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Rebecca De Mornay Biography
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Rebecca De Mornay’s first film was in 1982’s One from the Heart, a Francis Ford Coppola movie. This was followed by a role in the ever popular Risky Business, with Tom Cruise, where she plays a beautiful hooker. She also started a relationship with Tom Cruise and they lived together. Her most popular film to date is The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, where she plays a psychopath. She won awards and garnered nominations for the film, including an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. Other Rebecca De Mornay movies included Runaway Train, The Trip to Bountiful, and Backdraft.
During the nineties, Rebecca De Mornay’s movies provided better roles for her, and better acting. These included The Three Musketeers, Guilty As Sin, Never Talk to Strangers, The Winner, and Wicked Ways. She also started some television work, doing both series and television movies. Her television movies included Getting Out, An Inconvenient Woman, and Hallmark’s Night Ride Home. Rebecca De Mornay also starred in the Stephen King remake of The Shining. She also starred in some episodes of ER, as Noah Wyle’s love interest.
During 2000 onwards, Rebecca De Mornay did a variety of films that showcased her talent and versatility as an actress. These include the thriller Identity, Raise Your Voice in 2004 where she costarred with Hillary Duff, the dark teenage drama Lords of Dogtown, and Wedding Crashers. Rebecca De Mornay also appeared in a string of courtroom television shows including The Practice and Boston Legal. Her more recent television shows include John From Cincinnati, an HBO series.
During the eighties, Rebecca married Bruge Wagner for a short period of time. Her relationship with Tom Cruise lasted two years. Rebecca De Mornay married Patrick O’Neal, a sportcaster, in 1995. They have two children, although divorced in 2002. She is also well traveled, and has been around Bermuda, Jamaica, Europe and Turkey during her childhood.
