Acting · Santa Rosa, California, USA · Born August 29, 1959
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.
MovieSaint Clare
2025
as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
MovieOff the Record
2025
as Kate
MoviePeter Five Eight
2024
as Brenda
MovieAngel Baby
2023
as Maggie
MovieShe Ball
2020
as Aggie
MoviePeriphery
2018
as Vi Warner
MovieI Am Wrath
2016
as Vivian Hill
TVLucifer
2016
as Penelope
TVMarvel's Jessica Jones
2015
as Dorothy Walker
MovieCollar
2015
as Ramona Billingsley
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
2013
as Sara (archive footage)
MovieApartment 1303 3D
2012
as Maddie Slate
MovieAmerican Reunion
2012
as Finch's Mom (uncredited)
MovieMother's Day
2010
as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
TVHawaii Five-0
2010
as Barbara Cotchin
MovieFlipped
2010
as Patsy Loski
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
MovieThe Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008
as Self
MovieAmerican Venus
2007
as Celia
TVJohn from Cincinnati
2007
as Cissy Yost
MovieMusic Within
2007
as Richard's Mom
MovieWedding Crashers
2005
as Mrs. Kroeger
MovieLords of Dogtown
2005
as Philaine
MovieRaise Your Voice
2004
as Nina Fletcher
TVNCIS
2003
as Carla Marino
MovieIdentity
2003
as Caroline Suzanne
TVSalem Witch Trials
2003
as Elizabeth Parris
TVA Girl Thing
2001
as Kim McCormack
MovieRange of Motion
2000
as Lainey Berman
MovieThe Right Temptation
2000
as Derian McCall
MovieLost On Everest
2000
MovieWicked Ways
1999
as Ruth Draper
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Tessa McKellen
MovieThick as Thieves
1999
as Petrone
MovieNight Ride Home
1999
as Nora Mahler
MovieThe Con
1998
as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
TVThe Shining
1997
as Wendy Torrance
TVThe Practice
1997
as Hannah Rose
MovieThe Winner
1996
as Louise
MovieNever Talk to Strangers
1995
as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
TVLo + plus
1995
as Self - Guest
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Woman
TVER
1994
as Elaine Nichols
MovieGetting Out
1994
as Arlene Holsclaw
MovieThe Three Musketeers
1993
as Milady de Winter
MovieGuilty as Sin
1993
as Jennifer Haines
MovieBlind Side
1993
as Lynn Kaines
MovieThe Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992
as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
MovieBackdraft
1991
as Helen McCaffrey
TVAn Inconvenient Woman
1991
as Flo
MovieBy Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Moreau
MovieDealers
1989
as Anna Schuman
MovieFeds!
1988
as Ellis DeWitt
MovieAnd God Created Woman
1988
as Robin Shea
TVTanner '88
1988
as Self
MovieBeauty and the Beast
1987
as Beauty
MovieThe Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986
as Claire Dupin
MoviePecos Bill
1986
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
MovieThe Trip to Bountiful
1985
as Thelma
MovieRunaway Train
1985
as Sara
TVTall Tales & Legends
1985
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
MovieThe Slugger's Wife
1985
as Debby Palmer
MovieTestament
1983
as Cathy Pitkin
MovieRisky Business
1983
as Lana
MovieOne from the Heart
1982
as Understudy
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Cathy Pitkin
MovieSpinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981
as Hot Tub Groupie
TVNOVA
1974
as Narrator
MovieGiving Thanks
as Aunt Theodora
The Up and Comer
