Lea Thompson
Acting Born May 31, 1961 Rochester, Minnesota, USA 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Michelle Osborne
- Family Guy (1999) as Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Lorraine McFly (voice)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Jennifer Rhodes
- American Dad! (2005) as Caroline Duffy (voice)
- Friends (1994) as Caroline Duffy (uncredited)
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- Dancing with the Stars (2005) as Self - Contestant
- INVINCIBLE (2021) as Carol (voice)
- The Goldbergs (2013) as Fran
- Scorpion (2014) as Veronica Dineen
- Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
- Switched at Birth (2011) as Kathryn Kennish
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- Caroline in the City (1995) as Caroline Duffy
- Star Trek: Picard (2020) as Diane Werner
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Sylvia Vane
- Back to the Future (1985) as Lorraine Baines
- Greek (2007) as April
- Intimate Portrait (1993) as Self
- 25 Words or Less (2018) as Self
- Celebrity Family Feud (2015) as Self
- Ed (2000) as Liz Stevens