Rebecca De Mornay
Born
August 29, 1959 (65 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Rebecca De Mornay (born 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.
Peter Five Eight
Brenda
2024
Apartment 1303 3D
Maddie Slate
2012
Mother's Day
Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
2010
Flipped
Patsy Loski
2010
American Venus
Celia
2007
Music Within
Richard's Mom
2007
Wedding Crashers
Mrs. Kroeger
2005
Lords of Dogtown
Philaine
2005
Raise Your Voice
Nina Fletcher
2004
Identity
Caroline Suzanne
2003
A Girl Thing
Kim McCormack
2001
Range of Motion
Lainey Berman
2000
The Right Temptation
Derian McCall
2000
Wicked Ways
Ruth Draper
1999
Thick as Thieves
Petrone
1999
The Con
Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
1998
The Winner
Louise
1996
Never Talk to Strangers
Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
1995
The Three Musketeers
Milady
1993
Guilty as Sin
Jennifer Haines
1993
Blind Side
Lynn Kaines
1993
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
1992
Backdraft
Helen McCaffrey
1991
By Dawn's Early Light
Moreau
1990
Dealers
Anna Schuman
1989
Feds
Ellis DeWitt
1988
And God Created Woman
Robin Shea
1988
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty
1987
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Claire Dupin
1986
Pecos Bill
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
1986
The Trip to Bountiful
Thelma
1985
Runaway Train
Sara
1985
Risky Business
Lana
1983
Giving Thanks
Aunt Theodora
Saint Clare
Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
2025
Off the Record
Kate
2025
She Ball
Aggie
2020
Periphery
Vi Warner
2018
I Am Wrath
Vivian Hill
2016
Lucifer
Penelope · (1 episode)
2016
Lucifer
Penelope Decker · (2 episodes)
2016
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Dorothy Walker · (13 episodes)
2015
Collar
Ramona Billingsley
2015
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
Sara (archive footage)
2013
American Reunion
Finch's Mom (uncredited)
2012
Hawaii Five-0
Barbara Cotchin · (1 episode)
2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · (1 episode)
2009
The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
Self
2008
John from Cincinnati
Cissy Yost · (10 episodes)
2007
NCIS
Carla Marino · (2 episodes)
2003
Salem Witch Trials
Elizabeth Parris
2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Tessa McKellen · (1 episode)
1999
Night Ride Home
Nora Mahler
1999
The Shining
Wendy Torrance · (3 episodes)
1997
The Practice
Hannah Rose · (4 episodes)
1997
Lo + plus
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1995
The Outer Limits
Woman · (1 episode)
1995
ER
Elaine Nichols · (5 episodes)
1994
Getting Out
Arlene Holsclaw
1994
Tall Tales & Legends
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley · (1 episode)
1985
Testament
Cathy Pitkin
1983
One from the Heart
Understudy
1981
The Up and Comer
Table for One
Ruth Draper
An Inconvenient Woman
Flo · (2 episodes)
1991
Tanner '88
Self · (1 episode)
1988
The Slugger's Wife
Debby Palmer
1985
NOVA
Narrator · (1 episode)
1974