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.
132 acting credits · 16 directing credits
Acting · 132
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Family Guy
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
American Dad!
2005
Friends
1994
INVINCIBLE
2021
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Scorpion
2014
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Goldbergs
2013
Hollywood Squares
1998
Switched at Birth
2011
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Stars in the House
2020
Caroline in the City
1995
Back to the Future
1985
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Greek
2007
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Ed
2000
25 Words or Less
2018
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
The Ready Room
2019
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Reunited Apart
2020
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Head Case
2007
Back to the Future Part III
1990
The Muppets
2015
The Little Rascals
1994
A to Z
2014
Dennis the Menace
1993
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
For the People
2002
Left Behind
2014
The Spencer Sisters
2023
The Chicken Sisters
2024
Jaws 3-D
1983
Red Dawn
1984
Howard the Duck
1986
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987
J. Edgar
2011
A Will of their Own
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Dinner in America
2020
All the Right Moves
1983
Celebrity Duets
2006
BRATS
2024
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
2018
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017
Article 99
1992
Casual Sex?
1988
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
SpaceCamp
1986
Milius
2013
Who We Are Now
2018
Back in Time
2015
Unplugging
2022
The Wild Life
1984
Senior Skip Day
2008
Exit Speed
2008
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
My Mother's Future Husband
2014
Thin Ice
2012
Next Stop, Christmas
2021
Final Approach
2008
Looking Back to the Future
2009
The Year of Spectacular Men
2018
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021
SEGAL
2025
Stealing Christmas
2003
Spy School
2008
Little Women
2018
The Dog Lover
2016
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
2010
A Life Interrupted
2007
Fatal Secrets
2009
Rock Slyde
2010
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012
Ping Pong Summer
2014
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
2005
Love at the Christmas Table
2012
The Right to Remain Silent
1996
The Substitute Wife
1994
Come Away Home
2005
California Dreaming
2007
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
2022
Montana
1990
The Unspoken Truth
1995
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
2005
Splinterheads
2009
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007
Tales from the Future
2010
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
2015
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983
Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon
2022
Game of Your Life
2011
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
2008
Mayor Cupcake
2011
The Cabin
2011
The Unknown Cyclist
1998
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
2005
The Christmas Clause
2008
Nightbreaker
1989
Ten Tricks
2022
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
2007
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003
The Making of Back to the Future
1986
Stars Are Already Dead
2016
Looking Back at the Future
2006
Bound by Flesh
2012
Stolen Babies
1993
The Wizard of Loneliness
1988
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
2006
Going Undercover
1988
What If
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The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
2006
Fish Don't Blink
2002
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
2006
A Pretty Good Movie
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The Trouble with the Truth
2012
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
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Queen
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You Are Here
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Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
2019
Over the Hill
2018
Directing · 16
Young Sheldon
2017
Mom
2013
The Goldbergs
2013
Will Trent
2023
Resident Alien
2021
Switched at Birth
2011
Star Trek: Picard
2020
American Housewife
2016
DC's Stargirl
2020
The Chicken Sisters
2024
Schooled
2019
Katy Keene
2020
The Year of Spectacular Men
2018
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
2008
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
2006
Manville
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