Lea Thompson
Birthday: 1961-05-31 | Place of Birth: Rochester, Minnesota, USALea 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
Acting
Role
as Lorraine
as Nancy Hillier
as Self
as Self/Lorraine Baines (archive footage)
as Lorraine Baines
as Victoria Spencer
as Grace
as Nancy Farver
as Perkins
as Evelyn
as Betty
as Dream World Lea
as Alana
as Deb Klein
as Margaret "Marmee" March
as Sally
as Deb (Adam's Mom)
as Aunt Sophia
as Liz Holloway
as Self
as Irene Steele
as Mrs. Miracle
as René Henderson
as Vonnie (voice)
as Jo Ann Prohaska
