Aug 29, 1959 - 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.
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| Movie | 1993 | The Three Musketeers | Milady | |
| Movie | 2003 | Identity | Caroline Suzanne | |
| Movie | 1991 | Backdraft | Helen McCaffrey | |
| Movie | 1993 | Guilty as Sin | Jennifer Haines | |
| Movie | 1992 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders | |
| Movie | 1990 | By Dawn's Early Light | Moreau | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Claire Dupin | |
| Movie | 1985 | Runaway Train | Sara | |
| Movie | 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Mrs. Kroeger | |
| Movie | 1988 | Feds | Ellis DeWitt | |
| Movie | 2005 | Lords of Dogtown | Philaine | |
| Movie | 1983 | Risky Business | Lana | |
| Movie | 2004 | Raise Your Voice | Nina Fletcher | |
| Movie | 2007 | Music Within | Richard's Mom | |
| Movie | 1993 | Blind Side | Lynn Kaines | |
| Movie | 1988 | And God Created Woman | Robin Shea | |
| Movie | 2010 | Flipped | Patsy Loski | |
| Movie | 1985 | The Trip to Bountiful | Thelma | |
| Movie | 1999 | Thick as Thieves | Petrone | |
| Movie | 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | Beauty | |
| Movie | 1995 | Never Talk to Strangers | Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor | |
| Movie | N/A | Giving Thanks | Aunt Theodora | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Right Temptation | Derian McCall | |
| Movie | 1989 | Dealers | Anna Schuman | |
| Movie | 1985 | The Slugger's Wife | Debby Palmer | |
| Movie | 2010 | Mother's Day | Natalie 'Mother' Koffin | |
| Movie | 1986 | Pecos Bill | Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Winner | Louise | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Con | Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood | |
| Movie | 2000 | Range of Motion | Lainey Berman | |
| Movie | 2001 | A Girl Thing | Kim McCormack | |
| Movie | 2012 | Apartment 1303 3D | Maddie Slate | |
| Movie | 2024 | Peter Five Eight | Brenda | |
| Movie | 1999 | Wicked Ways | Ruth Draper | |
| Movie | 2007 | American Venus | Celia | |
| Movie | 1999 | Night Ride Home | Nora Mahler | |
| Movie | 2025 | Off the Record | Kate | |
| Movie | 2025 | Saint Clare | Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry | |
| Movie | 1983 | Testament | Cathy Pitkin | |
| Movie | 2002 | Salem Witch Trials | Elizabeth Parris | |
| Movie | 2016 | I Am Wrath | Vivian Hill | |
| Movie | 1994 | Getting Out | Arlene Holsclaw | |
| Movie | 2015 | Collar | Ramona Billingsley | |
| Movie | 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2020 | She Ball | Aggie | |
| Movie | 2008 | The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business | Self | |
| Movie | 2018 | Periphery | Vi Warner | |
| Movie | 2013 | Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky | Sara (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1982 | One from the Heart | Understudy | |
| Movie | 2012 | American Reunion | Finch's Mom (uncredited) | |
| Movie | N/A | The Up and Comer | ||
| Movie | N/A | Table for One | Ruth Draper | |
| TV Show | 2007 | John from Cincinnati | Cissy Yost | 10 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The Shining | Wendy Torrance | 3 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Tessa McKellen | 1 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Lucifer | Penelope | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | The Outer Limits | Woman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | Tanner '88 | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | NOVA | Narrator | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The Practice | Hannah Rose | 4 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Lucifer | Penelope Decker | 2 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Marvel's Jessica Jones | Dorothy Walker | 13 |
| TV Show | 1991 | An Inconvenient Woman | Flo | 2 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Lo + plus | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | ER | Elaine Nichols | 5 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Barbara Cotchin | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | NCIS | Carla Marino | 2 |
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| Movie | 1995 | Never Talk to Strangers | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1999 | Wicked Ways | Co-Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1995 | The Outer Limits | Director | Directing |
