashers
as Mrs. Kroeger
2005
Lords of Dogtown
as Philaine
2005
Raise Your Voice
as Nina Fletcher
2004
NCIS
as Carla Marino
2003
Identity
as Caroline Suzanne
2003
Salem Witch Trials
as Elizabeth Parris
2003
A Girl Thing
as Kim McCormack
2001
Range of Motion
as Lainey Berman
2000
The Right Temptation
as Derian McCall
2000
Lost On Everest
2000
Wicked Ways
as Ruth Draper
1999
Wicked Ways
Co-Executive Producer
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Tessa McKellen
1999
Thick as Thieves
as Petrone
1999
Night Ride Home
as Nora Mahler
1999
The Con
as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
1998
The Shining
as Wendy Torrance
1997
The Practice
as Hannah Rose
1997
The Winner
as Louise
1996
The Winner
Executive Producer
1996
Never Talk to Strangers
as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
1995
Never Talk to Strangers
Executive Producer
1995
Lo + plus
as Self - Guest
1995
The Outer Limits
as Woman
1995
The Outer Limits
Director
1995
ER
as Elaine Nichols
1994
Getting Out
as Arlene Holsclaw
1994
The Three Musketeers
as Milady de Winter
1993
Guilty as Sin
as Jennifer Haines
1993
Blind Side
as Lynn Kaines
1993
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
1992
Backdraft
as Helen McCaffrey
1991
An Inconvenient Woman
as Flo
1991
By Dawn's Early Light
as Moreau
1990
Dealers
as Anna Schuman
1989
Feds!
as Ellis DeWitt
1988
And God Created Woman
as Robin Shea
1988
Tanner '88
as Self
1988
Beauty and the Beast
as Beauty
1987
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Claire Dupin
1986
Pecos Bill
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
1986
The Trip to Bountiful
as Thelma
1985
Runaway Train
as Sara
1985
Tall Tales & Legends
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
1985
The Slugger's Wife
as Debby Palmer
1985
Testament
as Cathy Pitkin
1983
Risky Business
as Lana
1983
One from the Heart
as Understudy
1982
American Playhouse
as Cathy Pitkin
1982
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
as Hot Tub Groupie
1981
NOVA
as Narrator
1974
Giving Thanks
as Aunt Theodora
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The Up and Comer
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