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 | What If | 2026 | |
| Movie | You Are Here | Helen | 2026 |
| Movie | A Pretty Good Movie | Ramona | 2026 |
| Movie | Queen | Dr. Page | 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 | Dinner in America | Betty | 2022-05-27 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Disappearance of Cari Farver | Nancy Farver | 2022-10-08 |
| Series | INVINCIBLE | Carol (voice) | 2021-03-25 |
| Movie | Mark, Mary + Some Other People | Aunty Carol | 2021-11-05 |
| Movie | Next Stop, Christmas | Evelyn | 2021-11-06 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Ready Room | Self | 2019-01-25 |
| Movie | Cool Cat's Crazy Dream | Dream World Lea | 2019-07-26 |
| Movie | The Year of Spectacular Men | Deb Klein | 2018-06-15 |
| Movie | Luis and the Aliens | Ms. Diekendaker (voice) | 2018-05-09 |
| Movie | Who We Are Now | Alana | 2018-05-25 |
| Series | 25 Words or Less | Unknown | 2018-08-06 |
| Movie | Sierra Burgess Is a Loser | Mrs. Burgess | 2018-09-07 |
| 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 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Ping Pong Summer | Mrs. Miracle | 2014-06-06 |
| Movie | My Mother's Future Husband | René Henderson | 2014-05-11 |
| Series | Scorpion | Veronica Dineen | 2014-09-22 |
| Movie | Left Behind | Irene Steele | 2014-10-03 |
| Series | A to Z | Lea Thompson | 2014-10-02 |
| Series | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Vonnie (voice) | 2014-12-05 |
| Movie | Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
| Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Self | 2013-07-16 |
| Movie | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Julia | 2013-04-20 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Series | Switched at Birth | Kathryn Kennish | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Mayor Cupcake | Mary Maroni | 2011-07-19 |
| 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 | Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer | Laura | 2010-04-16 |
| Movie | Tales from the Future | Self | 2010-10-26 |
| Movie | Rock Slyde | Master Bartologist | 2010-05-01 |
| Movie | Splinterheads | Susan Frost | 2009-11-06 |
| Movie | Fatal Secrets | Rebecca | 2009-01-03 |
| Movie | Looking Back to the Future | Self | 2009-02-10 |
| Movie | Spy School | Claire Miller | 2008-03-01 |
| Movie | Senior Skip Day | Cathleen Harris | 2008-05-06 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder | Cathy Davis / Jane Doe | 2008-01-12 |
| Movie | Final Approach | Alicia Bender | 2008-05-24 |
| Movie | The Christmas Clause | Sophie | 2008-11-24 |
| Movie | Exit Speed | Maudie McMinn | 2008-08-26 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well | Cathy Davis | 2006-01-14 |
| Series | Celebrity Duets | Unknown | 2006-08-29 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall | Cathy Davis | 2006-03-04 |
| Movie | Looking Back at the Future | Herself | 2006-06-16 |
| Movie | Jane Doe: Vanishing Act | Cathy Davis | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Come Away Home | Carol | 2005-01-20 |
| 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: Now You See It, Now You Don't | Cathy Davis | 2005-02-18 |
| Series | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Contestant | 2005-06-01 |
| 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 | The Haunted Lighthouse | Peg Van Legge | 2003-03-07 |
| Movie | Stealing Christmas | Sarah Gibson | 2003-11-30 |
| Series | For the People | Camille Paris | 2002-07-21 |
| Movie | Fish Don't Blink | Clara | 2002-04-13 |
| Series | Ed | Liz Stevens | 2000-10-08 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jennifer Rhodes | 2000-10-06 |
| Series | Family Guy | Lorraine McFly (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Larry Sanders Show | Herself | 1992-08-15 |
| Movie | Article 99 | Dr. Robin Van Dorn | 1992-03-13 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Back to the Future Part II | Lorraine McFly | 1989-11-22 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Sylvia Vane | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Casual Sex? | Stacy | 1988-04-22 |
| Movie | Going Undercover | Marigold de la Hunt | 1988-06-17 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988-09-05 |
| Movie | The Wizard of Loneliness | Sybil | 1988-09-02 |
| 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 | The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die | Unknown | 1983-07-15 |
| Movie | Jaws 3-D | Kelly Ann Bukowski | 1983-07-22 |
| Movie | All the Right Moves | Lisa | 1983-10-21 |