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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Saint Clare
2025
as Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
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
2025
as Kate
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
2024
as Brenda
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
2020
as Aggie
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
2018
as Vi Warner
A dying woman wishes to see her family through the good times and the bad times she will miss.

I Am Wrath
2016
as Vivian Hill
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.

Collar
2015
as Ramona Billingsley
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...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
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)
Andrei Konchalovsky reflects on the making of Runaway Train.

Apartment 1303 3D
2012
as Maddie Slate
A woman uncovers sinister secrets while investigating the apparent suicide of her sister.

American Reunion
2012
as Finch's Mom (uncredited)
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
2010
as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.

Flipped
2010
as Patsy Loski
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
2008
as Self
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
2007
as Celia
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
2007
as Richard's Mom
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
2005
as Mrs. Kroeger
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
2005
as Philaine
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
2004
as Nina Fletcher
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
2003
as Caroline Suzanne
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
2002
as Elizabeth Parris
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
2001
as Kim McCormack
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
2000
as Lainey Berman
A woman intensely believes her husband will recover from a coma during the holiday season.

The Right Temptation
2000
as Derian McCall
A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.

Wicked Ways
1999
as Ruth Draper
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
1999
Co-Executive Producer
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
1999
as Petrone
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
1999
as Nora Mahler
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
1998
as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
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
1996
as Louise
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
1995
as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
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
1995
Executive Producer
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
1994
as Arlene Holsclaw
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
1993
as Milady
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
1993
as Jennifer Haines
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.

Blind Side
1993
as Lynn Kaines
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
1992
as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
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
1991
as Helen McCaffrey
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
1990
as Moreau
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
1989
as Anna Schuman
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
1988
as Ellis DeWitt
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
1988
as Robin Shea
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
1987
as Beauty
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
1986
as Claire Dupin
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.

Pecos Bill
1986
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
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
1985
as Thelma
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
1985
as Sara
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
1985
as Debby Palmer
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
1983
as Cathy Pitkin
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
1983
as Lana
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
1981
as Understudy
The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a more interesting partner.

Giving Thanks
N/A
as Aunt Theodora
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
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
N/A
as Ruth Draper
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.