Lea Thompson
Actor
- Born
- May 31, 1961 (age 65) · Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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
July 3, 1985
Back to the Future Part II
November 22, 1989
Back to the Future Part III
May 25, 1990
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
September 7, 2018
J. Edgar
November 9, 2011
Dennis the Menace
June 9, 1993
Jaws 3-D
July 22, 1983
Left Behind
October 3, 2014
The Little Rascals
August 5, 1994
Howard the Duck
August 1, 1986
Red Dawn
August 10, 1984
The Beverly Hillbillies
October 15, 1993
Acting93
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- 2024BRATS as Self
- 2022The Disappearance of Cari Farver as Nancy Farver
- 2022Ten Tricks as Grace
- 2022Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon as Self
- 2022Dinner in America as Betty
- 2022Unplugging as Perkins
- 2021Next Stop, Christmas as Evelyn
- 2021Mark, Mary + Some Other People as Aunty Carol
- 2019You Are Here