
Rebecca De Mornay
Acting
Born: 1959-08-29 Β· Santa Rosa, California, USA
Biography
Rebecca De MornayΒ (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.
π¬ Movies (20)

Saint Clare
2025
Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry

Off the Record
2025
Kate

Peter Five Eight
2024
Brenda

Angel Baby
2023
Maggie

She Ball
2020
Aggie

Periphery
2018
Vi Warner

I Am Wrath
2016
Vivian Hill

Collar
2015
Ramona Billingsley
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
2013
Sara (archive footage)

Apartment 1303 3D
2012
Maddie Slate

American Reunion
2012
Finch's Mom (uncredited)

Mother's Day
2010
Natalie 'Mother' Koffin

Flipped
2010
Patsy Loski

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

American Venus
2007
Celia

Music Within
2007
Richard's Mom

Wedding Crashers
2005
Mrs. Kroeger

Lords of Dogtown
2005
Philaine

Raise Your Voice
2004
Nina Fletcher

Identity
2003
Caroline Suzanne
πΊ TV Shows (19)

Lucifer
2016
Penelope

Lucifer
2016
Penelope Decker

Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015
Dorothy Walker

Hawaii Five-0
2010
Barbara Cotchin

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Self

John from Cincinnati
2007
Cissy Yost

NCIS
2003
Carla Marino

Salem Witch Trials
2003
Elizabeth Parris

A Girl Thing
2001
Kim McCormack

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Tessa McKellen

The Shining
1997
Wendy Torrance

The Practice
1997
Hannah Rose

Lo + plus
1995
Self - Guest

The Outer Limits
1995
Woman

ER
1994
Elaine Nichols

An Inconvenient Woman
1991
Flo

Tanner '88
1988
Self

Tall Tales & Legends
1985
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley

NOVA
1974
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