Lea Thompson
Known for: Acting
Born: May 31, 1961
Place of birth: Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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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Filmography
95 movies · 49 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Anna Pigeon
2026
NR
SEGAL
2025
7.6
The Chicken Sisters
2024
6.0
BRATS
2024
6.4
The Spencer Sisters
2023
7.3
Will Trent
2023
5.3
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
2022
4.4
Ten Tricks
2022
8.0
Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon
2022
4.9
Unplugging
2022
6.4
Next Stop, Christmas
2021
5.2
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021
8.6
INVINCIBLE
2021
7.8
Resident Alien
2021
7.7
Dinner in America
2020
7.7
DC's Stargirl
2020
5.5
Reunited Apart
2020
NR
Stars in the House
2020
8.1
Katy Keene
2020
7.2
Star Trek: Picard
2020
1.0
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
2019
4.0
The Ready Room
2019
6.3
Schooled
2019
6.3
Little Women
2018
6.3
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
5.2
25 Words or Less
2018
5.6
The Year of Spectacular Men
2018
5.7
Who We Are Now
2018
NR
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
2018
NR
Over the Hill
2018
8.0
Young Sheldon
2017
4.8
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017
7.7
American Housewife
2016
6.3
The Dog Lover
2016
NR
Stars Are Already Dead
2016
5.6
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
2015
6.5
Back in Time
2015
7.0
The Muppets
2015
7.7
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
7.2
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
4.3
Left Behind
2014
6.4
A to Z
2014
8.2
Scorpion
2014
5.7
Ping Pong Summer
2014
5.7
My Mother's Future Husband
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
7.4
The Goldbergs
2013
7.3
Mom
2013
7.7
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
7.0
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
7.1
Milius
2013
5.8
Love at the Christmas Table
2012
NR
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012
5.9
Bound by Flesh
2012
5.7
The Trouble with the Truth
2012
6.5
Thin Ice
2012
10.0
Game of Your Life
2011
6.2
J. Edgar
2011
6.2
The Cabin
2011
5.3
Mayor Cupcake
2011
7.5
Switched at Birth
2011
6.2
Tales from the Future
2010
5.4
Rock Slyde
2010
3.8
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
2010
5.9
Splinterheads
2009
6.6
Looking Back to the Future
2009
3.8
Fatal Secrets
2009
5.7
The Christmas Clause
2008
5.6
My Best Friend's Girl
2008
5.2
Exit Speed
2008
5.1
Final Approach
2008
4.7
Senior Skip Day
2008
4.7
Spy School
2008
6.1
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
2008
6.7
Greek
2007
6.0
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007
5.6
A Life Interrupted
2007
6.3
Head Case
2007
5.2
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
2007
4.0
California Dreaming
2007
10.0
Celebrity Duets
20066.7
Looking Back at the Future
2006
6.4
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
2006
6.1
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
2006NR
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
2006
6.4
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
2005
6.1
Dancing with the Stars
2005
6.0
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
2005
6.0
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005
7.0
American Dad!
2005
5.8
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
2005
6.8
Come Away Home
20056.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
5.0
Stealing Christmas
2003
5.3
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
200310.0
For the People
2002
6.0
Fish Don't Blink
2002
7.6
Ed
2000
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
5.3
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
7.4
Family Guy
1999
7.5
A Will of their Own
1998
4.6
The Unknown Cyclist
1998
7.6
Hollywood Squares
1998
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
5.2
The Right to Remain Silent
1996
8.1
The Unspoken Truth
1995
6.6
Caroline in the City
1995
8.4
Friends
1994
6.8
The Little Rascals
1994
5.5
The Substitute Wife
1994
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
6.3
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
5.9
Dennis the Menace
1993
5.5
Stolen Babies
1993
7.7
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
6.1
Article 99
1992
7.5
Back to the Future Part III
1990
6.1
Montana
1990
7.8
Back to the Future Part II
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
6.7
Nightbreaker
1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
6.3
The Wizard of Loneliness
1988
2.8
Going Undercover
1988
5.2
Casual Sex?
1988
6.8
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987
7.6
The Making of Back to the Future
1986
5.5
Howard the Duck
1986
5.9
SpaceCamp
1986
8.3
Back to the Future
1985
6.1
The Wild Life
1984
6.3
Red Dawn
1984
5.8
All the Right Moves
1983
4.5
Jaws 3-D
1983
5.0
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983
6.6
American Playhouse
1982NR
Queen
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A Pretty Good Movie
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NR
You Are Here
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What If
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NR
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
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Manville
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