Rebecca De Mornay
Acting
Born August 29, 1959 · Santa Rosa, California, USA
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
Filmography
Saint Clare
2025 · Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
Peter Five Eight
2024 · Brenda
She Ball
2020 · Aggie
I Am Wrath
2016 · Vivian Hill
Apartment 1303 3D
2012 · Maddie Slate
American Reunion
2012 · Finch's Mom (uncredited)
Flipped
2010 · Patsy Loski
Mother's Day
2010 · Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
Music Within
2007 · Richard's Mom
Wedding Crashers
2005 · Mrs. Kroeger
Lords of Dogtown
2005 · Philaine
Raise Your Voice
2004 · Nina Fletcher
Identity
2003 · Caroline Suzanne
Salem Witch Trials
2002 · Elizabeth Parris
The Right Temptation
2000 · Derian McCall
Thick as Thieves
1999 · Petrone
Wicked Ways
1999 · Ruth Draper
The Con
1998 · Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
The Winner
1996 · Louise
Never Talk to Strangers
1995 · Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
The Three Musketeers
1993 · Milady de Winter
Guilty as Sin
1993 · Jennifer Haines
Blind Side
1993 · Lynn Kaines
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992 · Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
Backdraft
1991 · Helen McCaffrey
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Moreau
Feds!
1988 · Ellis DeWitt
And God Created Woman
1988 · Robin Shea
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Beauty
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986 · Claire Dupin
Runaway Train
1985 · Sara
The Trip to Bountiful
1985 · Thelma
The Slugger's Wife
1985 · Debby Palmer
Risky Business
1983 · Lana
Testament
1983 · Cathy Pitkin
One from the Heart
1982 · Understudy