Attractive blond leading lady who has eschewed typical ingenue roles in favor of more colorful-and sometimes provocativecharacters. California born but educated in Europe, De Mornay studied acting at Lee Strasberg's Actors' Studio before making her film debut with a bit part in Francis Ford Coppola's One From the Heart (1982). She first raised eyebrows as the feisty hooker in Risky Business (1983), then won good reviews for a completely different characterization in The Trip to Bountiful (1985). Her sexually charged performance in Roger Vadim's 1987 Americanized remake of his own And God Created Woman went for naught; the highly touted film bombed. Pleased with her success in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Touchstone Pictures top-lined her opposite Don Johnson in a 1993 thriller, Guilty as Sin She was also chosen to play Milady de Winter in The Three Musketeers (1993). Other films include: 1983: Testament 1985: The Slugger's Wife, Runaway Train 1986: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (a telefilm); 1987: Crack, Beauty and the Beast; 1988: Feds 1989: Dealers 1990: By Dawn's Early Light, Grand Tour (both telefilms); 1991: Backdraft.