
Rebecca De Mornay
Acting
Born 1959-08-29 · Santa Rosa, California, USA
Rebecca De Mornay (born 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

Identity
2003 · Movie

Flipped
2010 · Movie

American Reunion
2012 · Movie

Wedding Crashers
2005 · Movie

Backdraft
1991 · Movie

The Three Musketeers
1993 · Movie

Risky Business
1983 · Movie

Lords of Dogtown
2005 · Movie

Runaway Train
1985 · Movie

Mother's Day
2010 · Movie

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992 · Movie

I Am Wrath
2016 · Movie

Testament
1983 · Movie

Thick as Thieves
1999 · Movie

Raise Your Voice
2004 · Movie

The Trip to Bountiful
1985 · Movie

One from the Heart
1982 · Movie

Salem Witch Trials
2002 · Movie

By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Movie

Lost On Everest
2000 · Movie

Guilty as Sin
1993 · Movie

She Ball
2020 · Movie

Music Within
2007 · Movie

Never Talk to Strangers
1995 · Movie

Feds!
1988 · Movie

Dealers
1989 · Movie

Blind Side
1993 · Movie

The Con
1998 · Movie

The Right Temptation
2000 · Movie

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986 · Movie

Off the Record
2025 · Movie

Wicked Ways
1999 · Movie

Saint Clare
2025 · Movie

Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Movie

Night Ride Home
1999 · Movie

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981 · Movie

The Winner
1996 · Movie

Getting Out
1994 · Movie

The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008 · Movie

Range of Motion
2000 · Movie

And God Created Woman
1988 · Movie

American Venus
2007 · Movie

Apartment 1303 3D
2012 · Movie

Peter Five Eight
2024 · Movie

The Slugger's Wife
1985 · Movie

Angel Baby
2023 · Movie

Pecos Bill
1986 · Movie

Periphery
2018 · Movie

Giving Thanks
— · Movie

Collar
2015 · Movie