Lea Thompson
ActingAlso Known As
Lea Katherine 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.
Movies
(92 total)
Back to the Future
as Lorraine Baines
Back to the Future Part II
as Lorraine
Back to the Future Part III
as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Mrs. Burgess
J. Edgar
as Lela Rogers
Dennis the Menace
as Alice Mitchell
Jaws 3-D
as Kelly Ann Bukowski
Left Behind
as Irene Steele
The Little Rascals
as Ms. Roberts
Howard the Duck
as Beverly Switzler
Red Dawn
as Erica
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Laura Jackson
Some Kind of Wonderful
as Amanda Jones
Back in Time
as Self
All the Right Moves
as Lisa
Dinner in America
as Betty
SpaceCamp
as Kathryn
Thin Ice
as Jo Ann Prohaska
Love at the Christmas Table
as Elissa Beth
Next Stop, Christmas
as Evelyn
TV Shows
(40 total)
Friends
as Caroline Duffy (uncredited)
Invincible
as Carol (voice)
Family Guy
as Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)
Family Guy
as Lorraine McFly (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Michelle Osborne
Scorpion
as Veronica Dineen
American Dad!
as Caroline Duffy (voice)
Star Trek: Picard
as Diane Werner
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jennifer Rhodes
Tales from the Crypt
as Sylvia Vane
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
The Goldbergs
as Fran
Switched at Birth
as Kathryn Kennish
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Contestant
Greek
as April
The Muppets
as Self
The Larry Sanders Show
as Lea Thompson
Ed
as Liz Stevens