Personal Info
Birthday
May 31, 1961
Place of Birth
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
Directed Movies (15)
7.6
The Chicken Sisters
TV Series2024
7.2
Will Trent
TV Series2023
7.8
Resident Alien
TV Series2021
7.7
DC's Stargirl
TV Series2020
8.1
Katy Keene
TV Series2020
7.2
Star Trek: Picard
TV Series2020
6.3
Schooled
TV Series2019
5.6
The Year of Spectacular Men
Movie2018
8.0
Young Sheldon
TV Series2017
7.7
American Housewife
TV Series2016
7.4
The Goldbergs
TV Series2013
7.3
Mom
TV Series2013
7.5
Switched at Birth
TV Series2011
6.1
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
Movie2008
6.4
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
Movie2006
Acting Filmography (127)
0.0
SEGAL
Movie2025
7.6
The Chicken Sisters
TV Series2024
6.0
BRATS
Movie2024
6.4
The Spencer Sisters
TV Series2023
5.2
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
Movie2022
4.4
Ten Tricks
Movie2022
8.5
Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon
Movie2022
4.9
Unplugging
Movie2022
6.4
Next Stop, Christmas
Movie2021
5.2
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
Movie2021
8.6
INVINCIBLE
TV Series2021
7.7
Dinner in America
Movie2020
5.5
Reunited Apart
TV Series2020
0.0
Stars in the House
TV Series2020
7.2
Star Trek: Picard
TV Series2020
1.0
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
Movie2019
4.0
The Ready Room
TV Series2019
6.3
Little Women
Movie2018
6.3
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Movie2018
5.2
25 Words or Less
TV Series2018
5.6
The Year of Spectacular Men
Movie2018
5.7
Who We Are Now
Movie2018
0.0
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles
TV Series2018
No Backdrop
0.0
Over the Hill
Movie2018
4.8
Literally, Right Before Aaron
Movie2017
6.3
The Dog Lover
Movie2016
No Backdrop
0.0
Stars Are Already Dead
Movie2016
5.6
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
Movie2015
6.5
Back in Time
Movie2015
7.0
The Muppets
TV Series2015
7.6
Celebrity Family Feud
TV Series2015
7.2
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TV Series2014
4.3
Left Behind
Movie2014
6.4
A to Z
TV Series2014
8.2
Scorpion
TV Series2014
5.7
Ping Pong Summer
Movie2014
5.7
My Mother's Future Husband
Movie2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV Series2014
7.4
The Goldbergs
TV Series2013
7.7
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
TV Series2013
7.0
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Movie2013
7.1
Milius
Movie2013
5.8
Love at the Christmas Table
Movie2012
0.0
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
Movie2012
5.9
Bound by Flesh
Movie2012
5.7
The Trouble with the Truth
Movie2012
6.5
Thin Ice
Movie2012
No Backdrop
10.0
Game of Your Life
Movie2011
6.2
J. Edgar
Movie2011
6.2
The Cabin
Movie2011
5.3
Mayor Cupcake
Movie2011
7.5
Switched at Birth
TV Series2011
6.1
Tales from the Future
Movie2010
No Backdrop
5.4
Rock Slyde
Movie2010
4.0
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
Movie2010
5.9
Splinterheads
Movie2009
No Backdrop
6.6
Looking Back to the Future
Movie2009
3.8
Fatal Secrets
Movie2009
5.7
The Christmas Clause
Movie2008
5.2
Exit Speed
Movie2008
5.1
Final Approach
Movie2008
4.8
Senior Skip Day
Movie2008
4.6
Spy School
Movie2008
6.1
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
Movie2008
6.7
Greek
TV Series2007
6.0
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
Movie2007
5.6
A Life Interrupted
Movie2007
No Backdrop
6.3
Head Case
TV Series2007
5.2
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
Movie2007
4.0
California Dreaming
Movie2007
No Backdrop
10.0
Celebrity Duets
TV Series2006
6.4
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
Movie2006
6.1
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
Movie2006
6.4
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Movie2005
6.1
Dancing with the Stars
TV Series2005
6.0
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
Movie2005
6.0
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
Movie2005
7.0
American Dad!
TV Series2005
5.8
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
Movie2005
6.8
Come Away Home
Movie2005
5.1
Stealing Christmas
Movie2003
No Backdrop
5.3
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
Movie2003
No Backdrop
6.0
Fish Don't Blink
Movie2002
7.7
Ed
TV Series2000
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV Series2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Series1999
No Backdrop
5.2
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV Series1999
7.4
Family Guy
TV Series1999
7.5
A Will of their Own
TV Series1998
4.7
The Unknown Cyclist
Movie1998
No Backdrop
7.6
Hollywood Squares
TV Series1998
8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
TV Series1996
5.2
The Right to Remain Silent
Movie1996
8.1
The Unspoken Truth
Movie1995
6.6
Caroline in the City
TV Series1995
8.4
Friends
TV Series1994
6.8
The Little Rascals
Movie1994
5.5
The Substitute Wife
Movie1994
4.5
Intimate Portrait
TV Series1993
6.3
The Beverly Hillbillies
Movie1993
5.9
Dennis the Menace
Movie1993
5.5
Stolen Babies
Movie1993
7.7
The Larry Sanders Show
TV Series1992
6.2
Article 99
Movie1992
7.5
Back to the Future Part III
Movie1990
6.1
Montana
Movie1990
7.8
Back to the Future Part II
Movie1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
TV Series1989
6.7
Nightbreaker
Movie1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV Series1988
6.3
The Wizard of Loneliness
Movie1988
2.8
Going Undercover
Movie1988
5.2
Casual Sex?
Movie1988
6.8
Some Kind of Wonderful
Movie1987
7.6
The Making of Back to the Future
Movie1986
5.4
Howard the Duck
Movie1986
5.9
SpaceCamp
Movie1986
8.3
Back to the Future
Movie1985
6.1
The Wild Life
Movie1984
6.3
Red Dawn
Movie1984
5.8
All the Right Moves
Movie1983
4.5
Jaws 3-D
Movie1983
No Backdrop
5.0
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
Movie1983
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
No Backdrop
0.0
A Pretty Good Movie
MovieN/A
No Backdrop
0.0
You Are Here
MovieN/A
No Backdrop
0.0
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb
MovieN/A