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.
Movies (89)
SEGAL
2025
BRATS
2024
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
2022
Ten Tricks
2022
Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon
2022
Unplugging
2022
Next Stop, Christmas
2021
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021
Dinner in America
2020
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
2019
Little Women
2018
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
The Year of Spectacular Men
2018
Who We Are Now
2018
Over the Hill
2018
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017
The Dog Lover
2016
Stars Are Already Dead
2016
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
2015
Back in Time
2015
Left Behind
2014
Ping Pong Summer
2014
My Mother's Future Husband
2014
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
Milius
2013
Love at the Christmas Table
2012
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012
Bound by Flesh
2012
The Trouble with the Truth
2012
Thin Ice
2012
Game of Your Life
2011
J. Edgar
2011
The Cabin
2011
Mayor Cupcake
2011
Tales from the Future
2010
Rock Slyde
2010
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
2010
Splinterheads
2009
Looking Back to the Future
2009
Fatal Secrets
2009
The Christmas Clause
2008
Exit Speed
2008
Final Approach
2008
Senior Skip Day
2008
Spy School
2008
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
2008
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007
A Life Interrupted
2007
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
2007
California Dreaming
2007
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
2006
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
2006
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
2005
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
2005
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
2005
Come Away Home
2005
Stealing Christmas
2003
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003
Fish Don't Blink
2002
The Unknown Cyclist
1998
The Right to Remain Silent
1996
The Unspoken Truth
1995
The Little Rascals
1994
The Substitute Wife
1994
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
Dennis the Menace
1993
Stolen Babies
1993
Article 99
1992
Back to the Future Part III
1990
Montana
1990
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Nightbreaker
1989
The Wizard of Loneliness
1988
Going Undercover
1988
Casual Sex?
1988
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987
The Making of Back to the Future
1986
Howard the Duck
1986
SpaceCamp
1986
Back to the Future
1985
The Wild Life
1984
Red Dawn
1984
All the Right Moves
1983
Jaws 3-D
1983
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983
A Pretty Good Movie
You Are Here
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
TV Shows (39)
The Chicken Sisters
2024
The Spencer Sisters
2023
INVINCIBLE
2021
Reunited Apart
2020
Stars in the House
2020
Star Trek: Picard
2020
The Ready Room
2019
25 Words or Less
2018
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
2018
The Muppets
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
A to Z
2014
Scorpion
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Goldbergs
2013
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
Switched at Birth
2011
Greek
2007
Head Case
2007
Celebrity Duets
2006
Dancing with the Stars
2005
American Dad!
2005
Ed
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
A Will of their Own
1998
Hollywood Squares
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Caroline in the City
1995
Friends
1994
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Tales from the Crypt
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988