Actor
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Lea Thompson
Born 1961-05-31
📍 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.
Filmography 128
SEGAL
as Self
2025
The Chicken Sisters
as Nancy Hillier
2024
BRATS
as Self
2024
The Spencer Sisters
as Victoria Spencer
2023
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
as Nancy Farver
2022
Ten Tricks
as Grace
2022
Retour vers le futur : Voyage dans le temps, American Dream & rock'n'roll
as Self
2022
Unplugging
as Perkins
2022
Next Stop, Christmas
as Evelyn
2021
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
as Aunty Carol
2021
INVINCIBLE
as Carol (voice)
2021
Dinner in America
as Betty
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
Star Trek: Picard
as Diane Werner
2020
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
as Dream World Lea
2019
The Ready Room
as Self
2019
Little Women
as Margaret "Marmee" March
2018
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Mrs. Burgess
2018
25 Words or Less
as Self
2018
The Year of Spectacular Men
as Deb Klein
2018
Who We Are Now
as Alana
2018
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
as Lorraine Baines-McFly
2018
Over the Hill
as Sally
2018
Literally, Right Before Aaron
as Deb (Adam's Mom)
2017
The Dog Lover
as Liz Holloway
2016
Stars Are Already Dead
as Aunt Sophia
2016
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
as Self
2015
Back in Time
as Self
2015
The Muppets
as Self
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2015
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
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
The Goldbergs
as Fran
2013
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Julia
2013
Milius
as Self
2013
Love at the Christmas Table
as Elissa Beth
2012
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
as Self
2012
Bound by Flesh
as Voiceover
2012
The Trouble with the Truth
as Emily
2012
Thin Ice
as Jo Ann Prohaska
2012
Game of Your Life
as Abbie
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
2011
Tales from the Future
as Self
2010
Rock Slyde
as Master Bartologist
2010
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
as Laura
2010
Splinterheads
as Susan Frost
2009
Looking Back to the Future
as Self
2009
Fatal Secrets
as Rebecca
2009
The Christmas Clause
as Sophie
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
2008
Greek
as April
2007
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
as Cathy Davis
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
2007
Celebrity Duets
2006
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
as Cathy Davis
2006
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
as Cathy Davis
2006
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
as Cathy Davis
2005
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Contestant
2005
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
as Cathy Davis
2005
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Cathy Davis
2005
American Dad!
as Caroline Duffy (voice)
2005
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
as Cathy Davis
2005
Come Away Home
as Carol
2005
Stealing Christmas
as Sarah Gibson
2003
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
as Peg Van Legge
2003
Fish Don't Blink
as Clara
2002
Ed
as Liz Stevens
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jennifer Rhodes
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Michelle Osborne
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
1999
Family Guy
as Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)
1999
Family Guy
as Lorraine McFly (voice)
1999
A Will of their Own
as Amanda Steward
1998
The Unknown Cyclist
as Melissa Cavatelli
1998
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Right to Remain Silent
as Christine Paley
1996
The Unspoken Truth
as Brianne Hawkins
1995
Caroline in the City
as Caroline Duffy
1995
Friends
as Caroline Duffy (uncredited)
1994
The Little Rascals
as Ms. Roberts
1994
The Substitute Wife
as Amy Hightower
1994
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Laura Jackson
1993
Dennis the Menace
as Alice Mitchell
1993
Stolen Babies
as Annie Beales
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
as Lea Thompson
1992
Article 99
as Dr. Robin Van Dorn
1992
Back to the Future Part III
as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
1990
Montana
as Peg Guthrie
1990
Back to the Future Part II
as Lorraine
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as Sylvia Vane
1989
Nightbreaker
as Sally Matthews
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
The Wizard of Loneliness
as Sybil
1988
Going Undercover
as Marigold de la Hunt
1988
Casual Sex?
as Stacy
1988
Some Kind of Wonderful
as Amanda Jones
1987
The Making of Back to the Future
as Self
1986
Howard the Duck
as Beverly Switzler
1986
SpaceCamp
as Kathryn
1986
Back to the Future
as Lorraine Baines
1985
The Wild Life
as Anita
1984
Red Dawn
as Erica
1984
All the Right Moves
as Lisa
1983
Jaws 3-D
as Kelly Ann Bukowski
1983
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983
A Pretty Good Movie
as Ramona
You Are Here
as Helen
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
as Self