Lea Thompson
Actor
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.
Filmography
Back to the Future
as Lorraine Baines 1985
Back to the Future Part II
as Lorraine 1989
Back to the Future Part III
as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly 1990
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
as Mrs. Burgess 2018
J. Edgar
as Lela Rogers 2011
Dennis the Menace
as Alice Mitchell 1993
Jaws 3-D
as Kelly Ann Bukowski 1983
Left Behind
as Irene Steele 2014
The Little Rascals
as Ms. Roberts 1994
Howard the Duck
as Beverly Switzler 1986
Red Dawn
as Erica 1984
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Laura Jackson 1993
Some Kind of Wonderful
as Amanda Jones 1987
Back in Time
as Self 2015
All the Right Moves
as Lisa 1983
Dinner in America
as Betty 2020
SpaceCamp
as Kathryn 1986