Lea Thompson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1961-05-31 (64 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. Des...

Acting

1985

Back to the Future

as Lorraine Baines

1990

Back to the Future Part III

as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly

1984

Red Dawn

as Erica

1986

Howard the Duck

as Beverly Switzler

1994

The Little Rascals

as Ms. Roberts

2008

Senior Skip Day

as Cathleen Harris

2008

Spy School

as Claire Miller

-

Queen

as Dr. Page

2009

Splinterheads

as Susan Frost

1993

Dennis the Menace

as Alice Mitchell

1992

Article 99

as Dr. Robin Van Dorn

1988

Casual Sex?

as Stacy

1990

Montana

as Peg Guthrie

2003

Stealing Christmas

as Sarah Gibson

1986

SpaceCamp

as Kathryn

1987

Some Kind of Wonderful

as Amanda Jones

2010

Rock Slyde

as Master Bartologist

2007

California Dreaming

as Ginger Gainor

1984

2008

Final Approach

as Alicia Bender

2008

Exit Speed

as Maudie McMinn

2007

A Life Interrupted

as Debbie Smith

1983

Jaws 3-D

as Kelly Ann Bukowski

2005

2005

2011

Mayor Cupcake

as Mary Maroni

2012

Thin Ice

as Jo Ann Prohaska

2007

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe

1988

Going Undercover

as Marigold de la Hunt

2011

J. Edgar

as Lela Rogers

2009

Fatal Secrets

as Rebecca

2012

2008

Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe

-

You Are Here

as Helen

2011

The Cabin

as Lily MacDougal

2005

2022

Unplugging

as Perkins

2002

1994

The Substitute Wife

as Amy Hightower

1989

Nightbreaker

as Sally Matthews

2003

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D

as Peg Van Legge

2012

Bound by Flesh

as Voiceover

2014

Ping Pong Summer

as Mrs. Miracle

2014

Left Behind

as Irene Steele

1998

The Unknown Cyclist

as Melissa Cavatelli

1996

The Right to Remain Silent

as Christine Paley

1993

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Laura Jackson

2022

Ten Tricks

as Grace

2024

BRATS

as Self

2015

2013

Milius

as Self

2019

Cool Cat's Crazy Dream

as Dream World Lea

1993

Stolen Babies

as Annie Beales

2011

1995

The Unspoken Truth

as Brianne Hawkins

2016

The Dog Lover

as Liz Holloway

2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

as Beverly Switzler (archive footage)

2014

My Mother's Future Husband

as René Henderson

2017

2018

2018

Little Women

as Margaret "Marmee" March

2018

2020

2016

-

SEGAL

as Self

Production

-

Manville

as Director

2009

Fatal Secrets

as Associate Producer

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