Rebecca De Mornay

Birth Name:

Rebecca Jane Pearch

Birth Place:

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack, Producer, Director

Won the Best Actress award at the 1992 Cognac Festival du Film Policier for "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle․"
Trained to be an actress at Lee Strasberg's Institute and apprenticed at Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Film Studio
Her diverse career has shown that she isn't afraid to take risks and play unconventional roles
Her successfully psychotic performance in "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" briefly resulted in her being typecast in a string of thrillers
Graduated from a German-speaking high school and still speaks German fluently
A character that appears in two episodes of Seinfeld is named after her

1989Razzie Award - Worst Actress:Nominated
1992Best ActressWinner
1992MTV Movie Award - Best Female Performance:Nominated
1992MTV Movie Award - Best Villain:Winner
1993Saturn Award - Best Actress:Nominated
1993CFCA Award - Best Actress:Nominated
1997OFTA Television Award - Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries:Winner

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