Person
Lea Thompson
Actor · Director · Producer· Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Lea Katherine Thompson, born May 31, 1961, is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director, best remembered for her turn as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, alongside roles in Howard the Duck and Some Kind of Wonderful. Her filmography includes All the Right Moves, Red Dawn, Dennis the Menace, and The Beverly Hillbillies, alongside a starring role in the sitcom Caroline in the City during the 1990s. In the 2010s, Thompson transitioned to television as Kathryn Kennish in the critically acclaimed series Switched at Birth.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Back to the Future
Lorraine Baines · 1985
Back to the Future Part II
Lorraine · 1989
Back to the Future Part III
Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly · 1990
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Mrs. Burgess · 2018
J. Edgar
Lela Rogers · 2011
Dennis the Menace
Alice Mitchell · 1993
Jaws 3-D
Kelly Ann Bukowski · 1983
Left Behind
Irene Steele · 2014
Filmography
68 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Anna Pigeon | Executive Producer | TV |
| 2024 | The Chicken Sisters | Nancy Hillier | TV |
| 2024 | BRATS | Self | Film |
| 2022 | The Disappearance of Cari Farver | Nancy Farver | Film |
| 2022 | Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon | Self | Film |
| 2021 | Next Stop, Christmas | Evelyn | Film |
| 2020 | Dinner in America | Betty | Film |
| 2018 | Sierra Burgess Is a Loser | Mrs. Burgess | Film |
| 2015 | Back in Time | Self | Film |
| 2014 | Ping Pong Summer | Mrs. Miracle | Film |
| 2014 | Left Behind | Irene Steele | Film |
| 2013 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Julia | Film |
| 2013 | Milius | Self | Film |
| 2012 | Thin Ice | Jo Ann Prohaska | Film |
| 2012 | Love at the Christmas Table | Elissa Beth | Film |
| 2012 | Bound by Flesh | Voiceover | Film |
| 2012 | The Trouble with the Truth | Emily | Film |
| 2011 | The Cabin | Lily MacDougal | Film |
| 2011 | Mayor Cupcake | Mary Maroni | Film |
| 2011 | J. Edgar | Lela Rogers | Film |
| 2010 | Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer | Laura | Film |
| 2010 | Rock Slyde | Master Bartologist | Film |
| 2009 | Splinterheads | Susan Frost | Film |
| 2009 | Fatal Secrets | Rebecca | Film |
| 2009 | Fatal Secrets | Associate Producer | Film |
| 2008 | Exit Speed | Maudie McMinn | Film |
| 2008 | The Christmas Clause | Sophie | Film |
| 2008 | Final Approach | Alicia Bender | Film |
| 2008 | Senior Skip Day | Cathleen Harris | Film |
| 2008 | Spy School | Claire Miller | Film |
| 2008 | Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder | Cathy Davis / Jane Doe | Film |
| 2008 | Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder | Director | Film |
| 2007 | California Dreaming | Ginger Gainor | Film |
| 2007 | A Life Interrupted | Debbie Smith | Film |
| 2007 | Jane Doe: Ties That Bind | Cathy Davis / Jane Doe | Film |
| 2007 | Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss | Cathy Davis | Film |
| 2006 | Celebrity Duets | TV | |
| 2006 | Looking Back at the Future | Herself | Film |
| 2006 | Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well | Cathy Davis | Film |
| 2006 | Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall | Cathy Davis | Film |
| 2006 | Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall | Director | Film |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't | Cathy Davis | Film |
| 2005 | Come Away Home | Carol | Film |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: Vanishing Act | Cathy Davis | Film |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: The Wrong Face | Cathy Davis | Film |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part | Cathy Davis | Film |
| 2003 | Stealing Christmas | Sarah Gibson | Film |
| 2002 | Fish Don't Blink | Clara | Film |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City | Caroline Duffy | TV |
| 1994 | The Little Rascals | Ms. Roberts | Film |
| 1994 | The Substitute Wife | Amy Hightower | Film |
| 1993 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Laura Jackson | Film |
| 1993 | Dennis the Menace | Alice Mitchell | Film |
| 1992 | Article 99 | Dr. Robin Van Dorn | Film |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly | Film |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Lorraine | Film |
| 1989 | Nightbreaker | Sally Matthews | Film |
| 1988 | Casual Sex? | Stacy | Film |
| 1988 | Going Undercover | Marigold de la Hunt | Film |
| 1988 | The Wizard of Loneliness | Sybil | Film |
| 1987 | Some Kind of Wonderful | Amanda Jones | Film |
| 1986 | SpaceCamp | Kathryn | Film |
| 1986 | Howard the Duck | Beverly Switzler | Film |
| 1985 | Back to the Future | Lorraine Baines | Film |
| 1984 | The Wild Life | Anita | Film |
| 1984 | Red Dawn | Erica | Film |
| 1983 | All the Right Moves | Lisa | Film |
| 1983 | Jaws 3-D | Kelly Ann Bukowski | Film |
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