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Lea Thompson
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.
21
Films
6.1
Avg Score
Filmography (21)
Dinner in America
75
as Betty
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
58
as Mrs. Burgess
Left Behind
31
as Irene Steele
Ping Pong Summer
54
as Mrs. Miracle
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
68
as Julia
Thin Ice
62
as Jo Ann Prohaska
J. Edgar
65
as Lela Rogers
My Best Friend's Girl
58
Thanks
The Little Rascals
63
as Ms. Roberts
Dennis the Menace
57
as Alice Mitchell
The Beverly Hillbillies
50
as Laura Jackson
Article 99
61
as Dr. Robin Van Dorn
Back to the Future Part III
75
as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
Back to the Future Part II
78
as Lorraine
Some Kind of Wonderful
70
as Amanda Jones
Howard the Duck
48
as Beverly Switzler
Back to the Future
85
as Lorraine Baines
Red Dawn
63
as Erica
The Wild Life
60
as Anita
Jaws 3-D
37
as Kelly Ann Bukowski
All the Right Moves
60
as Lisa