Acting

Rebecca De Mornay

1959-08-29 · 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.

Movies & TV shows

72 credits

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · Tessa McKellen

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NCIS

2003 · Carla Marino

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Hawaii Five-0

2010 · Barbara Cotchin

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Lucifer

2016 · Penelope

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Lucifer

2016 · Penelope Decker

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NOVA

1974 · Narrator

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ER

1994 · Elaine Nichols

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American Playhouse

1982 · Cathy Pitkin

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The Practice

1997 · Hannah Rose

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The Outer Limits

1995 · Woman

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Marvel's Jessica Jones

2015 · Dorothy Walker

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Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009 · Self

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Identity

2003 · Caroline Suzanne

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Flipped

2010 · Patsy Loski

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The Three Musketeers

1993 · Milady de Winter

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Wedding Crashers

2005 · Mrs. Kroeger

The Shining

1997 · Wendy Torrance

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American Reunion

2012 · Finch's Mom (uncredited)

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Backdraft

1991 · Helen McCaffrey

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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

1992 · Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders

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Risky Business

1983 · Lana

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Lo + plus

1995 · Self - Guest

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I Am Wrath

2016 · Vivian Hill

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The Gentleman Thief

2026 · Odessa

Tall Tales & Legends

1985 · Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley

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A Girl Thing

2001 · Kim McCormack

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John from Cincinnati

2007 · Cissy Yost

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Lords of Dogtown

2005 · Philaine

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Tanner '88

1988 · Self

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Runaway Train

1985 · Sara

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Never Talk to Strangers

1995 · Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor

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Testament

1983 · Cathy Pitkin

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Thick as Thieves

1999 · Petrone

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Raise Your Voice

2004 · Nina Fletcher

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Mother's Day

2010 · Natalie 'Mother' Koffin

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An Inconvenient Woman

1991 · Flo

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Salem Witch Trials

2003 · Elizabeth Parris

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One from the Heart

1982 · Understudy

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By Dawn's Early Light

1990 · Moreau

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The Right Temptation

2000 · Derian McCall

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Music Within

2007 · Richard's Mom

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Guilty as Sin

1993 · Jennifer Haines

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And God Created Woman

1988 · Robin Shea

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Saint Clare

2025 · Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry

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Peter Five Eight

2024 · Brenda

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Apartment 1303 3D

2012 · Maddie Slate

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Blind Side

1993 · Lynn Kaines

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The Trip to Bountiful

1985 · Thelma

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Periphery

2018 · Vi Warner

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Feds!

1988 · Ellis DeWitt

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The Slugger's Wife

1985 · Debby Palmer

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Wicked Ways

1999 · Ruth Draper

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Dealers

1989 · Anna Schuman

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She Ball

2020 · Aggie

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Off the Record

2025 · Kate

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The Murders in the Rue Morgue

1986 · Claire Dupin

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The Winner

1996 · Louise

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The Con

1998 · Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood

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Getting Out

1994 · Arlene Holsclaw

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American Venus

2007 · Celia

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Night Ride Home

1999 · Nora Mahler

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Beauty and the Beast

1987 · Beauty

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Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

1981 · Hot Tub Groupie

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The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business

2008 · Self

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Pecos Bill

1986 · Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley

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Range of Motion

2000 · Lainey Berman

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Angel Baby

2023 · Maggie

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Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky

2013 · Sara (archive footage)

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The Up and Comer

—

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Collar

2015 · Ramona Billingsley

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Giving Thanks

— · Aunt Theodora

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Lost On Everest

2000

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