Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
May 31, 1961 (64 years old)
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
Acting
BRATS
2024
The Spencer Sisters
2023
Unplugging
2022
Next Stop, Christmas
2021
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021
Invincible
2021
Dinner in America
2020
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Little Women
2018
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018
The Year of Spectacular Men
2018
Who We Are Now
2018
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017
The Dog Lover
2016
Back in Time
2015
The Muppets
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
Left Behind
2014
A to Z
2014
Scorpion
2014
Ping Pong Summer
2014
My Mother's Future Husband
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Crew
Will Trent
Director
2023
Resident Alien
Director
2021
DC's Stargirl
Director
2020
Star Trek: Picard
Director
2020
Schooled
Director
2019
The Year of Spectacular Men
Director
2018
Young Sheldon
Director
2017
American Housewife
Director
2016
The Goldbergs
Director
2013
Mom
Director
2013
Switched at Birth
Director
2011
Fatal Secrets
Associate Producer
2009