

Acting
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.
Highest rated appearances

Periphery
as Vi Warner

I Am Wrath
as Vivian Hill

Collar
as Ramona Billingsley
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
as Sara (archive footage)

Apartment 1303 3D
as Maddie Slate

American Reunion
as Finch's Mom (uncredited)

Mother's Day
as Natalie 'Mother' Koffin

Flipped
as Patsy Loski

The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
as Self

American Venus
as Celia

Music Within
as Richard's Mom

Wedding Crashers
as Mrs. Kroeger

Lords of Dogtown
as Philaine

Raise Your Voice
as Nina Fletcher

Identity
as Caroline Suzanne

Range of Motion
as Lainey Berman

The Right Temptation
as Derian McCall

Lost On Everest

Wicked Ways
as Ruth Draper

Thick as Thieves
as Petrone

Night Ride Home
as Nora Mahler

The Con
as Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood

The Winner
as Louise

Never Talk to Strangers
as Dr. Sarah Alison Taylor

Getting Out
as Arlene Holsclaw

The Three Musketeers
as Milady de Winter

Guilty as Sin
as Jennifer Haines

Blind Side
as Lynn Kaines

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Mrs. Mott / Peyton Flanders

Backdraft
as Helen McCaffrey

By Dawn's Early Light
as Moreau

Dealers
as Anna Schuman

Feds!
as Ellis DeWitt

And God Created Woman
as Robin Shea

Beauty and the Beast
as Beauty

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Claire Dupin

Pecos Bill
as Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley

The Trip to Bountiful
as Thelma

Runaway Train
as Sara

The Slugger's Wife
as Debby Palmer

Testament
as Cathy Pitkin

Risky Business
as Lana

One from the Heart
as Understudy

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
as Hot Tub Groupie