Rebecca De Mornay biography
Date of birth : 1959-08-29
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Sonoma County, California, U.S.
Nationality : American
Category : Arts and Entertainment
Last modified : 2011-10-19
Credited as : Actress, Tom Cruise, Seinfeld
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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.
De Mornay's film debut was a small part in Francis Ford Coppola's 1982 film One from the Heart. Soon thereafter came her star-making role as a hooker who seduces a high school student played by Tom Cruise in Risky Business.
In 1986, she appeared with Starship's Mickey Thomas in the music video for the song "Sara". The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 15, 1986.
One of De Mornay's most commercially successful films came in the thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. She also appeared in a 1988 remake of Roger Vadim's provocative And God Created Woman, Ron Howard's Backdraft (1991) and in 1993, starred as a defense lawyer in Sidney Lumet's murder drama Guilty as Sin.
In 2003, De Mornay guest-starred as primary antagonist in the first two episodes of season 2 of Boomtown. In 2004, she guest-starred as attorney Hannah Rose for the last few episodes of The Practice and the following year, had a brief role alongside Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in Wedding Crashers. De Mornay also starred in the 2007 drama American Venus.
In June 2007, she appeared in the HBO series John From Cincinnati with a starring role as matriarch of a troubled Imperial Beach, California surfing family and grandmother/guardian to a teen surfer on the brink of greatness. She portrayed the mother in Darren Lynn Bousman's Mother's Day.
The name "Rebecca De Mornay" is used for a character (played by Sonya Eddy) in two episodes of Seinfeld: "The Muffin Tops" and "The Bookstore". "Rebecca De Mornay" has also been referenced in an episode of The Ricky Gervais Show co-starring with "Clive Warren" (a misnomer for Clive Owen) as part of a fictitious movie pitch by Karl Pilkington.
De Mornay had a relationship with Tom Cruise. They lived together in New York after working together on Risky Business.
She was married to Ryan O'Neal's son Patrick; they have two daughters together. She had previously been married to Bruce Wagner. In 1992, she was in a relationship with Leonard Cohen and helped him arrange and produce music for his album The Future.
