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Rebecca De Mornay(I)

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Rebecca De Mornay
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Rebecca De Mornay was born 1959 as Rebecca Jane Pearch, in Santa Rosa, CA, to Wally George and Julie Eager. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother moved to Pasadena and married Richard De Mornay, who adopted her. After her stepfather's untimely death in 1962, Rebecca's mother moved her and her half-brother Peter to Europe, where she was raised primarily in England and Austria. In 1977, Rebecca graduated "summa cum laude" from a German-speaking high school in the Austrian alps, and still speaks fluent German and French.

She began her acting training in Los Angeles at Lee Strasberg's Institute, became an apprentice at Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Film Studio, and soon thereafter made her film debut in One from the Heart (1981). Her breakthrough came in the box office hit Risky Business (1983), in which she gave a seductive and critically acclaimed performance as a streetwise prostitute opposite Tom Cruise. She went on to international stardom with her portrayal of a chillingly twisted nanny in the hugely popular The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). Other acclaimed film work includes Runaway Train (1985) (with Jon Voight), The Trip to Bountiful (1985) (with Geraldine Page), Backdraft (1991) (with Kurt Russell).

Network television work includes the tour-de-force role of Arlie in the stellar Getting Out (1994) (based on Marsha Norman's play), the tragic title character in Dominick Dunne's An Inconvenient Woman (1991) (with Jason Robards), the remake of The Shining (1997) (produced by Stephen King), a multi-episode story arc about a cancer survivor on ER (1994) and Hallmark Hall of Fame's Night Ride Home (1999) (with Ellen Burstyn).

On stage, she starred as Billie Dawn in "Born Yesterday" (1988) at the Pasadena Playhouse, as Charlotte Corday in "Marat/Sade" (1990) at the Williamstown Festival, and as Anna in "Closer" (2000) at the Mark Taper Forum.

Rebecca's directing debut was with a segment of Showtime's The Outer Limits (1995) starring John Savage and Frank Whaley. Divorced from producer/screenwriter Bruce Wagner, Rebecca has two daughters, Sophia DeMornay-O'Neal and Veronica De Mornay-O'Neal, both fathered by sportscaster Patrick O'Neal, who is eight years her junior.
BornAugust 29, 1959
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BornAugust 29, 1959
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 4 nominations

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Rebecca De Mornay and Ernie Hudson in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Rebecca De Mornay in Flipped (2010)
Rebecca De Mornay, Ashley Melander, Eric Melander, and Jennifer Melander in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay in Risky Business (1983)
Rebecca De Mornay in Mother's Day (2010)
Rebecca De Mornay at an event for Identity (2003)
Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay
Rebecca De Mornay in Jessica Jones (2015)
Rebecca De Mornay and Madeline Zima in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay in Risky Business (1983)
Rebecca De Mornay and Elizabeth Cappuccino in Jessica Jones (2015)
Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay in Risky Business (1983)

Known for:

Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, and Matt McCoy in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
6.7
  • Peyton Flanders
  • 1992
Rebecca De Mornay, Eric Roberts, and Jon Voight in Runaway Train (1985)
Runaway Train
7.2
  • Sara
  • 1985
Tom Cruise in Risky Business (1983)
Risky Business
6.8
  • Lana
  • 1983
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers (2005)
Wedding Crashers
7.0
  • Mrs. Kroeger
  • 2005

Credits

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Actress

  • Peter Five Eight
    • Brenda
    • Completed
    • 2023
  • Giving Thanks
    • Aunt Theodora
    • Pre-production
    • 2024
  • Angel Baby
    • Maggie
    • Completed
  • The Whisper Network
    • Kate
    • Post-production
  • Saint Clare
    • Post-production
  • Rachael Harris, Tom Ellis, Aimee Garcia, Lauren German, D.B. Woodside, Kevin Alejandro, and Lesley-Ann Brandt in Lucifer (2016)
    Lucifer
    • Penelope Decker
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2021
  • Rosa Acosta in She Ball (2020)
    She Ball
    • Aggie
    • 2020
  • Krysten Ritter in Jessica Jones (2015)
    Jessica Jones
    • Dorothy Walker
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2019
  • John Travolta in I Am Wrath (2016)
    I Am Wrath
    • Vivian
    • 2016
  • Rebecca De Mornay, Tom Sizemore, Richard Roundtree, and David Wilson in Collar (2015)
    Collar
    • Mayor Ramona 'Nomi' Billingsley
    • 2015
  • Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
    Hawaii Five-0
    • Barbara Cotchin
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Apartment 1303 3D (2012)
    Apartment 1303 3D
    • Maddie Slate
    • 2012
  • Mena Suvari, Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Seann William Scott, and Eddie Kaye Thomas in American Reunion (2012)
    American Reunion
    • Rachel - Finch's Mom (uncredited)
    • 2012
  • Mother's Day (2010)
    Mother's Day
    • Mother
    • 2010
  • Flipped (2010)
    Flipped
    • Patsy Loski
    • 2010
  • Rebecca De Mornay in American Venus (2007)
    American Venus
    • Celia
    • 2007
  • John from Cincinnati (2007)
    John from Cincinnati
    • Cissy Yost
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Melissa George, Ron Livingston, and Michael Sheen in Music Within (2007)
    Music Within
    • Richard's Mom
    • 2007
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    • Tessa McKellen
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers (2005)
    Wedding Crashers
    • Mrs. Kroeger
    • 2005

Producer

  • Rebecca De Mornay and Michael Rooker in Table for One (1999)
    Table for One
    • co-executive producer
    • 1999
  • Vincent D'Onofrio, Rebecca De Mornay, Michael Madsen, and Delroy Lindo in The Winner (1996)
    The Winner
    • executive producer
    • 1996
  • Antonio Banderas and Rebecca De Mornay in Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
    Never Talk to Strangers
    • executive producer
    • 1995

Director

  • The Outer Limits (1995)
    The Outer Limits
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1995
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Mother's Day
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle: 20th Anniversary Edition
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Mother's Day
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Flipped
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    • Rebecca DeMornay
  • Height
    • 5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
  • Born
    • August 29, 1959
    • Santa Rosa, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Bruce WagnerDecember 16, 1989 - December 2, 1990 (divorced)
  • Children
      Veronica De Mornay-O'Neal
  • Parents
      Julie Eagar
  • Relatives
      Eugenia Clinchard(Grandparent)
  • Other works
    Appeared in Jefferson Starship's "Sara" music video.
  • Publicity listings
    • 8 Interviews
    • 5 Articles
    • 8 Pictorials
    • 4 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Speaks German fluently.
  • Quotes
    I feel a terrifically painful disturbance in the natural law of things between men and women that must be balanced in the next few thousand years. What has been done in the name of holding up masculine energy as God and feminine energy as subservient has really wiped out everything.
  • Trademark
      Frequently cast as an older woman involved romantically with a younger man

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