Rebecca De Mornay

64 · Born: Aug 29, 1959

Personal Details

Born Aug 29, 1959 Santa Rosa, California, USA

Parents

Julie Eagar
Wally George
Richard De Mornay

Relatives

Eugenia Clinchard (Grandparent)
Peter De Mornay (Half Sibling)
Dey Young (Aunt or Uncle)

Biography

Rebecca De Mornay (born August 29, 1959, height 5' 5½" (1,66 m)) 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.

Career

acting

2024

Peter Five Eight

Peter Five Eight as Brenda

2023

Angel Baby as Maggie

2018

Periphery as Vi Warner

2016

I Am Wrath as Vivian Hill

Lucifer as Penelope Decker

2015

Collar as Ramona Billingsley

Jessica Jones as Dorothy Walker

2012

Apartment 1303 3D

Apartment 1303 3D as Maddie Slate

2010

Flipped as Pasty Loski

Mother's Day as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin

2007

Music Within as Richard's Mom

American Venus as Celia

John from Cincinnati

John from Cincinnati as Cissy Yost

2005

Lords of Dogtown

Lords of Dogtown as Philaine

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Tessa McKellen

2004

Raise Your Voice

Raise Your Voice as Nina Fletcher

2002

Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials as Elizabeth Parris

2001

A Girl Thing as Kim McCormack

2000

The Right Temptation

The Right Temptation as Derian McCall

Range of Motion

Range of Motion as Lainey Berman

1999

Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves as Petrone

Table for One as Ruth Draper

Night Ride Home

Night Ride Home as Nora Mahler

1998

The Con as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood

1997

The Shining as Wendy Torrance

1996

The Winner as Louise

1995

Never Talk to Strangers

Never Talk to Strangers as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits as Woman

1994

Getting Out as Arlene Holsclaw

1993

Blind Side as Lynn Kaines

Guilty as Sin as Jennifer Haines

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers as Milady

1992

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders

1991

Backdraft as Helen McCaffrey

An Inconvenient Woman

An Inconvenient Woman as Flo

1990

By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light as Capt. Moreau

1989

Dealers as Anna Schuman

1988

Feds as Ellis DeWitt

And God Created Woman

And God Created Woman as Robin Shea

1987

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast as Beauty

1986

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Murders in the Rue Morgue as Claire Dupin

Tall Tales & Legends

Tall Tales & Legends as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley

1985

The Slugger's Wife

The Slugger's Wife as Debby Huston

The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to Bountiful as Thelma

Runaway Train as Sara

1983

Risky Business as Lana

Testament as Cathy Pitkin

appearances

2020

Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth

Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth

2008

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

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