Lea Thompson

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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

Back to the Future

Lorraine Baines

Back to the Future Part II

Lorraine

Back to the Future Part III

Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly

Friends

Caroline Duffy (uncredited)

Invincible

Carol (voice)

Family Guy

Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)

Family Guy

Lorraine McFly (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Michelle Osborne

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	SEGAL MOVIE	Self
2024	The Chicken Sisters TV	Nancy Hillier
2024	BRATS MOVIE	Self
2023	The Spencer Sisters TV	Victoria Spencer
2022	The Disappearance of Cari Farver MOVIE	Nancy Farver
2022	Ten Tricks MOVIE	Grace
2022	Retour vers le futur : Voyage dans le temps, American Dream & rock'n'roll MOVIE	Self
2022	Unplugging MOVIE	Perkins
2021	Next Stop, Christmas MOVIE	Evelyn
2021	Mark, Mary + Some Other People MOVIE	Aunty Carol
2021	Invincible TV	Carol (voice)
2020	Dinner in America MOVIE	Betty
2020	Reunited Apart TV	Self
2020	Stars in the House TV	Self
2020	Star Trek: Picard TV	Diane Werner
2019	Cool Cat's Crazy Dream MOVIE	Dream World Lea
2019	The Ready Room TV	Self
2018	Little Women MOVIE	Margaret "Marmee" March
2018	Sierra Burgess Is a Loser MOVIE	Mrs. Burgess
2018	25 Words or Less TV	Self
2018	The Year of Spectacular Men MOVIE	Deb Klein
2018	Who We Are Now MOVIE	Alana
2018	Over the Hill MOVIE	Sally
2017	Literally, Right Before Aaron MOVIE	Deb (Adam's Mom)
2016	The Dog Lover MOVIE	Liz Holloway
2016	Stars Are Already Dead MOVIE	Aunt Sophia
2015	Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute MOVIE	Self
2015	Back in Time MOVIE	Self
2015	The Muppets TV	Self
2015	Celebrity Family Feud TV	Self
2014	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero TV	Vonnie (voice)
2014	Left Behind MOVIE	Irene Steele
2014	A to Z TV	Lea Thompson
2014	Scorpion TV	Veronica Dineen
2014	Ping Pong Summer MOVIE	Mrs. Miracle
2014	My Mother's Future Husband MOVIE	René Henderson
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self - Guest
2013	The Goldbergs TV	Fran
2013	Whose Line Is It Anyway? TV	Self
2013	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film MOVIE	Julia
2013	Milius MOVIE	Self
2012	Love at the Christmas Table MOVIE	Elissa Beth
2012	John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast MOVIE	Self
2012	Bound by Flesh MOVIE	Voiceover
2012	The Trouble with the Truth MOVIE	Emily
2012	Thin Ice MOVIE	Jo Ann Prohaska
2011	Game of Your Life MOVIE	Abbie
2011	J. Edgar MOVIE	Lela Rogers
2011	The Cabin MOVIE	Lily MacDougal
2011	Mayor Cupcake MOVIE	Mary Maroni
2011	Switched at Birth TV	Kathryn Kennish
2010	Tales from the Future MOVIE	Self
2010	Rock Slyde MOVIE	Master Bartologist
2010	Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer MOVIE	Laura
2009	Splinterheads MOVIE	Susan Frost
2009	Looking Back to the Future MOVIE	Self
2009	Fatal Secrets MOVIE	Rebecca
2008	The Christmas Clause MOVIE	Sophie
2008	Exit Speed MOVIE	Maudie McMinn
2008	Final Approach MOVIE	Alicia Bender
2008	Senior Skip Day MOVIE	Cathleen Harris
2008	Spy School MOVIE	Claire Miller
2008	Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder MOVIE	Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
2007	Greek TV	April
2007	Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss MOVIE	Cathy Davis
2007	A Life Interrupted MOVIE	Debbie Smith
2007	Head Case TV	Self
2007	Jane Doe: Ties That Bind MOVIE	Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
2007	California Dreaming MOVIE	Ginger Gainor
2006	Celebrity Duets TV	Self
2006	Looking Back at the Future MOVIE	Herself
2006	Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall MOVIE	Cathy Davis
2006	Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well MOVIE	Cathy Davis
2006	The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful MOVIE	Self
2005	Jane Doe: The Wrong Face MOVIE	Cathy Davis
2005	Dancing with the Stars TV	Self - Contestant
2005	Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part MOVIE	Cathy Davis
2005	Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't MOVIE	Cathy Davis
2005	American Dad! TV	Caroline Duffy (voice)
2005	Jane Doe: Vanishing Act MOVIE	Cathy Davis
2005	Come Away Home MOVIE	Carol
2004	The Tony Danza Show TV	Self - Guest
2003	Stealing Christmas MOVIE	Sarah Gibson
2003	Haunted Lighthouse 4-D MOVIE	Peg Van Legge
2002	For the People TV	Chief Deputy District Attorney Camille Paris
2002	Fish Don't Blink MOVIE	Clara
2000	Ed TV	Liz Stevens
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV	Jennifer Rhodes
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Michelle Osborne
1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn TV	Self - Guest
1999	Family Guy TV	Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)
1999	Family Guy TV	Lorraine McFly (voice)
1998	A Will of their Own TV	Amanda Steward
1998	The Unknown Cyclist MOVIE	Melissa Cavatelli
1998	Hollywood Squares TV	Self - Panelist
1996	E! True Hollywood Story TV	Self
1996	The Right to Remain Silent MOVIE	Christine Paley
1995	The Unspoken Truth MOVIE	Brianne Hawkins
1995	Caroline in the City TV	Caroline Duffy
1994	Friends TV	Caroline Duffy (uncredited)
1994	The Little Rascals MOVIE	Ms. Roberts
1994	The Substitute Wife MOVIE	Amy Hightower
1993	Intimate Portrait TV	Self
1993	The Beverly Hillbillies MOVIE	Laura Jackson
1993	Dennis the Menace MOVIE	Alice Mitchell
1993	Stolen Babies MOVIE	Annie Beales
1992	The Larry Sanders Show TV	Lea Thompson
1992	Article 99 MOVIE	Dr. Robin Van Dorn
1990	Back to the Future Part III MOVIE	Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
1990	Montana MOVIE	Peg Guthrie
1989	Back to the Future Part II MOVIE	Lorraine
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Sylvia Vane
1989	Nightbreaker MOVIE	Sally Matthews
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self - Guest
1988	The Wizard of Loneliness MOVIE	Sybil
1988	Going Undercover MOVIE	Marigold de la Hunt
1988	Casual Sex? MOVIE	Stacy
1987	Some Kind of Wonderful MOVIE	Amanda Jones
1986	The Making of Back to the Future MOVIE	Self
1986	Howard the Duck MOVIE	Beverly Switzler
1986	SpaceCamp MOVIE	Kathryn
1985	Back to the Future MOVIE	Lorraine Baines
1984	The Wild Life MOVIE	Anita
1984	Red Dawn MOVIE	Erica
1983	All the Right Moves MOVIE	Lisa
1983	Jaws 3-D MOVIE	Kelly Ann Bukowski
1983	The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die MOVIE	Self
	Queen MOVIE	Dr. Page
	A Pretty Good Movie MOVIE	Ramona
	You Are Here MOVIE	Helen
	What If MOVIE	Self

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