Rebecca De Mornay
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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.
Known for
Credits
Identity (2003)
as Caroline Suzanne
American Reunion (2012)
as Finch's Mom (uncredited)
Flipped (2010)
as Patsy Loski
Wedding Crashers (2005)
as Mrs. Kroeger
Risky Business (1983)
as Lana
The Three Musketeers (1993)
as Milady de Winter
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
Backdraft (1991)
as Helen McCaffrey
I Am Wrath (2016)
as Vivian Hill
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
as Philaine
Runaway Train (1985)
as Sara
One from the Heart (1982)
as Understudy
Testament (1983)
as Cathy Pitkin
Raise Your Voice (2004)
as Nina Fletcher
Guilty as Sin (1993)
as Jennifer Haines
Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
Mother's Day (2010)
as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
Blind Side (1993)
as Lynn Kaines
Saint Clare (2025)
as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
Thick as Thieves (1999)
as Petrone
And God Created Woman (1988)
as Robin Shea
Salem Witch Trials (2002)
as Elizabeth Parris
Wicked Ways (1999)
as Ruth Draper
She Ball (2020)
as Aggie
Music Within (2007)
as Richard's Mom
The Right Temptation (2000)
as Derian McCall
Apartment 1303 3D (2012)
as Maddie Slate
The Winner (1996)
as Louise
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
as Moreau
Feds! (1988)
as Ellis DeWitt
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky (2013)
as Sara (archive footage)
Getting Out (1994)
as Arlene Holsclaw
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
as Thelma
Pecos Bill (1986)
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
The Con (1998)
as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
Dealers (1989)
as Anna Schuman
The Slugger's Wife (1985)
as Debby Palmer
Off the Record (2025)
as Kate
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)
as Claire Dupin
Periphery (2018)
as Vi Warner
Night Ride Home (1999)
as Nora Mahler
Peter Five Eight (2024)
as Brenda
The Up and Comer (—)
Actor
Angel Baby (2023)
as Maggie
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
as Beauty
Range of Motion (2000)
as Lainey Berman
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business (2008)
as Self
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1981)
as Hot Tub Groupie
American Venus (2007)
as Celia
Collar (2015)
as Ramona Billingsley
Giving Thanks (—)
as Aunt Theodora
Lost On Everest (2000)
Actor