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