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Lea Thompson

Actor • Born 1961

Lea Thompson

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About

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit posterLaw & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999Family Guy posterFamily GuySeries • 1999CSI: Crime Scene Investigation posterCSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries • 2000American Dad! posterAmerican Dad!Series • 2005Friends posterFriendsSeries • 1994Young Sheldon posterYoung SheldonSeries • 2017INVINCIBLE posterINVINCIBLESeries • 2021The Goldbergs posterThe GoldbergsSeries • 2013Scorpion posterScorpionSeries • 2014Mom posterMomSeries • 2013American Playhouse posterAmerican PlayhouseSeries • 1982Will Trent posterWill TrentSeries • 2023Star Trek: Picard posterStar Trek: PicardSeries • 2020Back to the Future posterBack to the FutureMovie • 1985American Housewife posterAmerican HousewifeSeries • 2016Resident Alien posterResident AlienSeries • 2021Switched at Birth posterSwitched at BirthSeries • 2011Tales from the Crypt posterTales from the CryptSeries • 1989Caroline in the City posterCaroline in the CitySeries • 1995The Larry Sanders Show posterThe Larry Sanders ShowSeries • 1992DC's Stargirl posterDC's StargirlSeries • 2020Greek posterGreekSeries • 2007Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero posterPenn Zero: Part-Time HeroSeries • 2014Back to the Future Part II posterBack to the Future Part IIMovie • 1989