Lea Thompson
Department: Acting
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
Back to the Future
1985
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Back to the Future Part III
1990
Red Dawn
1984
Howard the Duck
1986
Next Stop, Christmas
2021
The Little Rascals
1994
Senior Skip Day
2008
Spy School
2008
Queen
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Retour vers le futur : Voyage dans le temps, American Dream & rock'n'roll
2022
Splinterheads
2009
Dennis the Menace
1993
Article 99
1992
Casual Sex?
1988
Montana
1990
Stealing Christmas
2003
SpaceCamp
1986
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987
Rock Slyde
2010
California Dreaming
2007
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
2010
The Wild Life
1984
Final Approach
2008
Exit Speed
2008
A Life Interrupted
2007
Jaws 3-D
1983
All the Right Moves
1983
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
2005
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
2005
Mayor Cupcake
2011
The Christmas Clause
2008
Thin Ice
2012
The Trouble with the Truth
2012
A Pretty Good Movie
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Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
2007
Going Undercover
1988
J. Edgar
2011
Fatal Secrets
2009
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
2006
The Wizard of Loneliness
1988
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
2005
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007
Love at the Christmas Table
2012
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
2006
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
2006
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
2008
You Are Here
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The Cabin
2011
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012
Come Away Home
2005
Unplugging
2022
Fish Don't Blink
2002
The Substitute Wife
1994
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
Nightbreaker
1989
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003
Bound by Flesh
2012
Ping Pong Summer
2014
Left Behind
2014
The Unknown Cyclist
1998
The Right to Remain Silent
1996
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
Ten Tricks
2022
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
2022
BRATS
2024
Back in Time
2015
Milius
2013
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
2019
Stolen Babies
1993
Game of Your Life
2011
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
2015
The Unspoken Truth
1995
The Dog Lover
2016
Looking Back at the Future
2006
My Mother's Future Husband
2014
The Year of Spectacular Men
2018
Looking Back to the Future
2009
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
Little Women
2018
Who We Are Now
2018
The Making of Back to the Future
1986
Dinner in America
2020
Tales from the Future
2010
Stars Are Already Dead
2016
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021
What If
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SEGAL
2025
Over the Hill
2018
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Greek
2007
Friends
1994
Caroline in the City
1995
Ed
2000
Tales from the Crypt
1989
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Celebrity Duets
2006
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Switched at Birth
2011
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Family Guy
1999
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
The Muppets
2015
Hollywood Squares
1998
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Scorpion
2014
The Ready Room
2019
A Will of their Own
1998
Invincible
2021
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Head Case
2007
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
The Goldbergs
2013
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Stars in the House
2020
25 Words or Less
2018
The Spencer Sisters
2023
The Chicken Sisters
2024
American Dad!
2005
Family Guy
1999
Reunited Apart
2020
A to Z
2014
For the People
2002