Acting
Lea Thompson
Also Known As: Lea Katherine Thompson
Birth Date
May 31, 1961
(65 years old)
Place of Birth
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Michelle Osborne
1999 • 1 episode
Family Guy
Teenaged Girl in Diner (voice)
1999 • 1 episode
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014 • 1 episode
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Jennifer Rhodes
2000 • 1 episode
American Dad!
Caroline Duffy (voice)
2005 • 1 episode
Friends
Caroline Duffy (uncredited)
1994 • 1 episode
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998 • 5 episodes
American Playhouse
Aunt Sybil
1982 • 1 episode
INVINCIBLE
Carol (voice)
2021 • 1 episode
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant
2005 • 11 episodes
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 • 1 episode
Scorpion
Veronica Dineen
2014 • 4 episodes
The Goldbergs
Fran
2013 • 2 episodes
Back to the Future
Lorraine Baines
1985
25 Words or Less
Self
2018 • 2 episodes
Star Trek: Picard
Diane Werner
2020 • 1 episode
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993 • 1 episode
Switched at Birth
Kathryn Kennish
2011 • 103 episodes
Tales from the Crypt
Sylvia Vane
1989 • 1 episode
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self
2013 • 1 episode