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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.

Her most successful film to date ( 2005 ) was ''The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'' ( 1992 ). In 2004 , she Guest Star red as attorney Hannah Rose for the final few episodes of '' The Practice ''.

In 2005 she had a brief role alongside Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in '' Wedding Crashers ''.

She owns the odd distinction of having had a character in a televsion series been named for her: in '' Seinfeld '' episode 8.21, entitled "The Muffin Tops," and episode 9.17, entitled "The Bookstore", actress Sonya Eddy played a thrift store clerk named Rebecca De Mornay.


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