Rebecca De Mornay
Acting
Rebecca De Mornay (born 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.
TV Shows(18)
Lucifer
Penelope
2016
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Dorothy Walker
2015
Hawaii Five-0
Barbara Cotchin
2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
John from Cincinnati
Cissy Yost
2007
NCIS
Carla Marino
2003
Salem Witch Trials
Elizabeth Parris
2003
A Girl Thing
Kim McCormack
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Tessa McKellen
1999
The Shining
Wendy Torrance
1997
The Practice
Hannah Rose
1997
Lo + plus
Self - Guest
1995
The Outer Limits
Woman
1995
ER
Elaine Nichols
1994
An Inconvenient Woman
Flo
1991
Tanner '88
Self
1988
Tall Tales & Legends
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
1985
NOVA
Narrator
1974
Movies(52)
Saint Clare
Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
2025
Off the Record
Kate
2025
Peter Five Eight
Brenda
2024
Angel Baby
Maggie
2023
She Ball
Aggie
2020
Periphery
Vi Warner
2018
I Am Wrath
Vivian Hill
2016
Collar
Ramona Billingsley
2015
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
Sara (archive footage)
2013
Apartment 1303 3D
Maddie Slate
2012
American Reunion
Finch's Mom (uncredited)
2012
Mother's Day
Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
2010
Flipped
Patsy Loski
2010
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
Self
2008
American Venus
Celia
2007
Music Within
Richard's Mom
2007
Wedding Crashers
Mrs. Kroeger
2005
Lords of Dogtown
Philaine
2005
Raise Your Voice
Nina Fletcher
2004
Identity
Caroline Suzanne
2003
Salem Witch Trials
Elizabeth Parris
2002
Range of Motion
Lainey Berman
2000
The Right Temptation
Derian McCall
2000
Lost On Everest
2000
Wicked Ways
Ruth Draper
1999
Thick as Thieves
Petrone
1999
Night Ride Home
Nora Mahler
1999
The Con
Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
1998
The Winner
Louise
1996
Never Talk to Strangers
Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
1995
Getting Out
Arlene Holsclaw
1994
The Three Musketeers
Milady
1993
Guilty as Sin
Jennifer Haines
1993
Blind Side
Lynn Kaines
1993
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
1992
Backdraft
Helen McCaffrey
1991
By Dawn's Early Light
Moreau
1990
Dealers
Anna Schuman
1989
Feds!
Ellis DeWitt
1988
And God Created Woman
Robin Shea
1988
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty
1987
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Claire Dupin
1986
Pecos Bill
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
1986
The Trip to Bountiful
Thelma
1985
Runaway Train
Sara
1985
The Slugger's Wife
Debby Palmer
1985
Testament
Cathy Pitkin
1983
Risky Business
Lana
1983
One from the Heart
Understudy
1982
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
Hot Tub Groupie
1981
Giving Thanks
Aunt Theodora
The Up and Comer