Acting
Rebecca De Mornay
Born 1959-08-29
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
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Lucifer
2016
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Wedding Crashers
2005
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American Reunion
2012
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NCIS
2003
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Identity
2003
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Flipped
2010
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Hawaii Five-0
2010
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Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015
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Backdraft
1991
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (76 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Gentleman Thief | Odessa | Movie | 2026 |
 | Saint Clare | Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry | Movie | 2025 |
 | Off the Record | Kate | Movie | 2025 |
 | Peter Five Eight | Brenda | Movie | 2024 |
 | Angel Baby | Maggie | Movie | 2023 |
 | She Ball | Aggie | Movie | 2020 |
 | Periphery | Vi Warner | Movie | 2018 |
 | I Am Wrath | Vivian Hill | Movie | 2016 |
 | Lucifer | Penelope | TV Series | 2016 |
| Lucifer | Penelope Decker | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Marvel's Jessica Jones | Dorothy Walker | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Collar | Ramona Billingsley | Movie | 2015 |
| Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky | Sara (archive footage) | Movie | 2013 | |
 | Apartment 1303 3D | Maddie Slate | Movie | 2012 |
 | American Reunion | Finch's Mom (uncredited) | Movie | 2012 |
 | Mother's Day | Natalie 'Mother' Koffin | Movie | 2010 |
 | Hawaii Five-0 | Barbara Cotchin | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Flipped | Patsy Loski | Movie | 2010 |
 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business | Self | Movie | 2008 |
 | American Venus | Celia | Movie | 2007 |
 | John from Cincinnati | Cissy Yost | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Music Within | Richard's Mom | Movie | 2007 |
 | Wedding Crashers | Mrs. Kroeger | Movie | 2005 |
 | Lords of Dogtown | Philaine | Movie | 2005 |
 | Raise Your Voice | Nina Fletcher | Movie | 2004 |
 | NCIS | Carla Marino | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Identity | Caroline Suzanne | Movie | 2003 |
 | Salem Witch Trials | Elizabeth Parris | TV Series | 2003 |
 | A Girl Thing | Kim McCormack | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Range of Motion | Lainey Berman | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Right Temptation | Derian McCall | Movie | 2000 |
 | Lost On Everest | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2000 |
 | Wicked Ways | Ruth Draper | Movie | 1999 |
| Wicked Ways | Co-Executive Producer | Movie | 1999 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Tessa McKellen | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Thick as Thieves | Petrone | Movie | 1999 |
 | Night Ride Home | Nora Mahler | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Con | Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Shining | Wendy Torrance | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The Practice | Hannah Rose | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The Winner | Louise | Movie | 1996 |
| The Winner | Executive Producer | Movie | 1996 |
 | Never Talk to Strangers | Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor | Movie | 1995 |
| Never Talk to Strangers | Executive Producer | Movie | 1995 |
 | Lo + plus | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1995 |
 | The Outer Limits | Woman | TV Series | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Director | TV Series | 1995 |
 | ER | Elaine Nichols | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Getting Out | Arlene Holsclaw | Movie | 1994 |
 | The Three Musketeers | Milady de Winter | Movie | 1993 |
 | Guilty as Sin | Jennifer Haines | Movie | 1993 |
 | Blind Side | Lynn Kaines | Movie | 1993 |
 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders | Movie | 1992 |
 | Backdraft | Helen McCaffrey | Movie | 1991 |
 | An Inconvenient Woman | Flo | TV Series | 1991 |
 | By Dawn's Early Light | Moreau | Movie | 1990 |
 | Dealers | Anna Schuman | Movie | 1989 |
 | Feds! | Ellis DeWitt | Movie | 1988 |
 | And God Created Woman | Robin Shea | Movie | 1988 |
 | Tanner '88 | Self | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Beauty and the Beast | Beauty | Movie | 1987 |
 | The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Claire Dupin | Movie | 1986 |
 | Pecos Bill | Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Trip to Bountiful | Thelma | Movie | 1985 |
 | Runaway Train | Sara | Movie | 1985 |
 | Tall Tales & Legends | Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Slugger's Wife | Debby Palmer | Movie | 1985 |
 | Testament | Cathy Pitkin | Movie | 1983 |
 | Risky Business | Lana | Movie | 1983 |
 | One from the Heart | Understudy | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Cathy Pitkin | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Spinal Tap: The Final Tour | Hot Tub Groupie | Movie | 1981 |
 | NOVA | Narrator | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Giving Thanks | Aunt Theodora | Movie | — |
| The Up and Comer | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |