Contains spoilers for “NCIS” Season 22, Episode 20 — “Nexus”

Throughout Season 22 of “NCIS,” Cary Cole’s character, Alden Parker, has been entangled in a complex relationship with Kansas City crime leader Carla Marino. Their shared history is quite tumultuous: Alden played a crucial role in providing Carla’s teenage son, Jason, with enough insight into their family’s illicit dealings that he decided to flee with his girlfriend, April Day (portrayed by Brianna Brown). Tragically, they both ended up in a motorcycle accident which resulted in Jason’s death and prompted April to withdraw from public life. She later adopted the name Melinda and secretly gave birth to Lauren, who is Carla’s granddaughter. Carla is determined to reunite her fragmented family and harbors resentment towards Alden for Jason’s demise.

In the Season 22 finale titled “Nexus,” Carla sees a prime opportunity to take revenge by collaborating with Alden to dismantle the criminal group led by the so-called The Butcher. The twist, however, is that Alden faces shocking revelations: Carla is actually the mastermind behind Nexus, and The Butcher is merely a fictional cover she invented. She directly holds Alden responsible for Jason’s fate and exacts her vengeance by executing Alden’s father, Roman (played by Francis Xavier McCarthy), with a direct gunshot to the chest.

This dramatic climax in the Season 22 finale constructs an engaging setup for the forthcoming season of “NCIS.” Carla emerges as a significant adversary, with Rebecca De Mornay bringing her to life with intensity. Known for her portrayal of a vengeful widow in a popular thriller film, which led to a period of typecasting, De Mornay’s body of work is actually quite diverse. Here’s a look at where her captivating performances might be familiar to audiences.

If you went to the movies regularly during the 1980s and 1990s, then you may have found yourself wondering what happened to Rebecca De Mornay, because she was a regular face on the big screen back then. Her most notable credits from that period include “Risky Business,” in which she played gold-hearted call girl Lana; “The Slugger’s Wife,” in which she played wannabe actress Debby Palmer, “And God Created Woman,” in which she plays part-time rocker and full-time parolee Robin Shea; and the firefighting drama “Backdraft,” in which she plays loving wife Helen McCaffrey.

De Mornay is probably best-known as the vengeful Peyton Flanders, who responds to being widowed and losing her child by making herself over into the perfect nanny and attaching herself to the family of one of her husband’s assault victims in “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.” It was such a big hit that De Mornay found herself typecast for a period, appearing in erotic thrillers like “Never Talk to Strangers” and “Table for One,” with her role as Milady in the 1993 adaptation of “The Three Musketeers” providing some variety.

The Santa Rosa native co-starred as Wendy Torrance in the TV adaptation of “The Shining” and recurred on “ER” as recovering patient Elaine Nichols toward the end of the ’90s, which helped her break free of the thriller mold. In the 2000s, she scored supporting roles in films like the family musical “Raise Your Voice,” the skateboarding drama “Lords of Dogtown,” and the cult comedy “Wedding Crashers.” More recently, she played the mother of the titular character in the Marvel series “Jessica Jones” and Penelope Decker in “Lucifer” — here’s what happened to the rest of the “Lucifer” cast.