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Rebecca De Mornay

Known for Lucifer · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · NCIS

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…

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Born
Aug 29, 1959
Birthplace
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Known For
Acting

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.

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Known For

TVLucifer
LuciferPenelope · 2016
★ 8.4
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTessa McKellen · 1999
★ 8.0
TVNCIS
NCISCarla Marino · 2003
★ 7.6
TVHawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0Barbara Cotchin · 2010
★ 7.7
TVER
ERElaine Nichols · 1994
★ 7.8
TVThe Outer Limits
The Outer LimitsWoman · 1995
★ 7.7
TVNOVA
NOVANarrator · 1974
★ 7.1
TVThe Practice
The PracticeHannah Rose · 1997
★ 7.6

Filmography

Movies

Spinal Tap: The Final TourHot Tub Groupie
1981
One from the HeartUnderstudy
1982
Risky BusinessLana
1983
TestamentCathy Pitkin
1983
Runaway TrainSara
1985
The Slugger's WifeDebby Palmer
1985
The Trip to BountifulThelma
1985
Pecos BillRose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
1986
The Murders in the Rue MorgueClaire Dupin
1986
Beauty and the BeastBeauty
1987
And God Created WomanRobin Shea
1988
Feds!Ellis DeWitt
1988
DealersAnna Schuman
1989
By Dawn's Early LightMoreau
1990
BackdraftHelen McCaffrey
1991
The Hand That Rocks the CradleMrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
1992
Blind SideLynn Kaines
1993
Guilty as SinJennifer Haines
1993
The Three MusketeersMilady de Winter
1993
Getting OutArlene Holsclaw
1994
Never Talk to StrangersDr. Sarah Alison Taylor
1995
Never Talk to StrangersExecutive Producer
1995
The WinnerLouise
1996
The WinnerExecutive Producer
1996
The ConBarbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
1998
Night Ride HomeNora Mahler
1999
Thick as ThievesPetrone
1999
Wicked WaysRuth Draper
1999
Wicked WaysCo-Executive Producer
1999
Lost On Everest
2000
Range of MotionLainey Berman
2000
The Right TemptationDerian McCall
2000
IdentityCaroline Suzanne
2003
Raise Your VoiceNina Fletcher
2004
Lords of DogtownPhilaine
2005
Wedding CrashersMrs. Kroeger
2005
American VenusCelia
2007
Music WithinRichard's Mom
2007
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky BusinessSelf
2008
FlippedPatsy Loski
2010
Mother's DayNatalie 'Mother' Koffin
2010
American ReunionFinch's Mom (uncredited)
2012
Apartment 1303 3DMaddie Slate
2012
RO
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei KonchalovskySara (archive footage)
2013
CollarRamona Billingsley
2015
I Am WrathVivian Hill
2016
PeripheryVi Warner
2018
She BallAggie
2020
Angel BabyMaggie
2023
Peter Five EightBrenda
2024
Off the RecordKate
2025
Saint ClareArlene 'Gigi' Newberry
2025
The Gentleman ThiefOdessa
2026
Giving ThanksAunt Theodora
TU
The Up and Comer

Television

NOVANarrator · 1 eps
1974
American PlayhouseCathy Pitkin · 1 eps
1982
Tall Tales & LegendsRose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley · 1 eps
1985
Tanner '88Self · 1 eps
1988
An Inconvenient WomanFlo · 2 eps
1991
ERElaine Nichols · 5 eps
1994
Lo + plusSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1995
The Outer LimitsWoman · 1 eps
1995
The Outer LimitsDirector
1995
The PracticeHannah Rose · 4 eps
1997
The ShiningWendy Torrance · 3 eps
1997
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTessa McKellen · 1 eps
1999
A Girl ThingKim McCormack · 4 eps
2001
NCISCarla Marino · 3 eps
2003
Salem Witch TrialsElizabeth Parris · 2 eps
2003
John from CincinnatiCissy Yost · 10 eps
2007
Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf · 1 eps
2009
Hawaii Five-0Barbara Cotchin · 1 eps
2010
Marvel's Jessica JonesDorothy Walker · 13 eps
2015
LuciferPenelope · 1 eps
2016
LuciferPenelope Decker · 2 eps
2016

Photos

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