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
American Reunion (2012)
as Finch's Mom (uncredited)
Identity (2003)
as Caroline Suzanne
Wedding Crashers (2005)
as Mrs. Kroeger
Flipped (2010)
as Patsy Loski
Risky Business (1983)
as Lana
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
The Three Musketeers (1993)
as Milady de Winter
The Gentleman Thief (2026)
as Odessa
I Am Wrath (2016)
as Vivian Hill
Backdraft (1991)
as Helen McCaffrey
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
as Philaine
Runaway Train (1985)
as Sara
Mother's Day (2010)
as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
One from the Heart (1982)
as Understudy
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
as Beauty
Raise Your Voice (2004)
as Nina Fletcher
Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
as Moreau
Guilty as Sin (1993)
as Jennifer Haines
And God Created Woman (1988)
as Robin Shea
Testament (1983)
as Cathy Pitkin
The Slugger's Wife (1985)
as Debby Palmer
Thick as Thieves (1999)
as Petrone
Saint Clare (2025)
as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
as Thelma
Peter Five Eight (2024)
as Brenda
Off the Record (2025)
as Kate
Blind Side (1993)
as Lynn Kaines
Feds! (1988)
as Ellis DeWitt
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)
as Claire Dupin
Apartment 1303 3D (2012)
as Maddie Slate
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1981)
as Hot Tub Groupie
Wicked Ways (1999)
as Ruth Draper
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business (2008)
as Self
The Right Temptation (2000)
as Derian McCall
Getting Out (1994)
as Arlene Holsclaw
Periphery (2018)
as Vi Warner
The Winner (1996)
as Louise
Dealers (1989)
as Anna Schuman
The Up and Comer (—)
Actor
She Ball (2020)
as Aggie
Music Within (2007)
as Richard's Mom
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky (2013)
as Sara (archive footage)
The Con (1998)
as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
Night Ride Home (1999)
as Nora Mahler
American Venus (2007)
as Celia
Range of Motion (2000)
as Lainey Berman
Lost On Everest (2000)
Actor
Giving Thanks (—)
as Aunt Theodora
Pecos Bill (1986)
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
Angel Baby (2023)
as Maggie
Collar (2015)
as Ramona Billingsley