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Lea Thompson

Born May 31, 1961
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
65 years old

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 …

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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.

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106 Acting
17 Directing
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Acting (106)

Back to the Future (1985)

Lorraine Baines

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Lorraine

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly

Friends (1994)

Caroline Duffy (uncredited)

INVINCIBLE (2021)

Carol (voice)

Family Guy (1999)

Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice) / Lorraine McFly (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Michelle Osborne

Scorpion (2014)

Veronica Dineen

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)

Mrs. Burgess

J. Edgar (2011)

Lela Rogers

American Dad! (2005)

Caroline Duffy (voice)

Star Trek: Picard (2020)

Diane Werner

Dennis the Menace (1993)

Alice Mitchell

Jaws 3-D (1983)

Kelly Ann Bukowski

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)

Jennifer Rhodes

Left Behind (2014)

Irene Steele

The Little Rascals (1994)

Ms. Roberts

Howard the Duck (1986)

Beverly Switzler

Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Sylvia Vane

Red Dawn (1984)

Erica

The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)

Laura Jackson

Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

Amanda Jones

The Goldbergs (2013)

Fran

All the Right Moves (1983)

Lisa

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Dinner in America (2022)

Betty

Switched at Birth (2011)

Kathryn Kennish

SpaceCamp (1986)

Kathryn

Thin Ice (2012)

Jo Ann Prohaska

Greek (2007)

April

Love at the Christmas Table (2012)

Elissa Beth

The Larry Sanders Show (1992)

Lea Thompson

Casual Sex? (1988)

Stacy

Next Stop, Christmas (2021)

Evelyn

Literally, Right Before Aaron (2017)

Deb (Adam's Mom)

E! True Hollywood Story (1996)

Article 99 (1992)

Dr. Robin Van Dorn

The Wild Life (1984)

Anita

Senior Skip Day (2008)

Cathleen Harris

Spy School (2008)

Claire Miller

Exit Speed (2008)

Maudie McMinn

Ping Pong Summer (2014)

Mrs. Miracle

Ed (2000)

Liz Stevens

Little Women (2018)

Margaret "Marmee" March

Who We Are Now (2018)

Alana

A to Z (2014)

Lea Thompson

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)

Julia

The Year of Spectacular Men (2018)

Deb Klein

Unplugging (2022)

Perkins

Caroline in the City (1995)

Caroline Duffy

The Christmas Clause (2008)

Sophie

Stealing Christmas (2003)

Sarah Gibson

Splinterheads (2009)

Susan Frost

Mark, Mary + Some Other People (2021)

Aunty Carol

Final Approach (2008)

Alicia Bender

The Dog Lover (2016)

Liz Holloway

Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer (2010)

Laura

Rock Slyde (2010)

Master Bartologist

Mayor Cupcake (2011)

Mary Maroni

Bound by Flesh (2012)

Voiceover

Fatal Secrets (2009)

Rebecca

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014)

Vonnie (voice)

The Substitute Wife (1994)

Amy Hightower

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face (2005)

Cathy Davis

The Cabin (2011)

Lily MacDougal

Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (2005)

Cathy Davis

Jane Doe: Vanishing Act (2005)

Cathy Davis

My Mother's Future Husband (2014)

René Henderson

The Spencer Sisters (2023)

Victoria Spencer

A Life Interrupted (2007)

Debbie Smith

Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss (2007)

Cathy Davis

Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (2005)

Cathy Davis

Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well (2006)

Cathy Davis

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007)

Cathy Davis / Jane Doe

The Disappearance of Cari Farver (2022)

Nancy Farver

The Unknown Cyclist (1998)

Melissa Cavatelli

The Trouble with the Truth (2012)

Emily

Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder (2008)

Cathy Davis / Jane Doe

Montana (1990)

Peg Guthrie

American Playhouse (1982)

Aunt Sybil

California Dreaming (2007)

Ginger Gainor

Come Away Home (2005)

Carol

Fish Don't Blink (2002)

Clara

Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall (2006)

Cathy Davis

Nightbreaker (1989)

Sally Matthews

Ten Tricks (2022)

Grace

The Wizard of Loneliness (1988)

Sybil

Going Undercover (1988)

Marigold de la Hunt

The Chicken Sisters (2024)

Nancy Hillier

The Right to Remain Silent (1996)

Christine Paley

The Unspoken Truth (1995)

Brianne Hawkins

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D (2003)

Peg Van Legge

Stolen Babies (1993)

Annie Beales

A Will of their Own (1998)

Amanda Steward

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die (1983)

Celebrity Duets (2006)

Cool Cat's Crazy Dream (2019)

Dream World Lea

For the People (2002)

Chief Deputy District Attorney Camille Paris

Game of Your Life (2011)

Abbie

A Pretty Good Movie

Ramona

Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles (2018)

Lorraine Baines-McFly

Over the Hill (2018)

Sally

Dr. Page

Stars Are Already Dead (2016)

Aunt Sophia

The Kiddieland Murders

You Are Here (2019)

Helen

Directing (17)

Young Sheldon (2017)

Star Trek: Picard (2020)

DC's Stargirl (2020)

Resident Alien (2021)

Mom (2013)

The Goldbergs (2013)

Katy Keene (2020)

Switched at Birth (2011)

Will Trent (2023)

American Housewife (2016)

Schooled (2019)

The Year of Spectacular Men (2018)

Anna Pigeon (2026)

Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder (2008)

Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall (2006)

The Chicken Sisters (2024)

Production (2)

Anna Pigeon (2026)

Executive production

Fatal Secrets (2009)

Associate production

Crew (2)

My Best Friend's Girl (2008)

Thanks

Looking Back to the Future (2009)

Thanks

Appearances (23)

Back in Time (2015)

Self

Dancing with the Stars (2005)

Self - Contestant

The Muppets (2015)

Self

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (2013)

Self

BRATS (2024)

Self

Milius (2013)

Self

Celebrity Family Feud (2015)

Self

Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy (2002)

Self - Lorraine Baines

Looking Back to the Future (2009)

Self

Tales from the Future (2010)

Self

Looking Back at the Future (2006)

Herself

Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon (2022)

Self

The Making of Back to the Future (1986)

Self

Head Case (2007)

Self

Hollywood Squares (1998)

Self - Panelist

Intimate Portrait (1993)

Self

Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute (2015)

Self

25 Words or Less (2018)

Self

Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb

Self

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast (2012)

Self

SEGAL (2025)

Self

Stars in the House (2020)

Self

The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful (2006)

Self