I grew up in Europe, and I used to like those very slow-moving European films. I've been contaminated by the American TV culture, and I just want things to move faster now.

Her other notable film roles include Sara in Runaway Train in 1985 Helen McCaffrey in the thriller Backdraft in 1991 her portrayal of the chillingly twisted nanny Peyton Flanders in the popular 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and as Wendy Torrance in Stephen King's 1997 television adaptation of The Shining. In 2003 Rebecca De Mornay guest-starred as primary antagonist in the first two episodes of season 2 of Boomtown. She appeared in Darren Lynn Bousman's Mother's Day (2010).

Her breakthrough film role came in 1983 when Rebecca De Mornay played Lana in Risky Business. Rebecca De Mornay (born August 29 1959) is an American film and television actress.