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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Known For
Filmography
| Movie | A Pretty Good Movie | Ramona | 2026 |
| Movie | Queen | Dr. Page | 2026 |
| Movie | You Are Here | Helen | 2026 |
| Movie | What If | 2026 | |
| Movie | BRATS | Self | 2024-06-07 |
| Series | The Chicken Sisters | Nancy Hillier | 2024-09-10 |
| 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 | Ten Tricks | Grace | 2022-09-27 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Dinner in America | Betty | 2020-05-27 |
| Series | Reunited Apart | Self | 2020-04-27 |
| Series | Stars in the House | Self | 2020-03-16 |
| Series | The Ready Room | Self | 2019-01-25 |
| Movie | Cool Cat's Crazy Dream | Dream World Lea | 2019-07-26 |
| Movie | Sierra Burgess Is a Loser | Mrs. Burgess | 2018-09-07 |
| 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 | Little Women | Margaret "Marmee" March | 2018-09-28 |
| Series | 25 Words or Less | Unknown | 2018-08-06 |
| Movie | Literally, Right Before Aaron | Deb (Adam's Mom) | 2017-04-22 |
| Movie | Stars Are Already Dead | Aunt Sophia | 2016-01-01 |
| Movie | The Dog Lover | Liz Holloway | 2016-07-08 |
| Movie | Back in Time | Self | 2015-10-20 |
| Movie | Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute | Self | 2015-10-21 |
| Series | The Muppets | Self | 2015-09-22 |
| Series | Celebrity Family Feud | Self | 2015-06-21 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Ping Pong Summer | Mrs. Miracle | 2014-06-06 |
| Movie | Left Behind | Irene Steele | 2014-10-03 |
| Series | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Vonnie (voice) | 2014-12-05 |
| 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 | The Goldbergs | Fran | 2013-09-24 |
| Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Self | 2013-07-16 |
| Movie | Thin Ice | Jo Ann Prohaska | 2012-02-17 |
| Movie | Love at the Christmas Table | Elissa Beth | 2012-11-25 |
| Movie | John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast | Self | 2012-11-06 |
| Movie | Bound by Flesh | Voiceover | 2012-10-19 |
| Movie | The Trouble with the Truth | Emily | 2012-09-14 |
| Movie | Mayor Cupcake | Mary Maroni | 2011-07-19 |
| Series | Switched at Birth | Kathryn Kennish | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Game of Your Life | Abbie | 2011-12-01 |
| Movie | The Cabin | Lily MacDougal | 2011-08-02 |
| Movie | J. Edgar | Lela Rogers | 2011-11-09 |
| 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 | 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 | Spy School | Claire Miller | 2008-03-01 |
| Movie | Exit Speed | Maudie McMinn | 2008-08-26 |
| Movie | The Christmas Clause | Sophie | 2008-11-24 |
| Movie | Senior Skip Day | Cathleen Harris | 2008-05-06 |
| 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 | Greek | April | 2007-07-09 |
| Series | Head Case | Self | 2007-04-18 |
| Movie | A Life Interrupted | Debbie Smith | 2007-04-23 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss | Cathy Davis | 2007-05-09 |
| Movie | The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful | Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well | Cathy Davis | 2006-01-14 |
| 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 | 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: The Wrong Face | Cathy Davis | 2005-06-19 |
| Series | American Dad! | Caroline Duffy (voice) | 2005-02-06 |
| 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 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Beverly Switzler (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
| 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 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Michelle Osborne | 1999-09-20 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self - Guest | 1999-03-30 |
| Series | Family Guy | Lorraine McFly (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
| Series | A Will of their Own | Amanda Steward | 1998-10-18 |
| Movie | The Unknown Cyclist | Melissa Cavatelli | 1998-10-10 |
| Series | Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist | 1998-09-14 |
| Movie | The Right to Remain Silent | Christine Paley | 1996-01-07 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Series | Caroline in the City | Caroline Duffy | 1995-09-21 |
| Movie | The Unspoken Truth | Brianne Hawkins | 1995-09-24 |
| Series | Friends | Caroline Duffy (uncredited) | 1994-09-22 |
| Movie | The Little Rascals | Ms. Roberts | 1994-08-05 |
| Movie | The Substitute Wife | Amy Hightower | 1994-05-23 |
| Movie | Stolen Babies | Annie Beales | 1993-03-24 |
| Movie | The Beverly Hillbillies | Laura Jackson | 1993-10-15 |
| Series | Intimate Portrait | Self | 1993-11-14 |
| 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 | Nightbreaker | Sally Matthews | 1989-03-08 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Sylvia Vane | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Back to the Future Part II | Lorraine | 1989-11-22 |
| 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 |
| 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 | The Wild Life | Anita | 1984-09-28 |
| Movie | Red Dawn | Erica | 1984-08-10 |
| Movie | All the Right Moves | Lisa | 1983-10-21 |
| Movie | The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die | 1983-07-15 | |
| Movie | Jaws 3-D | Kelly Ann Bukowski | 1983-07-22 |