Lea Thompson
Acting1961Rochester, 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.
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) / Lorraine McFly (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Michelle Osborne
Scorpion
Veronica Dineen
Acting History
Future
Queen
as Dr. Page
You Are Here
as Helen
A Pretty Good Movie
as Ramona
Manville
Director
Anna Pigeon
TVExecutive Producer
2025
SEGAL
as Self
2024
2023
2022
Unplugging
as Perkins
Ten Tricks
as Grace
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
as Nancy Farver
The Ready Room
TVas Self• 1 eps
Star Trek: Picard
TVas Diane Werner• 1 eps
2021
2020
Dinner in America
as Betty
The Goldbergs
TVas Fran• 2 eps
Reunited Apart
TVas Self• 1 eps
Stars in the House
TVas Self• 1 eps
DC's Stargirl
TVDirector• 5 eps
Star Trek: Picard
TVDirector
2019
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
as Dream World Lea
Schooled
TVDirector• 5 eps
2018
Little Women
as Margaret "Marmee" March
The Year of Spectacular Men
as Deb Klein
Who We Are Now
as Alana
Over the Hill
as Sally
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Mrs. Burgess
25 Words or Less
TVas Self• 2 eps
The Year of Spectacular Men
Director
American Housewife
TVDirector• 1 eps
2017
Literally, Right Before Aaron
as Deb (Adam's Mom)
Celebrity Family Feud
TVas Self• 1 eps
Young Sheldon
TVDirector
2016
Stars Are Already Dead
as Aunt Sophia
The Wrong Side of Right
as Liz Holloway
Scorpion
TVas Veronica Dineen• 4 eps
American Dad!
TVas Caroline Duffy (voice)• 1 eps
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
TVas Self• 1 eps
2015
2014
Left Behind
as Irene Steele
Ping Pong Summer
as Mrs. Miracle
My Mother's Future Husband
as René Henderson
A to Z
TVas Lea Thompson
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TVas Self - Guest
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TVas Vonnie (voice)• 61 eps
Dancing with the Stars
TVas Self - Contestant• 11 eps
2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Julia
Milius
as Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Jennifer Rhodes• 1 eps
Family Guy
TVas Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice) / Lorraine McFly (voice)• 1 eps
The Goldbergs
TVDirector
Mom
TVDirector
2012
Love at the Christmas Table
as Elissa Beth
Thin Ice
as Jo Ann Prohaska
The Trouble with the Truth
as Emily
Bound by Flesh
as Voiceover
2011
J. Edgar
as Lela Rogers
Mayor Cupcake
as Mary Maroni
The Cabin
as Lily MacDougal
Game of Your Life
as Abbie
Switched at Birth
TVas Kathryn Kennish• 103 eps
Switched at Birth
TVDirector
2010
2009
Splinterheads
as Susan Frost
Fatal Secrets
as Rebecca
Looking Back to the Future
as Self
Fatal Secrets
Associate Producer
2008
The Mrs. Clause
as Sophie
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
Exit Speed
as Maudie McMinn
Senior Skip Day
as Cathleen Harris
Final Approach
as Alicia Bender
Spy School
as Claire Miller
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
Director
My Best Friend's Girl
Thanks
2007
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
as Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
A Life Interrupted
as Debbie Smith
California Dreaming
as Ginger Gainor
Head Case
TVas Self
2006
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
as Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
as Cathy Davis
Looking Back at the Future
as Herself
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
Director
2005
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
as Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
as Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
as Cathy Davis
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
as Cathy Davis
Come Away Home
as Carol
The Tony Danza Show
TVas Self - Guest• 2 eps
2004
Ed
TVas Liz Stevens• 3 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Michelle Osborne• 1 eps
2003
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
as Peg Van Legge
Stealing Christmas
as Sarah Gibson
2002
Fish Don't Blink
as Clara
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
For the People
TVas Camille Paris
1998
The Unknown Cyclist
as Melissa Cavatelli
The Larry Sanders Show
TVas Lea Thompson• 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
TVas Self• 1 eps
A Will of their Own
TVas Amanda Steward
Hollywood Squares
TVas Self - Panelist
1996
The Right to Remain Silent
as Christine Paley
1995
The Unspoken Truth
as Brianne Hawkins
Caroline in the City
TVas Caroline Duffy• 97 eps
Friends
TVas Caroline Duffy (uncredited)• 1 eps
1994
The Little Rascals
as Ms. Roberts
The Substitute Wife
as Amy Hightower
1993
Dennis the Menace
as Alice Mitchell
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Laura Jackson
Stolen Babies
as Annie Beales
1992
Article 99
as Dr. Robin Van Dorn
1990
Back to the Future Part III
as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
Montana
as Peg Guthrie
1989
Back to the Future Part II
as Lorraine
Nightbreaker
as Sally Matthews
Tales from the Crypt
TVas Sylvia Vane• 1 eps
1988
The Wizard of Loneliness
as Sybil
Going Undercover
as Marigold de la Hunt
Casual Sex?
as Stacy
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self - Guest
1987
Some Kind of Wonderful
as Amanda Jones
1986
1985
Back to the Future
as Lorraine Baines
1984
The Wild Life
as Anita
Red Dawn
as Erica
1983