Rebecca De Mornay has never stopped acting, but her star has dimmed as her career has progressed. The star enrolled in acting school on a whim and was in the business a couple of years before she landed her breakout role as Lana in "Risky Business." She was ecstatic to get the part, which felt familiar even though Lana was a sex worker. "I understood the part of Lana so well," De Mornay told The Wrap in 2023. "I've lived by myself as a young, young, 19-year-old in London, fending for myself. [I've] gone through a lot in my life in terms of upheaval and family stuff, and suddenly there was a part that just fit me like a glove, that I knew."

De Mornay refers to "Risky Business" as her "Cinderella moment," and she has expressed surprise that it created the degree of cultural impact that i

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