Rebecca De Mornay

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Biography

Recent Role:
Herself on TMZ on TV
Gender:
Female
Born:
8-29-1959
Birthplace:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Birth Name:
Rebecca Jane Pearch
AKA:
Rebecca DeMornay, Rebecca De Mornay, Rebecca Pearch
Rebecca De Mornay was born in northern California, and was raised by her mother Julie and stepfather Richard De Mornay until his death when she was five years old. Rebecca's mother then moved her and her half-brother Peter to Europe, where she was raised primarily in England and Austria. 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

… More thereafter made her film debut opposite Tom Cruise in the box office hit Risky Business (1983), in which she gave a seductive and critically acclaimed performance as a streetwise call girl. 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) (TV) (based on Marsha Norman's play), the tragic title character in Dominick Dunne's An Inconvenient Woman (1991) (TV) (with Jason Robards), the remake of "The Shining" (1997) (mini) (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) (TV) (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. Rebecca currently resides in Los Angeles with sportscaster Patrick O'Neal, and their daughters, Sophia and Veronica.

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    8.5 Great
    Goreous underused actress from The Hand That Rocks The Cradle. hide show

    Born in North Calafornia, and raised in UK and Austria , Rebecca Peirch took her step fathers name when she 5, Rebecca made her screen debut as a hooker in the Tom Cruise Film Risky Business, and went onto make numerous other films, most notably The Hand That Rocks The Cradle. She has also starred as a cancer sufferer in ER. She can speak fluent French and German, and has a daughter she gave birth to in 1997 to Ryan O'Neils son Patrick. Its a shame she isn't doing much film or TV these days and I hope she hasn't hit her peak, she is a beautful lady.

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    iamthelexx Added Sep 14, 2007 All my reviews
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    9.4 Superb
    Great actress but not given that much to showcase her talent! hide show

    I have loved her since Risky Business and the Hand that Rocks the Cradle. As she has a lot of potential as an actress for stardom. But hasn't been given that chance at all. Unlike her ex-boyfriend Tom Cruise has been. Hopefully the show John from Cincinnatti will give her that talent. That she has been lacking. Great actress that deserves stardom.

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    JPPT1974 Added Jun 17, 2007 All my reviews
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    7 Good
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    She is kind of a good actress, and has appear in some good movies, but other times it looks like if she does not really tries up too hard. That it is not what this is about, and I think that she could definitely be better than that. I really like her style, but I want her to explore herself more in an artistic way.

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    NoOneIsAlone Added Mar 21, 2007 All my reviews
 
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