Cast & creator
Rebecca De Mornay
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NCIS, Hawaii Five-0
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.
Also known as: Rebecca Jane Pearch , ربکا د مورنی
55
film credits
21
television credits
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1974–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (76)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Tessa McKellen
1999
NCIS
Carla Marino
2003
Hawaii Five-0
Barbara Cotchin
2010
Lucifer
Penelope
2016Lucifer
Penelope Decker
2016
ER
Elaine Nichols
1994
The Practice
Hannah Rose
1997
NOVA
Narrator
1974
American Playhouse
Cathy Pitkin
1982
The Outer Limits
Woman
1995The Outer Limits
Director
1995
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Dorothy Walker
2015
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
American Reunion
Finch's Mom (uncredited)
2012
Identity
Caroline Suzanne
2003
Lo + plus
Self - Guest
1995
Wedding Crashers
Mrs. Kroeger
2005
The Shining
Wendy Torrance
1997
Risky Business
Lana
1983
Flipped
Patsy Loski
2010
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders
1992
The Three Musketeers
Milady de Winter
1993
The Gentleman Thief
Odessa
2026
John from Cincinnati
Cissy Yost
2007
I Am Wrath
Vivian Hill
2016
Tall Tales & Legends
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
1985
Lords of Dogtown
Philaine
2005
Runaway Train
Sara
1985
Backdraft
Helen McCaffrey
1991
Tanner '88
Self
1988
Raise Your Voice
Nina Fletcher
2004
Mother's Day
Natalie 'Mother' Koffin
2010
One from the Heart
Understudy
1982
Salem Witch Trials
Elizabeth Parris
2003
A Girl Thing
Kim McCormack
2001
Never Talk to Strangers
Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor
1995Never Talk to Strangers
Executive Producer
1995
And God Created Woman
Robin Shea
1988
An Inconvenient Woman
Flo
1991
Guilty as Sin
Jennifer Haines
1993
Apartment 1303 3D
Maddie Slate
2012
By Dawn's Early Light
Moreau
1990
The Slugger's Wife
Debby Palmer
1985
Off the Record
Kate
2025
Testament
Cathy Pitkin
1983
Thick as Thieves
Petrone
1999
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty
1987
The Trip to Bountiful
Thelma
1985
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Claire Dupin
1986
Saint Clare
Arlene 'Gigi' Newberry
2025
Wicked Ways
Ruth Draper
1999Wicked Ways
Co-Executive Producer
1999
Peter Five Eight
Brenda
2024
Music Within
Richard's Mom
2007
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
Hot Tub Groupie
1981
She Ball
Aggie
2020
Feds!
Ellis DeWitt
1988
Blind Side
Lynn Kaines
1993
The Right Temptation
Derian McCall
2000
The Winner
Louise
1996The Winner
Executive Producer
1996Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
Sara (archive footage)
2013
Getting Out
Arlene Holsclaw
1994The Up and Comer
Night Ride Home
Nora Mahler
1999
Dealers
Anna Schuman
1989
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
Self
2008
Periphery
Vi Warner
2018
The Con
Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
1998
Collar
Ramona Billingsley
2015
Range of Motion
Lainey Berman
2000
Pecos Bill
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
1986
Angel Baby
Maggie
2023
American Venus
Celia
2007
Giving Thanks
Aunt Theodora
