Lea Thompson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1961-05-31 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Lea Thompson
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.
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Known For
Acting
Queen
as Dr. Page
A Pretty Good Movie
as Ramona
You Are Here
as Helen
(2024)
BRATS
as Self
(2023)
Lynch/Oz
as Lorraine Baines (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2022)
Unplugging
as Perkins
(2022)
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
as Nancy Farver
(2022)
(2022)
Ten Tricks
as Grace
(2021)
Next Stop, Christmas
as Evelyn
(2021)
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
as Aunty Carol
(2020)
Dinner in America
as Betty
(2019)
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
as Dream World Lea
(2018)
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Mrs. Burgess
(2018)
The Year of Spectacular Men
as Deb Klein
(2018)
Little Women
as Margaret "Marmee" March
(2018)
Who We Are Now
as Alana
(2017)
Literally, Right Before Aaron
as Deb (Adam's Mom)
(2016)
The Dog Lover
as Liz Holloway
(2016)
Stars Are Already Dead
as Aunt Sophia
(2015)
Back in Time
as Self
(2015)
(2014)
Left Behind
as Irene Steele
(2014)
Ping Pong Summer
as Mrs. Miracle
(2014)
My Mother's Future Husband
as René Henderson
(2013)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Julia
(2013)
Milius
as Self
(2012)
Thin Ice
as Jo Ann Prohaska
(2012)
The Trouble with the Truth
as Emily
(2012)
Love at the Christmas Table
as Elissa Beth
(2012)
Bound by Flesh
as Voiceover
(2012)
(2011)
J. Edgar
as Lela Rogers
(2011)
Mayor Cupcake
as Mary Maroni
(2011)
The Cabin
as Lily MacDougal
(2011)
Game of Your Life
as Abbie
(2010)
(2010)
Rock Slyde
as Master Bartologist
(2010)
Tales from the Future
as Self
(2009)
Fatal Secrets
as Rebecca
(2009)
Looking Back to the Future
as Self
(2009)
Splinterheads
as Susan Frost
(2008)
Final Approach
as Alicia Bender
(2008)
Exit Speed
as Maudie McMinn
(2008)
Spy School
as Claire Miller
(2008)
Senior Skip Day
as Cathleen Harris
(2008)
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
(2008)
The Christmas Clause
as Sophie
(2007)
California Dreaming
as Ginger Gainor
(2007)
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
as Cathy Davis
(2007)
A Life Interrupted
as Debbie Smith
(2007)
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
(2006)
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
as Cathy Davis
(2006)
(2006)
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
as Cathy Davis
(2006)
Looking Back at the Future
as Herself
(2005)
Come Away Home
as Carol
(2005)
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
as Cathy Davis
(2005)
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Cathy Davis
(2005)
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
as Cathy Davis
(2005)
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
as Cathy Davis
(2004)
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
as Beverly Switzler (archive footage)
(2003)
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
as Peg Van Legge
(2003)
Stealing Christmas
as Sarah Gibson
(2002)
Fish Don't Blink
as Clara
(1998)
The Unknown Cyclist
as Melissa Cavatelli
(1996)
The Right to Remain Silent
as Christine Paley
(1995)
The Unspoken Truth
as Brianne Hawkins
(1994)
The Little Rascals
as Ms. Roberts
(1994)
The Substitute Wife
as Amy Hightower
(1993)
Dennis the Menace
as Alice Mitchell
(1993)
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Laura Jackson
(1993)
Stolen Babies
as Annie Beales
(1992)
Article 99
as Dr. Robin Van Dorn
(1990)
Back to the Future Part III
as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
(1990)
Montana
as Peg Guthrie
(1989)
Back to the Future Part II
as Lorraine
(1989)
Nightbreaker
as Sally Matthews
(1988)
Casual Sex?
as Stacy
(1988)
Going Undercover
as Marigold de la Hunt
(1988)
The Wizard of Loneliness
as Sybil
(1987)
Some Kind of Wonderful
as Amanda Jones
(1986)
Howard the Duck
as Beverly Switzler
(1986)
SpaceCamp
as Kathryn
(1986)
(1985)
Back to the Future
as Lorraine Baines
(1984)
Red Dawn
as Erica
(1984)
The Wild Life
as Anita
(1983)
Jaws 3-D
as Kelly Ann Bukowski
(1983)
All the Right Moves
as Lisa
(1983)
Crew
Manville
Director
(2018)
The Year of Spectacular Men
Director
(2009)
(2009)
Fatal Secrets
Associate Producer
(2008)
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
Director
(2008)
My Best Friend's Girl
Thanks
(2006)
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
Director