Rebecca De Mornay
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Three Musketeers
as Milady
1993
Identity
as Caroline Suzanne
2003
Backdraft
as Helen McCaffrey
1991
Guilty as Sin
as Jennifer Haines
1993
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
1992
By Dawn's Early Light
as Moreau
1990
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Claire Dupin
1986
Runaway Train
as Sara
1985
Wedding Crashers
as Mrs. Kroeger
2005
Feds!
as Ellis DeWitt
1988
Lords of Dogtown
as Philaine
2005
Risky Business
as Lana
1983
Raise Your Voice
as Nina Fletcher
2004
Music Within
as Richard's Mom
2007
Blind Side
as Lynn Kaines
1993
And God Created Woman
as Robin Shea
1988
Flipped
as Patsy Loski
2010
The Trip to Bountiful
as Thelma
1985
Thick as Thieves
as Petrone
1999
Beauty and the Beast
as Beauty
1987
TV Appearances
John from Cincinnati
as Cissy Yost
2007
The Shining
as Wendy Torrance
1997
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Tessa McKellen
1999
Lucifer
as Penelope
2016
The Outer Limits
as Woman
1995
Tanner '88
as Self
1988
NOVA
as Narrator
1974
The Practice
as Hannah Rose
1997
Lucifer
as Penelope Decker
2016
Marvel's Jessica Jones
as Dorothy Walker
2015
An Inconvenient Woman
as Flo
1991
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009