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.
Awards & recognition
- Time Machine Award · 2010
- MTV Movie Award — Best Villain · 1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Actress · 1989 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Lucifer
Flipped
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
ER
Hawaii Five-0
The Practice
The Outer Limits
NCIS
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Identity
The Trip to Bountiful
Lords of Dogtown
Runaway Train
NOVA
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Backdraft
Risky Business
Mother's Day
Wedding Crashers
Raise Your Voice
By Dawn's Early Light
She Ball
Music Within
The Three Musketeers
Testament
American Reunion
The Shining
John from Cincinnati
Beauty and the Beast
Salem Witch Trials
Thick as Thieves
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
One from the Heart
The Right Temptation
Off the Record
I Am Wrath
Night Ride Home
Feds
Guilty as Sin
Wicked Ways
Never Talk to Strangers
Saint Clare
Range of Motion
The Winner
American Venus
Peter Five Eight
And God Created Woman
Apartment 1303 3D
The Slugger's Wife