
Rebecca De Mornay
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.
Filmography

Lost On Everest
2000 · 9.0

Lucifer
2016 · 8.4

Flipped
2010 · 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0

ER
1994 · 7.8

Hawaii Five-0
2010 · 7.7

The Outer Limits
1995 · 7.7

NCIS
2003 · 7.6

The Practice
1997 · 7.6

Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015 · 7.5

The Trip to Bountiful
1985 · 7.2

Identity
2003 · 7.2

NOVA
1974 · 7.1

Lords of Dogtown
2005 · 7.1

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992 · 6.9

Runaway Train
1985 · 6.9

Backdraft
1991 · 6.7

American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6

Music Within
2007 · 6.6

Risky Business
1983 · 6.6

Raise Your Voice
2004 · 6.6

Wedding Crashers
2005 · 6.5

By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · 6.5

Mother's Day
2010 · 6.5

American Reunion
2012 · 6.4

Testament
1983 · 6.4

She Ball
2020 · 6.4

The Three Musketeers
1993 · 6.4

The Shining
1997 · 6.3

John from Cincinnati
2007 · 6.3

Beauty and the Beast
1987 · 6.2

Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · 6.0

Thick as Thieves
1999 · 6.0

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
1981 · 6.0

One from the Heart
1982 · 5.9

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
1986 · 5.9

The Right Temptation
2000 · 5.9

An Inconvenient Woman
1991 · 5.8

Feds!
1988 · 5.8

Night Ride Home
1999 · 5.8

I Am Wrath
2016 · 5.8

Guilty as Sin
1993 · 5.7

Dealers
1989 · 5.6

Off the Record
2025 · 5.5

The Con
1998 · 5.5

The Gentleman Thief
2026 · 5.4

Never Talk to Strangers
1995 · 5.4

A Girl Thing
2001 · 5.3

Saint Clare
2025 · 5.1

Wicked Ways
1999 · 5.1

Peter Five Eight
2024 · 4.4

The Winner
1996 · 4.4

American Venus
2007 · 4.4

And God Created Woman
1988 · 4.3

Salem Witch Trials
2003 · 3.7

The Slugger's Wife
1985 · 3.7

Apartment 1303 3D
2012 · 3.6

Angel Baby
2023 · 3.5
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
2013 · 2.0

Blind Channel: After Dark Side
2024 · 0.0

Periphery
2018 · 0.0

Collar
2015 · 0.0

Pecos Bill
1986 · 0.0
The Up and Comer
— · 0.0

Giving Thanks
— · 0.0