
Lea Thompson
Acting
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

Back to the Future
Lorraine Baines

Back to the Future Part II
Lorraine

The Little Rascals
Ms. Roberts

Back to the Future Part III
Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly

Jaws 3-D
Kelly Ann Bukowski

Left Behind
Irene Steele

J. Edgar
Lela Rogers

Red Dawn
Erica

Dennis the Menace
Alice Mitchell

Howard the Duck
Beverly Switzler

The Beverly Hillbillies
Laura Jackson

BRATS
Self


