Lea Thompson
Known For
Acting
Born
1961-05-31 in Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Michelle Osborne
Family Guy
as Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)
Family Guy
as Lorraine McFly (voice)
Friends
as Caroline Duffy (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
American Dad!
as Caroline Duffy (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jennifer Rhodes
Scorpion
as Veronica Dineen
Invincible
as Carol (voice)
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Contestant
The Goldbergs
as Fran
Star Trek: Picard
as Diane Werner
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
Tales from the Crypt
as Sylvia Vane
Back to the Future
as Lorraine Baines
Switched at Birth
as Kathryn Kennish
Intimate Portrait
as Self
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self