
Rebecca De Mornay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1959
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- Presenting Geraldine Page
Presenting Geraldine Page TBA
Actor
- The Up and Comer
The Up and Comer TBA
Actor

Giving Thanks TBA
as Aunt Theodora

The Gentleman Thief 2026
as Odessa

Saint Clare 2025
as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry

Off the Record 2025
as Kate

Peter Five Eight 2024
as Brenda

Angel Baby 2023
as Maggie

She Ball 2020
as Aggie

Periphery 2018
as Vi Warner

I Am Wrath 2016
as Vivian Hill

Collar 2015
as Ramona Billingsley
- Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky 2013
as Sara (archive footage)

Apartment 1303 3D 2012
as Maddie Slate

American Reunion 2012
as Finch's Mom (uncredited)

Mother's Day 2010
as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin

Flipped 2010
as Patsy Loski

The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business 2008
as Self

American Venus 2007
as Celia

Music Within 2007
as Richard's Mom

Wedding Crashers 2005
as Mrs. Kroeger

Lords of Dogtown 2005
as Philaine

Raise Your Voice 2004
as Nina Fletcher

Identity 2003
as Caroline Suzanne

Range of Motion 2000
as Lainey Berman

The Right Temptation 2000
as Derian McCall

Lost On Everest 2000
Actor

Wicked Ways 1999
as Ruth Draper, Co-Executive Producer

Thick as Thieves 1999
as Petrone

Night Ride Home 1999
as Nora Mahler

The Con 1998
as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood

The Winner 1996
as Louise, Executive Producer

Never Talk to Strangers 1995
as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor, Executive Producer

Getting Out 1994
as Arlene Holsclaw

The Three Musketeers 1993
as Milady de Winter

Guilty as Sin 1993
as Jennifer Haines

Blind Side 1993
as Lynn Kaines

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 1992
as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders

Backdraft 1991
as Helen McCaffrey

By Dawn's Early Light 1990
as Moreau

Dealers 1989
as Anna Schuman

Feds! 1988
as Ellis DeWitt

And God Created Woman 1988
as Robin Shea

Beauty and the Beast 1987
as Beauty

The Murders in the Rue Morgue 1986
as Claire Dupin

Pecos Bill 1986
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley

The Trip to Bountiful 1985
as Thelma

Runaway Train 1985
as Sara

The Slugger's Wife 1985
as Debby Palmer

Testament 1983
as Cathy Pitkin

Risky Business 1983
as Lana

One from the Heart 1982
as Understudy

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour 1981
as Hot Tub Groupie
Credits from TMDB.