TMDBFrom the public credits

Lea Thompson

Actor · Director

Tells you when a new project gets a date

1961Born, Rochester

80Credits

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

INVINCIBLECarol (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMichelle Osborne

ScorpionVeronica Dineen

Sierra Burgess Is a LoserMrs. Burgess

Young SheldonDirector

Filmography

All Acting Directing Producing

2024The Chicken SistersNancy Hillier · 16 episodesShow

2023The Spencer SistersVictoria Spencer · 10 episodesShow

2022The Disappearance of Cari FarverNancy FarverMovie

2022Ten TricksGraceMovie

2022Dinner in AmericaBettyMovie

2022UnpluggingPerkinsMovie

2021Next Stop, ChristmasEvelynMovie

2021Mark, Mary + Some Other PeopleAunty CarolMovie

2021INVINCIBLECarol (voice) · 1 episodeShow

2020Star Trek: PicardDiane Werner · 1 episodeShow

2019You Are HereHelenMovie

2019Cool Cat's Crazy DreamDream World LeaMovie

2018Little WomenMargaret "Marmee" MarchMovie

2018Sierra Burgess Is a LoserMrs. BurgessMovie

2018The Year of Spectacular MenDeb KleinMovie

2018Who We Are NowAlanaMovie

2018Back to the Future: The Hill Valley ChroniclesLorraine Baines-McFly · 11 episodesShow

2018Over the HillSallyMovie

2017Literally, Right Before AaronDeb (Adam's Mom)Movie

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 episodesShow

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 episodesShow

2010Rock SlydeMaster BartologistMovie

2010Adventures of a Teenage DragonslayerLauraMovie

2009SplinterheadsSusan FrostMovie

2009Fatal SecretsRebeccaMovie

2008The Christmas ClauseSophieMovie

2008Exit SpeedMaudie McMinnMovie

2008Final ApproachAlicia BenderMovie

2008Senior Skip DayCathleen HarrisMovie

2008Spy SchoolClaire MillerMovie

2008Jane Doe: Eye of the BeholderCathy Davis / Jane DoeMovie

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 DavisMovie

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

2005American Dad!Caroline Duffy (voice) · 1 episodeShow

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

2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationJennifer Rhodes · 1 episodeShow

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMichelle Osborne · 1 episodeShow

Is this you?

Link these credits to your frames profile.

Link your credits