
Rebecca De Mornay
Acting
🎂 1959-08-29
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.
Cast credits(69)

Tessa McKellen
1999

Carla Marino
2003

Penelope
2016

Penelope Decker
2016

Barbara Cotchin
2010

Elaine Nichols
1994

Hannah Rose
1997

Narrator
1974

Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
2025

Dorothy Walker
2015

Woman
1995

Self
2009

Finch's Mom (uncredited)
2012

Self - Guest
1995

Mrs. Kroeger
2005

Caroline Suzanne
2003

Patsy Loski
2010

Milady
1993

Sara
1985

Lana
1983

Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
1992

Helen McCaffrey
1991

Wendy Torrance
1997

Self (archive footage)
2014

Philaine
2005

Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
1985

Elizabeth Parris
2002

Vivian Hill
2016

Nina Fletcher
2004

Cissy Yost
2007

Maddie Slate
2012

Aggie
2020

Jennifer Haines
1993

Ellis DeWitt
1988

Thelma
1985

Claire Dupin
1986

Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
1995

Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
2010

Self
1988

Understudy
1982

Kate
2025

Derian McCall
2000

Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
1986

Flo
1991

Moreau
1990

Robin Shea
1988

Lynn Kaines
1993

Ruth Draper

Brenda
2024

Ruth Draper
1999

Nora Mahler
1999

Lainey Berman
2000

Debby Palmer
1985

Petrone
1999

Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
1998

Cathy Pitkin
1983

Louise
1996

Anna Schuman
1989

Self
2008

Richard's Mom
2007

Beauty
1987

Arlene Holsclaw
1994

Kim McCormack
2001

Celia
2007

Vi Warner
2018
Sara (archive footage)
2013

Aunt Theodora

Ramona Billingsley
2015