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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1961-05-31 · Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Known for
- Back to the Future (1985) — Lorraine Baines
- Back to the Future Part II (1989) — Lorraine
- Back to the Future Part III (1990) — Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
- Friends (1994) — Caroline Duffy (uncredited)
- INVINCIBLE (2021) — Carol (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) — Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Michelle Osborne
- Scorpion (2014) — Veronica Dineen
- Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018) — Mrs. Burgess
- Young Sheldon (2017) — Director
- J. Edgar (2011) — Lela Rogers
- American Dad! (2005) — Caroline Duffy (voice)
- Star Trek: Picard (2020) — Diane Werner
- Dennis the Menace (1993) — Alice Mitchell
- Jaws 3-D (1983) — Kelly Ann Bukowski
- Left Behind (2014) — Irene Steele