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
Back to the Future Part III
as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
Jaws 3-D
as Kelly Ann Bukowski
The Little Rascals
as Ms. Roberts
Red Dawn
as Erica
Dennis the Menace
as Alice Mitchell
Left Behind
as Irene Steele
Howard the Duck
as Beverly Switzler
J. Edgar
as Lela Rogers
Known For - TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Michelle Osborne
Family Guy
as Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)
Family Guy
as Lorraine McFly (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jennifer Rhodes
Invincible
as Carol (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
American Dad!
as Caroline Duffy (voice)
Friends
as Caroline Duffy (uncredited)
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Contestant
