Lea Thompson
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lea Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- May 31, 1961 In Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 132
- First Appeared:
- In the movie What If
- Latest Project:
- Movie A Pretty Good Movie 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Queen | Dr. Page | 2026 |
| Movie | What If | 2026 | |
| Movie | SEGAL | Self | 2026 |
| Movie | You Are Here | Helen | 2026 |
| Movie | A Pretty Good Movie | Ramona | 2026 |
| Movie | BRATS | Self | 2024-06-07 |
| Series | The Chicken Sisters | Nancy Hillier | 2024-09-10 |
| Movie | Lynch/Oz | Lorraine Baines (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-05-15 |
| Series | The Spencer Sisters | Victoria Spencer | 2023-01-29 |
| Movie | Unplugging | Perkins | 2022-04-22 |
| Movie | Ten Tricks | Grace | 2022-09-27 |
| Movie | The Disappearance of Cari Farver | Nancy Farver | 2022-10-08 |
| Movie | Retour vers le futur : Voyage dans le temps, American Dream & rock'n'roll | Self | 2022-09-01 |
| Series | INVINCIBLE | Carol (voice) | 2021-03-25 |
| Movie | Next Stop, Christmas | Evelyn | 2021-11-06 |
| Movie | Mark, Mary + Some Other People | Aunty Carol | 2021-11-05 |
| Series | Star Trek: Picard | Diane Werner | 2020-01-23 |
| Series | Reunited Apart | Self | 2020-04-27 |
| Series | Stars in the House | Self | 2020-03-16 |
| Movie | Dinner in America | Betty | 2020-05-27 |
| Movie | Cool Cat's Crazy Dream | Dream World Lea | 2019-07-26 |
| Series | The Ready Room | Self | 2019-01-25 |
| Movie | Luis and the Aliens | Ms. Diekendaker (voice) | 2018-05-09 |
| Movie | Who We Are Now | Alana | 2018-05-25 |
| Movie | The Year of Spectacular Men | Deb Klein | 2018-06-15 |
| Movie | Sierra Burgess Is a Loser | Mrs. Burgess | 2018-09-07 |
| Series | 25 Words or Less | Self | 2018-08-06 |
| Movie | Little Women | Margaret "Marmee" March | 2018-09-28 |
| Movie | Literally, Right Before Aaron | Deb (Adam's Mom) | 2017-04-22 |
| Movie | The Dog Lover | Liz Holloway | 2016-07-08 |
| Movie | Stars Are Already Dead | Aunt Sophia | 2016-01-01 |
| Series | Celebrity Family Feud | Self | 2015-06-21 |
| Series | The Muppets | Self | 2015-09-22 |
| Movie | Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute | Self | 2015-10-21 |
| Movie | Back in Time | Self | 2015-10-20 |
| Series | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Vonnie (voice) | 2014-12-05 |
| Movie | My Mother's Future Husband | René Henderson | 2014-05-11 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Ping Pong Summer | Mrs. Miracle | 2014-06-06 |
| Series | A to Z | Lea Thompson | 2014-10-02 |
| Movie | Left Behind | Irene Steele | 2014-10-03 |
| Series | Scorpion | Veronica Dineen | 2014-09-22 |
| Movie | Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
| Movie | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Julia | 2013-04-20 |
| Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Self | 2013-07-16 |
| Series | The Goldbergs | Fran | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | Thin Ice | Jo Ann Prohaska | 2012-02-17 |
| Movie | The Trouble with the Truth | Emily | 2012-09-14 |
| Movie | John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast | Self | 2012-11-06 |
| Movie | Love at the Christmas Table | Elissa Beth | 2012-11-25 |
| Movie | Bound by Flesh | Voiceover | 2012-10-19 |
| Series | Switched at Birth | Kathryn Kennish | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | The Cabin | Lily MacDougal | 2011-08-02 |
| Movie | Game of Your Life | Abbie | 2011-12-01 |
| Movie | J. Edgar | Lela Rogers | 2011-11-09 |
| Movie | Mayor Cupcake | Mary Maroni | 2011-07-19 |
| Movie | Rock Slyde | Master Bartologist | 2010-05-01 |
| Movie | Tales from the Future | Self | 2010-10-26 |
| Movie | Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer | Laura | 2010-04-16 |
| Movie | Fatal Secrets | Rebecca | 2009-01-03 |
| Movie | Looking Back to the Future | Self | 2009-02-10 |
| Movie | Splinterheads | Susan Frost | 2009-11-06 |
| Movie | Spy School | Claire Miller | 2008-03-01 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder | Cathy Davis / Jane Doe | 2008-01-12 |
| Movie | Senior Skip Day | Cathleen Harris | 2008-05-06 |
| Movie | The Christmas Clause | Sophie | 2008-11-24 |
| Movie | Exit Speed | Maudie McMinn | 2008-08-26 |
| Movie | Final Approach | Alicia Bender | 2008-05-24 |
| Movie | California Dreaming | Ginger Gainor | 2007-03-04 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Ties That Bind | Cathy Davis / Jane Doe | 2007-03-17 |
| Series | Head Case | Self | 2007-04-18 |
| Series | Greek | April | 2007-07-09 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss | Cathy Davis | 2007-05-09 |
| Movie | A Life Interrupted | Debbie Smith | 2007-04-23 |
| Movie | The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful | Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Series | Celebrity Duets | Unknown | 2006-08-29 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well | Cathy Davis | 2006-01-14 |
| Movie | Looking Back at the Future | Herself | 2006-06-16 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall | Cathy Davis | 2006-03-04 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Vanishing Act | Cathy Davis | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Come Away Home | Carol | 2005-01-20 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't | Cathy Davis | 2005-02-18 |
| Series | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Contestant | 2005-06-01 |
| Series | American Dad! | Caroline Duffy (voice) | 2005-02-06 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part | Cathy Davis | 2005-03-11 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: The Wrong Face | Cathy Davis | 2005-06-19 |
| Movie | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Beverly Switzler (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | Stealing Christmas | Sarah Gibson | 2003-11-30 |
| Movie | Haunted Lighthouse 4-D | Peg Van Legge | 2003-03-07 |
| Movie | Fish Don't Blink | Clara | 2002-04-13 |
| Series | For the People | Camille Paris | 2002-07-21 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jennifer Rhodes | 2000-10-06 |
| Series | Ed | Liz Stevens | 2000-10-08 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self - Guest | 1999-03-30 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Michelle Osborne | 1999-09-20 |
| Series | Family Guy | Lorraine McFly (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
| Series | Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist | 1998-09-14 |
| Series | A Will of their Own | Amanda Steward | 1998-10-18 |
| Movie | The Unknown Cyclist | Melissa Cavatelli | 1998-10-10 |
| Movie | The Right to Remain Silent | Christine Paley | 1996-01-07 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | The Unspoken Truth | Brianne Hawkins | 1995-09-24 |
| Series | Caroline in the City | Caroline Duffy | 1995-09-21 |
| Series | Friends | Caroline Duffy (uncredited) | 1994-09-22 |
| Movie | The Substitute Wife | Amy Hightower | 1994-05-23 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Ms. Roberts | 1994-08-05 |
| Movie | Stolen Babies | Annie Beales | 1993-03-24 |
| Movie | The Beverly Hillbillies | Laura Jackson | 1993-10-15 |
| Movie | Dennis the Menace | Alice Mitchell | 1993-06-09 |
| Series | Intimate Portrait | Self | 1993-11-14 |
| Movie | Article 99 | Dr. Robin Van Dorn | 1992-03-13 |
| Series | The Larry Sanders Show | Herself | 1992-08-15 |
| Movie | Back to the Future Part III | Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly | 1990-05-25 |
| Movie | Montana | Peg Guthrie | 1990-02-09 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Sylvia Vane | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Back to the Future Part II | Lorraine | 1989-11-22 |
| Movie | Nightbreaker | Sally Matthews | 1989-03-08 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988-09-05 |
| Movie | Casual Sex? | Stacy | 1988-04-22 |
| Movie | The Wizard of Loneliness | Sybil | 1988-09-02 |
| Movie | Going Undercover | Marigold de la Hunt | 1988-06-17 |
| Movie | Some Kind of Wonderful | Amanda Jones | 1987-02-27 |
| Movie | SpaceCamp | Kathryn | 1986-06-06 |
| Movie | Howard the Duck | Beverly Switzler | 1986-08-01 |
| Movie | The Making of Back to the Future | Self | 1986-10-25 |
| Movie | Back to the Future | Lorraine Baines | 1985-07-03 |
| Movie | Red Dawn | Erica | 1984-08-10 |
| Movie | The Wild Life | Anita | 1984-09-28 |
| Movie | All the Right Moves | Lisa | 1983-10-21 |
| Movie | Jaws 3-D | Kelly Ann Bukowski | 1983-07-22 |
| Movie | The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die | Unknown | 1983-07-15 |