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