1. Lea Katherine Thompson was born on May 31,1961 and is an American actress, singer, dancer and director.
29 Facts About Lea Thompson
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Lea Thompson is best known for her roles as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy, Beverly Switzler in Howard the Duck, and Amanda Jones in Some Kind of Wonderful.
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Lea Thompson was born on May 31,1961, in Rochester, Minnesota, one of five children of Clifford and Barbara Barry Thompson, a musician.
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Lea Thompson has two sisters, Coleen Goodrich and Shannon Katona, and two brothers, Andrew and Barry.
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Lea Thompson studied ballet as a child and was dancing professionally by age 14, winning scholarships to the San Francisco Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet, and the American Ballet Theatre.
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At 20, Lea Thompson was dancing with American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company, then known as ABT II.
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Lea Thompson changed her focus to acting and moved to New York at age 20.
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Lea Thompson appeared in a number of Burger King advertisements in the 1980s with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Elisabeth Shue, her later co-star in Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III.
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Lea Thompson made her movie debut in 1983 with Jaws 3-D.
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Lea Thompson has to avoid letting Lorraine fall in love with him instead of with his future father, George McFly, leading to awkward scenes in which Lorraine is attracted to Marty.
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In 1986, Lea Thompson starred in SpaceCamp and Howard the Duck.
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Lea Thompson had a prominent role in the 1989 TV film Nightbreaker, for which she was nominated for a CableACE Award.
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Lea Thompson appeared in several TV films throughout the 1990s, including The Substitute Wife and The Right to Remain Silent.
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Lea Thompson found moderate critical and popular success as the star of the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City from 1995 to 1999.
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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 at the 22nd People's Choice Awards.
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Lea Thompson starred in A Will of Their Own, a 1998 American television mini-series directed by Karen Arthur.
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Lea Thompson later appeared in a TV series called For the People, which only lasted one season.
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Lea Thompson then starred in a TV film, Stealing Christmas, starring Tony Danza and Betty White.
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In 2005, Lea Thompson began a series of made-for-TV films for the Hallmark Channel, Jane Doe, in which she played Cathy Davis, an ex-secret agent turned housewife, who helps the government solve mysteries.
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Lea Thompson was a featured singer on Celebrity Duets and the second contestant eliminated in 2006.
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Lea Thompson guest-starred on the show Head Case in January 2008.
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Lea Thompson appeared in the TV film Final Approach, which debuted in the US on May 24,2008.
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Lea Thompson starred in the television movie The Christmas Clause, which received good reviews and ratings.
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From 2011 to 2017, Lea Thompson starred in the ABC Family series Switched at Birth, about a family realizing their 16-year-old daughter Bay Kennish is not biologically theirs and was switched with another baby Daphne Vasquez at the hospital.
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In 2014, Lea Thompson was a competitor on the 19th season of Dancing with the Stars.
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Lea Thompson played Irene Steele in the film Left Behind.
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Lea Thompson directed three episodes of the Syfy series Resident Alien in 2022 and 2024.
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Lea Thompson was engaged to Dennis Quaid from 1984 to 1987.
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Lea Thompson met film director Howard Deutch on the set of Some Kind of Wonderful in 1987 and they were married in 1989.