Lea Thompson
Acting
1961-05-31 · 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.
Filmography
Anna Pigeon
2026 · Series
SEGAL
2025 · Movie
The Chicken Sisters
2024 · Series
BRATS
2024 · Movie
The Spencer Sisters
2023 · Series
Will Trent
2023 · Series
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
2022 · Movie
Ten Tricks
2022 · Movie
Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon
2022 · Movie
Unplugging
2022 · Movie
Next Stop, Christmas
2021 · Movie
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021 · Movie
INVINCIBLE
2021 · Series
Resident Alien
2021 · Series
Dinner in America
2020 · Movie
DC's Stargirl
2020 · Series
Reunited Apart
2020 · Series
Stars in the House
2020 · Series
Katy Keene
2020 · Series
Star Trek: Picard
2020 · Series
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
2019 · Movie
The Ready Room
2019 · Series
Schooled
2019 · Series
Little Women
2018 · Movie
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018 · Movie
25 Words or Less
2018 · Series
The Year of Spectacular Men
2018 · Movie
Who We Are Now
2018 · Movie
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
2018 · Series
Over the Hill
2018 · Movie
Young Sheldon
2017 · Series
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017 · Movie
American Housewife
2016 · Series
The Dog Lover
2016 · Movie
Stars Are Already Dead
2016 · Movie
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
2015 · Movie
Back in Time
2015 · Movie
The Muppets
2015 · Series
Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · Series
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014 · Series
Left Behind
2014 · Movie
A to Z
2014 · Series
Scorpion
2014 · Series
Ping Pong Summer
2014 · Movie
My Mother's Future Husband
2014 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
The Goldbergs
2013 · Series
Mom
2013 · Series
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013 · Series
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013 · Movie
Milius
2013 · Movie
Love at the Christmas Table
2012 · Movie
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012 · Movie
Bound by Flesh
2012 · Movie
The Trouble with the Truth
2012 · Movie
Thin Ice
2012 · Movie
Game of Your Life
2011 · Movie
J. Edgar
2011 · Movie
The Cabin
2011 · Movie
Mayor Cupcake
2011 · Movie
Switched at Birth
2011 · Series
Tales from the Future
2010 · Movie
Rock Slyde
2010 · Movie
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
2010 · Movie
Splinterheads
2009 · Movie
Looking Back to the Future
2009 · Movie
Fatal Secrets
2009 · Movie
The Christmas Clause
2008 · Movie
My Best Friend's Girl
2008 · Movie
Exit Speed
2008 · Movie
Final Approach
2008 · Movie
Senior Skip Day
2008 · Movie
Spy School
2008 · Movie
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
2008 · Movie
Greek
2007 · Series
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007 · Movie
A Life Interrupted
2007 · Movie
Head Case
2007 · Series
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
2007 · Movie
California Dreaming
2007 · Movie
Celebrity Duets
2006 · Series
Looking Back at the Future
2006 · Movie
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
2006 · Movie
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
2006 · Movie
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
2006 · Movie
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
2005 · Movie
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Series
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
2005 · Movie
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005 · Movie
American Dad!
2005 · Series
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
2005 · Movie
Come Away Home
2005 · Movie
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Series
Stealing Christmas
2003 · Movie
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003 · Movie
For the People
2002 · Series
Fish Don't Blink
2002 · Movie
Ed
2000 · Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · Series
Family Guy
1999 · Series
A Will of their Own
1998 · Series
The Unknown Cyclist
1998 · Movie
Hollywood Squares
1998 · Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
The Right to Remain Silent
1996 · Movie
The Unspoken Truth
1995 · Movie
Caroline in the City
1995 · Series
Friends
1994 · Series
The Little Rascals
1994 · Movie
The Substitute Wife
1994 · Movie
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993 · Movie
Dennis the Menace
1993 · Movie
Stolen Babies
1993 · Movie
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Series
Article 99
1992 · Movie
Back to the Future Part III
1990 · Movie
Montana
1990 · Movie
Back to the Future Part II
1989 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
Nightbreaker
1989 · Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
The Wizard of Loneliness
1988 · Movie
Going Undercover
1988 · Movie
Casual Sex?
1988 · Movie
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987 · Movie
The Making of Back to the Future
1986 · Movie
Howard the Duck
1986 · Movie
SpaceCamp
1986 · Movie
Back to the Future
1985 · Movie
The Wild Life
1984 · Movie
Red Dawn
1984 · Movie
All the Right Moves
1983 · Movie
Jaws 3-D
1983 · Movie
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Queen
Movie
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
Movie
You Are Here
Movie
A Pretty Good Movie
Movie
What If
Movie
Manville
Movie