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.
The Three Musketeers
As Milady
Identity
As Caroline Suzanne
Backdraft
As Helen McCaffrey
Guilty as Sin
As Jennifer Haines
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
As Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
By Dawn's Early Light
As Moreau
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
As Claire Dupin
Runaway Train
As Sara
Wedding Crashers
As Mrs. Kroeger
Feds
As Ellis DeWitt
Lords of Dogtown
As Philaine
Risky Business
As Lana
Raise Your Voice
As Nina Fletcher
Music Within
As Richard's Mom
Blind Side
As Lynn Kaines
And God Created Woman
As Robin Shea
Flipped
As Pasty Loski
The Trip to Bountiful
As Thelma
Thick as Thieves
As Petrone
Beauty and the Beast
As Beauty
Never Talk to Strangers
As Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
Giving Thanks
As Aunt Theodora
The Right Temptation
As Derian McCall
Dealers
As Anna Schuman
The Slugger's Wife
As Debby Palmer
Mother's Day
As Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
Pecos Bill
As Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
The Winner
As Louise
The Con
As Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
Range of Motion
As Lainey Berman
A Girl Thing
As Kim McCormack
Apartment 1303 3D
As Maddie Slate
Peter Five Eight
As Brenda
Wicked Ways
As Ruth Draper
American Venus
As Celia
Night Ride Home
As Nora Mahler
Off the Record
As Kate
Saint Clare
As Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
Testament
As Cathy Pitkin
Salem Witch Trials
As Elizabeth Parris
I Am Wrath
As Vivian Hill
Getting Out
As Arlene Holsclaw
Collar
As Ramona Billingsley
And the Oscar Goes To...
As Self (archive footage)
She Ball
As Aggie
The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
As Self
Periphery
As Vi Warner
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
As Sara (archive footage)
One from the Heart
As Understudy
American Reunion
As Finch's Mom (uncredited)
The Up and Comer
John from Cincinnati
As Cissy Yost
The Shining
As Wendy Torrance
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As Tessa McKellen
Lucifer
As Penelope
The Outer Limits
As Woman
Tanner '88
As Self
NOVA
As Narrator
The Practice
As Hannah Rose
Marvel's Jessica Jones
As Dorothy Walker
An Inconvenient Woman
As Flo
Celebrity Ghost Stories
As Self
Tall Tales & Legends
As Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
Lo + plus
As Self - Guest
ER
As Elaine Nichols