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Lea Thompson

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lea Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: May 31, 1961

Place of Birth: Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Filmography

2025
SEGAL

as Self

2024
The Chicken Sisters

as Nancy Hillier

2024
BRATS

as Self

2023
The Spencer Sisters

as Victoria Spencer

2022
Ten Tricks

as Grace

2022
Unplugging

as Perkins

2021
INVINCIBLE

as Carol (voice)

2020
2020
2020
Star Trek: Picard

as Diane Werner

2019
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream

as Dream World Lea

2019
2018
Little Women

as Margaret "Marmee" March

2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2016
The Dog Lover

as Liz Holloway

2016
2015
2015
2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as Vonnie (voice)

2014
Left Behind

as Irene Steele

2014
A to Z

as Lea Thompson

2014
Scorpion

as Veronica Dineen

2014
Ping Pong Summer

as Mrs. Miracle

2014
My Mother's Future Husband

as René Henderson

2013
2013
Milius

as Self

2012
2012
Bound by Flesh

as Voiceover

2012
Thin Ice

as Jo Ann Prohaska

2011
2011
J. Edgar

as Lela Rogers

2011
The Cabin

as Lily MacDougal

2011
Mayor Cupcake

as Mary Maroni

2011
Switched at Birth

as Kathryn Kennish

2010
Rock Slyde

as Master Bartologist

2009
Splinterheads

as Susan Frost

2009
Fatal Secrets

as Rebecca

2008
Exit Speed

as Maudie McMinn

2008
Final Approach

as Alicia Bender

2008
Senior Skip Day

as Cathleen Harris

2008
Spy School

as Claire Miller

2008
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe

2007
Greek

as April

2007
A Life Interrupted

as Debbie Smith

2007
Head Case

as Self

2007
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe

2007
California Dreaming

as Ginger Gainor

2005
2005
Dancing with the Stars

as Self - Contestant

2005
American Dad!

as Caroline Duffy (voice)

2005
2005
2003
Stealing Christmas

as Sarah Gibson

2003
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D

as Peg Van Legge

2002
2000
Ed

as Liz Stevens

2000
1999
1999
Family Guy

as Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)

1999
Family Guy

as Lorraine McFly (voice)

1998
A Will of their Own

as Amanda Steward

1998
The Unknown Cyclist

as Melissa Cavatelli

1998
Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

1996
The Right to Remain Silent

as Christine Paley

1995
The Unspoken Truth

as Brianne Hawkins

1995
Caroline in the City

as Caroline Duffy

1994
Friends

as Caroline Duffy (uncredited)

1994
The Little Rascals

as Ms. Roberts

1994
The Substitute Wife

as Amy Hightower

1993
The Beverly Hillbillies

as Laura Jackson

1993
Dennis the Menace

as Alice Mitchell

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
Tales from the Crypt

as Sylvia Vane

1989
Nightbreaker

as Sally Matthews

1988
1988
Going Undercover

as Marigold de la Hunt

1988
Casual Sex?

as Stacy

1987
Some Kind of Wonderful

as Amanda Jones

1986
Howard the Duck

as Beverly Switzler

1986
SpaceCamp

as Kathryn

1985
Back to the Future

as Lorraine Baines

1984
1984
Red Dawn

as Erica

1983
Jaws 3-D

as Kelly Ann Bukowski

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You Are Here

as Helen