Biography
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.
Filmography50+ titles
INVINCIBLE
Friends
Back to the Future
Scorpion
Katy Keene
The Unspoken Truth
Young Sheldon
Tales from the Crypt
Celebrity Family Feud
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Resident Alien
Back to the Future Part II
Stargirl
American Housewife
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
The Larry Sanders Show
Dinner in America
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hollywood Squares
The Goldbergs
Back to the Future Part III
Switched at Birth
Family Guy
Will Trent
Mom
Star Trek: Picard
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Milius
The Chicken Sisters
The Muppets.
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
American Dad!
Come Away Home
The Little Rascals
Some Kind of Wonderful
Greek
Back in Time
Thin Ice
The Spencer Sisters
Next Stop, Christmas
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Schooled
Little Women
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Head Case
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Wizard of Loneliness
Red Dawn
J. Edgar