Lea Thompson
Acting
- Born:
- 1961-05-31
- Place of birth:
- Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Biography
Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director. She is best known for her roles as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990), Beverly Switzler in Howard the Duck (1986), and Amanda Jones in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987). Other films for which she is known include All the Right Moves (1983), Red Dawn (1984), Dennis the Menace (1993), and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). In the 1990s, she played the title character in the sitcom Caroline in the City. From 2011 to 2017, she co-starred as Kathryn Kennish in the ABC Family-turned-Freeform series Switched at Birth.
Known For
Filmography
SEGAL
The Chicken Sisters
BRATS
The Spencer Sisters
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
Ten Tricks
Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon
Unplugging
Next Stop, Christmas
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
INVINCIBLE
Dinner in America
Reunited Apart
Stars in the House
Star Trek: Picard
You Are Here
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
The Ready Room
Little Women
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
25 Words or Less
The Year of Spectacular Men
Who We Are Now
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
Over the Hill
Literally, Right Before Aaron
The Dog Lover
Stars Are Already Dead
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
Back in Time
The Muppets
Celebrity Family Feud
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Left Behind
A to Z
Scorpion
Ping Pong Summer
My Mother's Future Husband
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Goldbergs
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Milius
Love at the Christmas Table
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
Bound by Flesh
The Trouble with the Truth
Thin Ice
Game of Your Life
J. Edgar
The Cabin
Mayor Cupcake
Switched at Birth
Tales from the Future
Rock Slyde
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
Splinterheads
Looking Back to the Future
Fatal Secrets
The Christmas Clause
Exit Speed
Final Approach
Senior Skip Day
Spy School
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
Greek
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
A Life Interrupted
Head Case
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
California Dreaming
Celebrity Duets
Looking Back at the Future
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Dancing with the Stars
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
American Dad!
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
Come Away Home
The Tony Danza Show
Stealing Christmas
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
For the People
Fish Don't Blink
Ed
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Family Guy
A Will of their Own
The Unknown Cyclist
Hollywood Squares
E! True Hollywood Story
The Right to Remain Silent
The Unspoken Truth
Caroline in the City
Friends
The Little Rascals
The Substitute Wife
Intimate Portrait
The Beverly Hillbillies
Dennis the Menace
Stolen Babies
The Larry Sanders Show
Article 99
Back to the Future Part III
Montana
Back to the Future Part II
Tales from the Crypt
Nightbreaker
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Wizard of Loneliness
Going Undercover
Casual Sex?
Some Kind of Wonderful
The Making of Back to the Future
Howard the Duck
SpaceCamp
Back to the Future
The Wild Life
Red Dawn
All the Right Moves
Jaws 3-D
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
American Playhouse
Queen
A Pretty Good Movie
What If
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb