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 | You Are Here | Helen | 2026 |
| Movie | SEGAL | Self | 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 | 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 |
| Movie | Ten Tricks | Grace | 2022-09-27 |
| Movie | Next Stop, Christmas | Evelyn | 2021-11-06 |
| Series | INVINCIBLE | Carol (voice) | 2021-03-25 |
| Movie | Mark, Mary + Some Other People | Aunty Carol | 2021-11-05 |
| Series | Reunited Apart | Self | 2020-04-27 |
| Movie | Dinner in America | Betty | 2020-05-27 |
| Series | Stars in the House | Self | 2020-03-16 |
| Series | Star Trek: Picard | Diane Werner | 2020-01-23 |
| Series | The Ready Room | Self | 2019-01-25 |
| Movie | Cool Cat's Crazy Dream | Dream World Lea | 2019-07-26 |
| Movie | Little Women | Margaret "Marmee" March | 2018-09-28 |
| Movie | Sierra Burgess Is a Loser | Mrs. Burgess | 2018-09-07 |
| Movie | Luis and the Aliens | Ms. Diekendaker (voice) | 2018-05-09 |
| Movie | The Year of Spectacular Men | Deb Klein | 2018-06-15 |
| Movie | Who We Are Now | Alana | 2018-05-25 |
| Series | 25 Words or Less | Self | 2018-08-06 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute | Self | 2015-10-21 |
| Movie | Back in Time | Self | 2015-10-20 |
| Series | Celebrity Family Feud | Self | 2015-06-21 |
| Series | The Muppets | Self | 2015-09-22 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | My Mother's Future Husband | René Henderson | 2014-05-11 |
| Series | A to Z | Lea Thompson | 2014-10-02 |
| Series | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Vonnie (voice) | 2014-12-05 |
| Movie | Ping Pong Summer | Mrs. Miracle | 2014-06-06 |
| Series | Scorpion | Veronica Dineen | 2014-09-22 |
| Movie | Left Behind | Irene Steele | 2014-10-03 |
| Movie | Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
| Series | The Goldbergs | Fran | 2013-09-24 |
| Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Self | 2013-07-16 |
| Movie | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Julia | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | Thin Ice | Jo Ann Prohaska | 2012-02-17 |
| Movie | The Trouble with the Truth | Emily | 2012-09-14 |
| Movie | Bound by Flesh | Voiceover | 2012-10-19 |
| Movie | John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast | Self | 2012-11-06 |
| Movie | Love at the Christmas Table | Elissa Beth | 2012-11-25 |
| Series | Switched at Birth | Kathryn Kennish | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Mayor Cupcake | Mary Maroni | 2011-07-19 |
| Movie | J. Edgar | Lela Rogers | 2011-11-09 |
| Movie | The Cabin | Lily MacDougal | 2011-08-02 |
| Movie | Game of Your Life | Abbie | 2011-12-01 |
| Movie | Tales from the Future | Self | 2010-10-26 |
| Movie | Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer | Laura | 2010-04-16 |
| Movie | Rock Slyde | Master Bartologist | 2010-05-01 |
| Movie | Looking Back to the Future | Self | 2009-02-10 |
| Movie | Splinterheads | Susan Frost | 2009-11-06 |
| Movie | Fatal Secrets | Rebecca | 2009-01-03 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder | Cathy Davis / Jane Doe | 2008-01-12 |
| Movie | Senior Skip Day | Cathleen Harris | 2008-05-06 |
| Movie | Exit Speed | Maudie McMinn | 2008-08-26 |
| Movie | Spy School | Claire Miller | 2008-03-01 |
| Movie | Final Approach | Alicia Bender | 2008-05-24 |
| Movie | The Christmas Clause | Sophie | 2008-11-24 |
| Movie | California Dreaming | Ginger Gainor | 2007-03-04 |
| Series | Greek | April | 2007-07-09 |
| Movie | A Life Interrupted | Debbie Smith | 2007-04-23 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss | Cathy Davis | 2007-05-09 |
| Series | Head Case | Self | 2007-04-18 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Ties That Bind | Cathy Davis / Jane Doe | 2007-03-17 |
| Movie | The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful | Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Series | Celebrity Duets | 2006-08-29 | |
| 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: Yes, I Remember It Well | Cathy Davis | 2006-01-14 |
| Movie | Come Away Home | Carol | 2005-01-20 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Vanishing Act | Cathy Davis | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part | Cathy Davis | 2005-03-11 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't | Cathy Davis | 2005-02-18 |
| Series | American Dad! | Caroline Duffy (voice) | 2005-02-06 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: The Wrong Face | Cathy Davis | 2005-06-19 |
| Series | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Contestant | 2005-06-01 |
| 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 | Ed | Liz Stevens | 2000-10-08 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jennifer Rhodes | 2000-10-06 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Unknown Cyclist | Melissa Cavatelli | 1998-10-10 |
| Series | A Will of their Own | Amanda Steward | 1998-10-18 |
| Series | Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist | 1998-09-14 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | The Right to Remain Silent | Christine Paley | 1996-01-07 |
| Series | Caroline in the City | Caroline Duffy | 1995-09-21 |
| Movie | The Unspoken Truth | Brianne Hawkins | 1995-09-24 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Ms. Roberts | 1994-08-05 |
| Series | Friends | Caroline Duffy (uncredited) | 1994-09-22 |
| Movie | The Substitute Wife | Amy Hightower | 1994-05-23 |
| Movie | Stolen Babies | Annie Beales | 1993-03-24 |
| Series | Intimate Portrait | Self | 1993-11-14 |
| Movie | The Beverly Hillbillies | Laura Jackson | 1993-10-15 |
| Movie | Dennis the Menace | Alice Mitchell | 1993-06-09 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Back to the Future Part II | Lorraine | 1989-11-22 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Sylvia Vane | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Nightbreaker | Sally Matthews | 1989-03-08 |
| Movie | Going Undercover | Marigold de la Hunt | 1988-06-17 |
| Movie | Casual Sex? | Stacy | 1988-04-22 |
| Movie | The Wizard of Loneliness | Sybil | 1988-09-02 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988-09-05 |
| Movie | Some Kind of Wonderful | Amanda Jones | 1987-02-27 |
| Movie | SpaceCamp | Kathryn | 1986-06-06 |
| Movie | The Making of Back to the Future | Self | 1986-10-25 |
| Movie | Howard the Duck | Beverly Switzler | 1986-08-01 |
| 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 |