Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay

1959-08-29 Santa Rosa, California, USA 54 Credits

Biography

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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Saint Clare

Saint Clare

2025

as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry

Acting

In a small town a solitary woman is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate ill intended people and get away with it, until her last kill sucks...

Off the Record

Off the Record

2025

as Kate

Acting

Young singer-songwriter Astor Grey struggles to break free of a toxic relationship with a infamous bad-boy rock star who threatens to destroy her afte...

Peter Five Eight

Peter Five Eight

2024

as Brenda

3.7
Acting

Sam, a seemingly poised and glamorous real estate agent in a small mountain community, is revealed to be an unhinged and troubled alcoholic with a dar...

She Ball

She Ball

2020

as Aggie

6.0
Acting

On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him win the grand prize in a st...

Periphery

Periphery

2018

as Vi Warner

Acting

A dying woman wishes to see her family through the good times and the bad times she will miss.

I Am Wrath

I Am Wrath

2016

as Vivian Hill

5.7
Acting

A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.

Collar

Collar

2015

as Ramona Billingsley

Acting

While his life begins to crumble, TJ Williams's fast fading future is bartered for political gain by his former best friend and boss, a mayor with her...

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky

2013

as Sara (archive footage)

2.0
Acting

Andrei Konchalovsky reflects on the making of Runaway Train.

Apartment 1303 3D

Apartment 1303 3D

2012

as Maddie Slate

3.6
Acting

A woman uncovers sinister secrets while investigating the apparent suicide of her sister.

American Reunion

American Reunion

2012

as Finch's Mom (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will...

Mother's Day

Mother's Day

2010

as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin

6.5
Acting

Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.

Flipped

Flipped

2010

as Patsy Loski

8.0
Acting

When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give u...

The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business

The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business

2008

as Self

5.5
Acting

Set against the landscape of 80s teen culture and the dawn of yuppiedom, this documentary relishes 'Risky Business' for having the brains to break fro...

American Venus

American Venus

2007

as Celia

4.4
Acting

Jenna Lane is a young woman trying to escape family pressure to become an Olympic athlete and define her own individuality. Her mother is Celia, a dee...

Music Within

Music Within

2007

as Richard's Mom

6.5
Acting

After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to...

Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers

2005

as Mrs. Kroeger

6.5
Acting

John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: cra...

Lords of Dogtown

Lords of Dogtown

2005

as Philaine

7.1
Acting

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of spor...

Raise Your Voice

Raise Your Voice

2004

as Nina Fletcher

6.5
Acting

A coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for...

Identity

Identity

2003

as Caroline Suzanne

7.2
Acting

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers th...

Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials

2002

as Elizabeth Parris

6.2
Acting

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in Am...

A Girl Thing

A Girl Thing

2001

as Kim McCormack

3.8
Acting

A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to on...

Range of Motion

Range of Motion

2000

as Lainey Berman

2.0
Acting

A woman intensely believes her husband will recover from a coma during the holiday season.

The Right Temptation

The Right Temptation

2000

as Derian McCall

5.8
Acting

A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.

Wicked Ways

Wicked Ways

1999

as Ruth Draper

5.6
Acting

A wife, her two-timing husband and a flirting neighbor are unpredictable competitors in a warped game that turns into a life-or-death affair.

Wicked Ways

Wicked Ways

1999

Co-Executive Producer

5.6
Producing

A wife, her two-timing husband and a flirting neighbor are unpredictable competitors in a warped game that turns into a life-or-death affair.

Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves

1999

as Petrone

5.9
Acting

Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own...

Night Ride Home

Night Ride Home

1999

as Nora Mahler

5.6
Acting

When a devastating accident tears apart the already frayed marriage of Neal and Nora Mahler, each family member must learn that their own emotions are...

The Con

The Con

1998

as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood

5.3
Acting

A lonely gas station attendent in Mississippi falls in love with a con woman who wants to get her hands on an inheritance he doesn't know about.

The Winner

The Winner

1996

as Louise

4.5
Acting

A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.

Never Talk to Strangers

Never Talk to Strangers

1995

as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor

5.2
Acting

Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relation...

Never Talk to Strangers

Never Talk to Strangers

1995

Executive Producer

5.2
Producing

Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relation...

Getting Out

Getting Out

1994

as Arlene Holsclaw

4.6
Acting

Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca De Mornay) resolves to get a job and lead ...

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1993

as Milady

6.4
Acting

D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbande...

Guilty as Sin

Guilty as Sin

1993

as Jennifer Haines

5.7
Acting

Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.

Blind Side

Blind Side

1993

as Lynn Kaines

5.4
Acting

A couple visits Mexico to scout a new location for their furniture manufacturing business and hit a cop with their car on the way back stateside. Real...

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

1992

as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders

6.9
Acting

A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize P...

Backdraft

Backdraft

1991

as Helen McCaffrey

6.7
Acting

Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torchi...

By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light

1990

as Moreau

6.6
Acting

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race...

Dealers

Dealers

1989

as Anna Schuman

5.4
Acting

The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leadin...

Feds

Feds

1988

as Ellis DeWitt

5.8
Acting

Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns ...

And God Created Woman

And God Created Woman

1988

as Robin Shea

4.3
Acting

In this variation on director Vadim's own, more acclaimed Et Dieu Créa La Femme (1956, the same title in French), the vamp Robin Shea marries charming...

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1987

as Beauty

6.3
Acting

To save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

1986

as Claire Dupin

5.9
Acting

A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.

Pecos Bill

Pecos Bill

1986

as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley

Acting

Steve Guttenberg portrays Pecos Bill, the "King of the Cowboys," in this rootin' tootin' epic. Raised by coyotes, Bill puts the "wild" in the Wild Wes...

The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to Bountiful

1985

as Thelma

7.3
Acting

Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked so...

Runaway Train

Runaway Train

1985

as Sara

7.0
Acting

A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with ...

The Slugger's Wife

The Slugger's Wife

1985

as Debby Palmer

3.4
Acting

Darryl Palmer is a major league baseball player who meets and pursues an attractive singer. After some setbacks, the two are married and sent on an em...

Testament

Testament

1983

as Cathy Pitkin

6.4
Acting

It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has bee...

Risky Business

Risky Business

1983

as Lana

6.6
Acting

Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home ...

One from the Heart

One from the Heart

1981

as Understudy

6.0
Acting

The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a more interesting partner.

Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks

N/A

as Aunt Theodora

Acting

Follows two best friends working in retail who dream about living on their own while seeking fame and fortune. They come up with a plan to kidnap the ...

The Up and Comer

N/A

Acting

Philip Randall is a brilliant attorney poised to become the youngest partner at his prestigious firm. Philip’s idyllic world begins to unravel when a ...

Table for One

Table for One

N/A

as Ruth Draper

Acting

A wife, her two-timing husband and a flirting neighbor are unpredictable competitors in a warped game that turns into a life-or-death affair.