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Rebecca De Mornay

Acting Born Aug 29, 1959 Santa Rosa, California, USA 24 credits

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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Full filmography

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Tessa McKellen
  • NCIS (2003) as Carla Marino
  • Hawaii Five-0 (2010) as Barbara Cotchin
  • Lucifer (2016) as Penelope
  • Lucifer (2016) as Penelope Decker
  • ER (1994) as Elaine Nichols
  • NOVA (1974) as Narrator
  • The Practice (1997) as Hannah Rose
  • Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015) as Dorothy Walker
  • The Outer Limits (1995) as Woman
  • Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009) as Self
  • Flipped (2010) as Patsy Loski
  • American Reunion (2012) as Finch's Mom (uncredited)
  • Identity (2003) as Caroline Suzanne
  • Wedding Crashers (2005) as Mrs. Kroeger
  • Tall Tales & Legends (1985) as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
  • The Shining (1997) as Wendy Torrance
  • Lo + plus (1995) as Self - Guest
  • The Three Musketeers (1993) as Milady de Winter
  • John from Cincinnati (2007) as Cissy Yost
  • Tanner '88 (1988) as Self
  • Backdraft (1991) as Helen McCaffrey
  • Lords of Dogtown (2005) as Philaine
  • Risky Business (1983) as Lana