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
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
I Am Wrath (2016)
as Vivian Hill
The Three Musketeers (1993)
as Milady de Winter
Backdraft (1991)
as Helen McCaffrey
Risky Business (1983)
as Lana
Runaway Train (1985)
as Sara
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
as Philaine
The Gentleman Thief (2026)
as Odessa
Testament (1983)
as Cathy Pitkin
Thick as Thieves (1999)
as Petrone
And God Created Woman (1988)
as Robin Shea
One from the Heart (1982)
as Understudy
Dealers (1989)
as Anna Schuman
Raise Your Voice (2004)
as Nina Fletcher
Periphery (2018)
as Vi Warner
Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
Mother's Day (2010)
as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
Feds! (1988)
as Ellis DeWitt
Guilty as Sin (1993)
as Jennifer Haines
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
as Moreau
Apartment 1303 3D (2012)
as Maddie Slate
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)
as Claire Dupin
Wicked Ways (1999)
as Ruth Draper
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
as Thelma
Saint Clare (2025)
as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
Blind Side (1993)
as Lynn Kaines
Collar (2015)
as Ramona Billingsley
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
as Beauty
She Ball (2020)
as Aggie
Lost On Everest (2000)
Actor
The Slugger's Wife (1985)
as Debby Palmer
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business (2008)
as Self
Getting Out (1994)
as Arlene Holsclaw
The Winner (1996)
as Louise
The Right Temptation (2000)
as Derian McCall
Range of Motion (2000)
as Lainey Berman
Music Within (2007)
as Richard's Mom
Night Ride Home (1999)
as Nora Mahler
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1981)
as Hot Tub Groupie
Off the Record (2025)
as Kate
The Con (1998)
as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
Peter Five Eight (2024)
as Brenda
American Venus (2007)
as Celia
Pecos Bill (1986)
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
The Up and Comer (—)
Actor
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky (2013)
as Sara (archive footage)
Angel Baby (2023)
as Maggie
Giving Thanks (—)
as Aunt Theodora