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Rebecca De Mornay

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Rebecca De Mornay

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Aug 29, 1959 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Santa Rosa, California, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting
2025Off the RecordKate
2025Saint ClareArlene 'Gigi' Newberry
2024Peter Five EightBrenda
2023Angel BabyMaggie
2020She BallAggie
2018PeripheryVi Warner
2016I Am WrathVivian Hill
2016LuciferPenelope
2016LuciferPenelope Decker
2015CollarRamona Billingsley
2015Marvel's Jessica JonesDorothy Walker
2013Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei KonchalovskySara (archive footage)
2012Apartment 1303 3DMaddie Slate
2012American ReunionFinch's Mom (uncredited)
2010FlippedPatsy Loski
2010Mother's DayNatalie 'Mother' Koffin
2010Hawaii Five-0Barbara Cotchin
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf
2008The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky BusinessSelf
2007Music WithinRichard's Mom
2007American VenusCelia
2007John from CincinnatiCissy Yost
2005Wedding CrashersMrs. Kroeger
2005Lords of DogtownPhilaine
2004Raise Your VoiceNina Fletcher
2003IdentityCaroline Suzanne
2003NCISCarla Marino
2003Salem Witch TrialsElizabeth Parris
2002Salem Witch TrialsElizabeth Parris
2001A Girl ThingKim McCormack
2000The Right TemptationDerian McCall
2000Range of MotionLainey Berman
2000Lost On Everest
1999Thick as ThievesPetrone
1999Wicked WaysRuth Draper
1999Night Ride HomeNora Mahler
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTessa McKellen
1998The ConBarbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
1997The ShiningWendy Torrance
1997The PracticeHannah Rose
1996The WinnerLouise
1995Never Talk to StrangersDr. Sarah Alison Taylor
1995The Outer LimitsWoman
1995Lo + plusSelf - Guest
1994Getting OutArlene Holsclaw
1994ERElaine Nichols
1993The Three MusketeersMilady
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
1985Runaway TrainSara
1985The Trip to BountifulThelma
1985The Slugger's WifeDebby Palmer
1985Tall Tales & LegendsRose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
1983Risky BusinessLana
1983TestamentCathy Pitkin
1982One from the HeartUnderstudy
1981Spinal Tap: The Final TourHot Tub Groupie
1974NOVANarrator
-Giving ThanksAunt Theodora
-The Up and Comer
Production
1999Wicked WaysCo-Executive Producer
1995Never Talk to StrangersExecutive Producer
Directing
1995The Outer LimitsDirector