24 Facts About Lea Thompson

Lea Katherine Thompson was born on May 31,1961 and is an American actress and director.

Lea Thompson is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy and Beverly Switzler in Howard the Duck.

Lea Thompson has two sisters, Coleen Goodrich and Shannon Katona, and two brothers, Andrew and Barry.

Lea Thompson studied ballet as a girl and danced professionally by the age of 14, winning scholarships to the San Francisco Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet, and the American Ballet Theatre.

Lea Thompson has to avoid letting Lorraine fall in love with him instead of with his future father, George, leading to awkward scenes in which Lorraine is attracted to Marty.

In 1986, Lea Thompson starred in SpaceCamp and Howard the Duck.

Lea Thompson had a prominent role in the 1989 TV film Nightbreaker, for which she was nominated for a CableACE Award.

Lea Thompson appeared in several TV films throughout the 1990s, including The Substitute Wife and The Right To Remain Silent.

Lea Thompson found moderate critical and popular success as the star of the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City from 1995 to 1999.

In 1996, Lea Thompson received a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series, while her show won for Favorite New TV Comedy Series.

Lea Thompson starred in A Will of their Own, a 1998 American television mini-series directed by Karen Arthur.

Lea Thompson later appeared in a TV series called For the People, which only lasted one season.

Lea Thompson then starred in a TV film, Stealing Christmas, starring Tony Danza and Betty White.

In 2005, Lea Thompson began a series of made-for-TV films for the Hallmark Channel, in which she plays Jane Doe, an ex-secret agent turned housewife, who helps the government solve mysteries.

Lea Thompson was a featured singer on Celebrity Duets and the second contestant eliminated in 2006.

Lea Thompson guest-starred on the show Head Case in January 2008.

Lea Thompson appeared in the TV film Final Approach, which debuted in the US on May 24,2008.

Lea Thompson starred in the television movie The Christmas Clause, which received good reviews and ratings.

From 2011 to 2017, Lea Thompson starred in the ABC Family series Switched at Birth, about a family realizing their 16-year-old daughter is not biologically theirs and was switched with another baby at the hospital.

In 2014, Lea Thompson was a competitor on the 19th season of Dancing with the Stars.

Lea Thompson played Irene Steele in the film Left Behind.

Lea Thompson directed episode 5 season 2 of the Syfy series Resident Alien, first aired in February 2022.

Lea Thompson directed episodes 3 and 4 as well as having a cameo role in episode 5 of season 2 of in the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard, which aired in March 2022.

Lea Thompson has been married to film director Howard Deutch since 1989.