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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 31, 1961
Place of Birth
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
- Lea Katherine Thompson
- 리 톰프슨
- لی تامپسون
Lea Thompson
2.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Self
SEGAL
2025
7.0
Nancy Hillier
The Chicken Sisters
2024
5.9
Self
BRATS
2024
6.3
Victoria Spencer
The Spencer Sisters
2023
5.2
Nancy Farver
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
2022
3.8
Grace
Ten Tricks
2022
8.5
Self
Retour vers le futur : Voyage dans le temps, American Dream & rock'n'roll
2022
4.9
Perkins
Unplugging
2022
6.4
Evelyn
Next Stop, Christmas
2021
5.3
Aunty Carol
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021
Credits
SEGAL
as Self
2025
0.0
The Chicken Sisters
as Nancy Hillier
2024
7.0
BRATS
as Self
2024
5.9
The Spencer Sisters
as Victoria Spencer
2023
6.3
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
as Nancy Farver
2022
5.2
Ten Tricks
as Grace
2022
3.8
Retour vers le futur : Voyage dans le temps, American Dream & rock'n'roll
as Self
2022
8.5
Unplugging
as Perkins
2022
4.9
Next Stop, Christmas
as Evelyn
2021
6.4
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
as Aunty Carol
2021
5.3
INVINCIBLE
as Carol (voice)
2021
8.6
Dinner in America
as Betty
2020
7.6
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
5.5
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
Star Trek: Picard
as Diane Werner
2020
7.3
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
as Dream World Lea
2019
1.0
The Ready Room
as Self
2019
4.0
Little Women
as Margaret "Marmee" March
2018
6.4
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Mrs. Burgess
2018
6.3
25 Words or Less
as Self
2018
5.2
The Year of Spectacular Men
as Deb Klein
2018
5.6
Who We Are Now
as Alana
2018
5.6
Over the Hill
as Sally
2018
0.0
Literally, Right Before Aaron
as Deb (Adam's Mom)
2017
4.8
The Dog Lover
as Liz Holloway
2016
6.3
Stars Are Already Dead
as Aunt Sophia
2016
0.0
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
as Self
2015
6.5
Back in Time
as Self
2015
6.5
The Muppets
as Self
2015
7.0
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2015
7.8
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Vonnie (voice)
2014
7.2
Left Behind
as Irene Steele
2014
4.3
A to Z
as Lea Thompson
2014
6.5
Scorpion
as Veronica Dineen
2014
8.2
Ping Pong Summer
as Mrs. Miracle
2014
5.7
My Mother's Future Husband
as René Henderson
2014
5.7
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
5.9
The Goldbergs
as Fran
2013
7.5
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
2013
7.7
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Julia
2013
6.9
Milius
as Self
2013
7.0
Love at the Christmas Table
as Elissa Beth
2012
5.8
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
as Self
2012
0.0
Bound by Flesh
as Voiceover
2012
5.9
The Trouble with the Truth
as Emily
2012
5.7
Thin Ice
as Jo Ann Prohaska
2012
6.5
Game of Your Life
as Abbie
2011
10.0
J. Edgar
as Lela Rogers
2011
6.2
The Cabin
as Lily MacDougal
2011
6.2
Mayor Cupcake
as Mary Maroni
2011
5.1
Switched at Birth
as Kathryn Kennish
2011
7.5
Tales from the Future
as Self
2010
6.7
Rock Slyde
as Master Bartologist
2010
5.4
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
as Laura
2010
3.9
Splinterheads
as Susan Frost
2009
5.9
Looking Back to the Future
as Self
2009
7.3
Fatal Secrets
as Rebecca
2009
3.4
The Christmas Clause
as Sophie
2008
5.7
Exit Speed
as Maudie McMinn
2008
5.2
Final Approach
as Alicia Bender
2008
5.0
Senior Skip Day
as Cathleen Harris
2008
4.8
Spy School
as Claire Miller
2008
4.6
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
2008
6.1
Greek
as April
2007
6.7
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
as Cathy Davis
2007
6.0
A Life Interrupted
as Debbie Smith
2007
5.6
Head Case
as Self
2007
6.3
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
2007
5.2
California Dreaming
as Ginger Gainor
2007
3.3
Celebrity Duets
2006
0.0
🎬
Looking Back at the Future
as Herself
2006
7.3
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
as Cathy Davis
2006
6.4
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
as Cathy Davis
2006
6.0
🎬
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
as Self
2006
0.0
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
as Cathy Davis
2005
6.2
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Contestant
2005
6.1
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
as Cathy Davis
2005
5.9
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Cathy Davis
2005
5.9
American Dad!
as Caroline Duffy (voice)
2005
7.0
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
as Cathy Davis
2005
5.5
Come Away Home
as Carol
2005
6.6
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
Stealing Christmas
as Sarah Gibson
2003
4.8
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
as Peg Van Legge
2003
2.0
🎬
For the People
as Camille Paris
2002
0.0
Fish Don't Blink
as Clara
2002
5.4
Ed
as Liz Stevens
2000
7.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jennifer Rhodes
2000
7.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Michelle Osborne
1999
7.9
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
1999
4.6
Family Guy
as Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Lorraine McFly (voice)
1999
7.4
A Will of their Own
as Amanda Steward
1998
7.0
The Unknown Cyclist
as Melissa Cavatelli
1998
4.3
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
7.3
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
The Right to Remain Silent
as Christine Paley
1996
5.0
The Unspoken Truth
as Brianne Hawkins
1995
7.9
Caroline in the City
as Caroline Duffy
1995
6.4
Friends
as Caroline Duffy (uncredited)
1994
8.4
The Little Rascals
as Ms. Roberts
1994
6.8
The Substitute Wife
as Amy Hightower
1994
5.4
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Laura Jackson
1993
6.3
Dennis the Menace
as Alice Mitchell
1993
5.9
Stolen Babies
as Annie Beales
1993
4.3
The Larry Sanders Show
as Herself
1992
7.7
Article 99
as Dr. Robin Van Dorn
1992
6.2
Back to the Future Part III
as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
1990
7.5
Montana
as Peg Guthrie
1990
6.0
Back to the Future Part II
as Lorraine
1989
7.8
Tales from the Crypt
as Sylvia Vane
1989
7.9
Nightbreaker
as Sally Matthews
1989
6.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
The Wizard of Loneliness
as Sybil
1988
5.8
Going Undercover
as Marigold de la Hunt
1988
1.9
Casual Sex?
as Stacy
1988
5.1
Some Kind of Wonderful
as Amanda Jones
1987
6.8
The Making of Back to the Future
as Self
1986
7.6
Howard the Duck
as Beverly Switzler
1986
5.4
SpaceCamp
as Kathryn
1986
5.9
Back to the Future
as Lorraine Baines
1985
8.3
The Wild Life
as Anita
1984
6.0
Red Dawn
as Erica
1984
6.3
All the Right Moves
as Lisa
1983
5.8
Jaws 3-D
as Kelly Ann Bukowski
1983
4.5
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983
5.0
You Are Here
as Helen
N/A
0.0
🎬
What If
N/A
0.0
🎬
Queen
as Dr. Page
N/A
0.0
A Pretty Good Movie
as Ramona
N/A
0.0