Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 31, 1961 (age 65)
Place of Birth
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
- Lea Katherine Thompson
Lea Thompson
Biography
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 - Movies
Back to the Future
as Lorraine Baines
Back to the Future Part II
as Lorraine
The Little Rascals
as Ms. Roberts
Back to the Future Part III
as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
Left Behind
as Irene Steele
Jaws 3-D
as Kelly Ann Bukowski
J. Edgar
as Lela Rogers
Red Dawn
as Erica
Dennis the Menace
as Alice Mitchell
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Laura Jackson
Known For - TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Michelle Osborne
Invincible
as Carol (voice)
Family Guy
as Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)
Family Guy
as Lorraine McFly (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jennifer Rhodes
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Friends
as Caroline Duffy (uncredited)
American Dad!
as Caroline Duffy (voice)
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Contestant
Scorpion
as Veronica Dineen