Rebecca De Mornay

In 2004, she was cast as attorney Hannah Rose for the final season of The Practice and its subsequent spin-off, Boston Legal. Evans was knighted as a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1946. Her most successful film to date (2003) was The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). From then until 1977, she made several acclaimed films, including The Importance of Being Earnest, The Whisperers (for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress), Tom Jones (nominated for Best Supporting Actress), The Slipper and the Rose, The Nun's Story, The Chalk Garden (nominated for Best Supporting Actress), The Madwoman of Chaillot, Crooks and Coronets and Nasty Habits. 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. Born in London, she began a film career in 1915, but was noted mostly for her stage work until she appeared in the 1949 film The Last Days of Dolwyn. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. Dame Edith Mary Evans (February 8, 1888 - October 14, 1976) was a British actress.

De Mornay grew up in France and went to college in the United Kingdom. Rebecca De Mornay (born August 29, 1962) is an American actress, born in Santa Rosa, California, USA. One from the Heart (1982). Risky Business (1983).

Testament (1983). The Trip to Bountiful (1985). The Slugger's Wife (aka Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife) (1985). Runaway Train (1985).

Beauty and the Beast (1987). And God Created Woman (1988). Feds (1988). Dealers (1989).

Backdraft (1991). The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). Guilty as Sin (1993). The Three Musketeers (1993).

Never Talk to Strangers (1995). The Winner (1996). Thick as Thieves (1999). A Table for One (aka Wicked Ways) (1999).

The Right Temptation (2000). Salem Witch Trials (2001). The Practice (joined cast in 2004). Boston Legal (2004).