Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay (born August 29, 1962) is an American actress, born in Santa Rosa, California, USA, the daughter of Wally George. De Mornay grew up in France and went to college in the United Kingdom. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg-Institute in New York (which also at one time included veterans Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken). Her film debut came with a small part in Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart (1982), which was followed by the very successful Risky Business (1983) with Tom Cruise. That film propelled her into a short-lived period of super-stardom, which deteriorated slightly after she began taking lesser roles.

Partial filmography

• Wedding Crashers (2005)
• Lords of Dogtown (2004)
• The Practice
• Identity (2003)
• Salem Witch Trials (2001)
• The Right Temptation (2000)
• A Table for One (aka Wicked Ways) (1999)
• Thick as Thieves (1999)
• The Winner (1996)
• Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
• The Three Musketeers (1993)
• Guilty as Sin (1993)
• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
• Backdraft (1991)
• Dealers (1989)
• Feds (1988)
• And God Created Woman (1988)
• Beauty and the Beast (1987)
• Runaway Train (1985)
• The Slugger's Wife (aka Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife) (1985)
• The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
• Testament (1983)
• Risky Business (1983)
• One from the Heart (1982)