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.
88 movies · 40 shows
SEGAL
2025·0.0
BRATS
2024·6.0
The Disappearance of Cari Farver
2022·5.2
Ten Tricks
2022·4.4
Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon
2022·8.5
Unplugging
2022·4.9
Next Stop, Christmas
2021·6.4
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021·5.2
Dinner in America
2020·7.7
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
2019·1.0
Little Women
2018·6.3
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
2018·6.3
The Year of Spectacular Men
2018·5.6
Who We Are Now
2018·5.7
Over the Hill
2018·0.0
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017·4.8
The Dog Lover
2016·6.3
Stars Are Already Dead
2016·0.0
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
2015·5.6
Back in Time
2015·6.5
Left Behind
2014·4.3
Ping Pong Summer
2014·5.7
My Mother's Future Husband
2014·5.7
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013·7.0
Milius
2013·7.1
Love at the Christmas Table
2012·5.8
John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast
2012·0.0
Bound by Flesh
2012·5.9
The Trouble with the Truth
2012·5.7
Thin Ice
2012·6.5
Game of Your Life
2011·10.0
J. Edgar
2011·6.2
The Cabin
2011·6.2
Mayor Cupcake
2011·5.3
Tales from the Future
2010·6.1
Rock Slyde
2010·5.4
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
2010·4.0
Splinterheads
2009·5.9
Looking Back to the Future
2009·6.6
Fatal Secrets
2009·3.8
The Christmas Clause
2008·5.7
Exit Speed
2008·5.2
Final Approach
2008·5.1
Senior Skip Day
2008·4.8
Spy School
2008·4.6
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder
2008·6.1
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007·6.0
A Life Interrupted
2007·5.6
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
2007·5.2
California Dreaming
2007·4.0
Looking Back at the Future
2006·6.7
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
2006·6.4
Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well
2006·6.1
The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful
2006·0.0
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
2005·6.4
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
2005·6.0
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005·6.0
Jane Doe: Vanishing Act
2005·5.8
Come Away Home
2005·6.8
Stealing Christmas
2003·5.1
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D
2003·5.3
Fish Don't Blink
2002·6.0
The Unknown Cyclist
1998·4.7
The Right to Remain Silent
1996·5.2
The Unspoken Truth
1995·8.1
The Little Rascals
1994·6.8
The Substitute Wife
1994·5.5
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993·6.3
Dennis the Menace
1993·5.9
Stolen Babies
1993·5.5
Article 99
1992·6.2
Back to the Future Part III
1990·7.5
Montana
1990·6.1
Back to the Future Part II
1989·7.8
Nightbreaker
1989·6.7
The Wizard of Loneliness
1988·6.3
Going Undercover
1988·2.8
Casual Sex?
1988·5.2
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987·6.8
The Making of Back to the Future
1986·7.6
Howard the Duck
1986·5.5
SpaceCamp
1986·5.9
Back to the Future
1985·8.3
The Wild Life
1984·6.1
Red Dawn
1984·6.3
All the Right Moves
1983·5.8
Jaws 3-D
1983·4.5
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983·5.0