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Lea Thompson
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1961Born, Rochester
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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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INVINCIBLECarol (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMichelle Osborne
ScorpionVeronica Dineen
Sierra Burgess Is a LoserMrs. Burgess
Young SheldonDirector2024The Chicken SistersNancy Hillier · 16 episodes · Director · 2 episodesShow
2023The Spencer SistersVictoria Spencer · 10 episodesShow
2023Will TrentDirector · 3 episodesShow
2022The Disappearance of Cari FarverNancy FarverMovie
2022Ten TricksGraceMovie
2022Dinner in AmericaBettyMovie
2022UnpluggingPerkinsMovie
2021Next Stop, ChristmasEvelynMovie
2021Mark, Mary + Some Other PeopleAunty CarolMovie
2021Resident AlienDirector · 3 episodesShow
2020DC's StargirlDirector · 5 episodesShow
2020Katy KeeneDirector · 1 episodeShow
2020Star Trek: PicardDiane Werner · 1 episode · Director · 2 episodesShow
2019You Are HereHelenMovie
2019Cool Cat's Crazy DreamDream World LeaMovie
2019SchooledDirector · 5 episodesShow
2018Little WomenMargaret "Marmee" MarchMovie
2018Sierra Burgess Is a LoserMrs. BurgessMovie
2018The Year of Spectacular MenDeb Klein · DirectorMovie
2018Who We Are NowAlanaMovie
2018Back to the Future: The Hill Valley ChroniclesLorraine Baines-McFly · 11 episodesShow
2018Over the HillSallyMovie
2017Young SheldonDirector · 1 episodeShow
2017Literally, Right Before AaronDeb (Adam's Mom)Movie
2016American HousewifeDirector · 1 episodeShow
2016The Dog LoverLiz HollowayMovie
2016Stars Are Already DeadAunt SophiaMovie
2014Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroVonnie (voice) · 61 episodesShow
2014Left BehindIrene SteeleMovie
2014A to ZLea Thompson · 1 episodeShow
2014ScorpionVeronica Dineen · 4 episodesShow
2014Ping Pong SummerMrs. MiracleMovie
2014My Mother's Future HusbandRené HendersonMovie
2013The GoldbergsFran · 2 episodes · Director · 10 episodesShow
2013MomDirector · 1 episodeShow
2013Call Me Crazy: A Five FilmJuliaMovie
2012Love at the Christmas TableElissa BethMovie
2012Bound by FleshVoiceoverMovie
2012The Trouble with the TruthEmilyMovie
2012Thin IceJo Ann ProhaskaMovie
2011Game of Your LifeAbbieMovie
2011J. EdgarLela RogersMovie
2011The CabinLily MacDougalMovie
2011Mayor CupcakeMary MaroniMovie
2011Switched at BirthKathryn Kennish · 103 episodes · Director · 4 episodesShow
2010Rock SlydeMaster BartologistMovie
2010Adventures of a Teenage DragonslayerLauraMovie
2009SplinterheadsSusan FrostMovie
2009Looking Back to the FutureThanksMovie
2009Fatal SecretsRebecca · Associate ProducerMovie
2008The Christmas ClauseSophieMovie
2008My Best Friend's GirlThanksMovie
2008Exit SpeedMaudie McMinnMovie
2008Final ApproachAlicia BenderMovie
2008Senior Skip DayCathleen HarrisMovie
2008Spy SchoolClaire MillerMovie
2008Jane Doe: Eye of the BeholderCathy Davis / Jane Doe · DirectorMovie
2007GreekApril · 1 episodeShow
2007Jane Doe: How to Fire Your BossCathy DavisMovie
2007A Life InterruptedDebbie SmithMovie
2007Jane Doe: Ties That BindCathy Davis / Jane DoeMovie
2007California DreamingGinger GainorMovie
2006Celebrity Duets9 episodesShow
2006Jane Doe: The Harder They FallCathy Davis · DirectorMovie
2006Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It WellCathy DavisMovie
2005Jane Doe: The Wrong FaceCathy DavisMovie
2005Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us PartCathy DavisMovie
2005Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don'tCathy DavisMovie
2005Jane Doe: Vanishing ActCathy DavisMovie
2005Come Away HomeCarolMovie
2003Stealing ChristmasSarah GibsonMovie
2003Haunted Lighthouse 4-DPeg Van LeggeMovie
2002For the PeopleChief Deputy District Attorney Camille Paris · 18 episodesShow
2002Fish Don't BlinkClaraMovie
2000EdLiz Stevens · 3 episodesShow
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