Lea Thompson
Acting
Born May 31, 1961 · Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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
Acting
BRATS
2024 · Self
Unplugging
2022 · Perkins
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
2022 · Nancy Farver
Next Stop, Christmas
2021 · Evelyn
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021 · Aunty Carol
Dinner in America
2020 · Betty
The Year of Spectacular Men
2018 · Deb Klein
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018 · Mrs. Burgess
Little Women
2018 · Margaret "Marmee" March
Who We Are Now
2018 · Alana
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017 · Deb (Adam's Mom)
The Dog Lover
2016 · Liz Holloway
Back in Time
2015 · Self
Ping Pong Summer
2014 · Mrs. Miracle
Left Behind
2014 · Irene Steele
My Mother's Future Husband
2014 · René Henderson
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013 · Julia
Milius
2013 · Self
Thin Ice
2012 · Jo Ann Prohaska
The Trouble with the Truth
2012 · Emily
Love at the Christmas Table
2012 · Elissa Beth
Bound by Flesh
2012 · Voiceover
Mayor Cupcake
2011 · Mary Maroni
J. Edgar
2011 · Lela Rogers
The Cabin
2011 · Lily MacDougal
Rock Slyde
2010 · Master Bartologist
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
2010 · Laura
Splinterheads
2009 · Susan Frost
Fatal Secrets
2009 · Rebecca
Senior Skip Day
2008 · Cathleen Harris
Spy School
2008 · Claire Miller
Final Approach
2008 · Alicia Bender
Exit Speed
2008 · Maudie McMinn
The Christmas Clause
2008 · Sophie
A Life Interrupted
2007 · Debbie Smith
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
2007 · Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007 · Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
2006 · Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005 · Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
2005 · Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
2005 · Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
2005 · Cathy Davis
Stealing Christmas
2003 · Sarah Gibson
The Little Rascals
1994 · Ms. Roberts
The Substitute Wife
1994 · Amy Hightower
Dennis the Menace
1993 · Alice Mitchell
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993 · Laura Jackson
Article 99
1992 · Dr. Robin Van Dorn
Back to the Future Part III
1990 · Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
Back to the Future Part II
1989 · Lorraine
Casual Sex?
1988 · Stacy
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987 · Amanda Jones
Howard the Duck
1986 · Beverly Switzler
SpaceCamp
1986 · Kathryn
Back to the Future
1985 · Lorraine Baines
Red Dawn
1984 · Erica
The Wild Life
1984 · Anita
Jaws 3-D
1983 · Kelly Ann Bukowski
All the Right Moves
1983 · Lisa