Lea Thompson
Highest Rated: 100% Dinner in America (2020)
Lowest Rated: 1% Left Behind (2014)
Birthday: May 31, 1961
Birthplace: Rochester, Minnesota, USA
A small, delicate-looking, perky actress, Thompson studied dance as a child, and was dancing professionally by age 14; she won scholarships to the Pennsylvania Ballet, American Ballet, and the San Francisco Ballet. However, she felt she was too short to become a prima ballerina and gave up dance in favor of acting. After moving to New York she appeared in some 20 Burger King TV commercials, then debuted onscreen in Jaws 3-D (1983). Shortly thereafter she got her first important role, opposite Tom Cruise in the hit All the Right Moves (1983). She is best known for her multiple roles in the three Back to the Future movies; aside from those highly successful movies, she has not gone on to appear in any hit productions. She also appeared in the TV movies Nightbreaker (1989), Montana (1990), and the PBS playhouse co-production The Wizard of Loneliness (1988).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | Dinner in America | Actor | — | 2020 |
| 27% | Little Women | Marmee | — | 2018 |
| 24% | Luis and The Aliens | Actor | — | 2018 |
| 67% | The Year of Spectacular Men | Actor Director | — | 2018 |
| 61% | Sierra Burgess Is a Loser | Mrs. Burgess | — | 2018 |
| 25% | Literally, Right Before Aaron | Deb | — | 2017 |
| 20% | The Dog Lover | Liz Holloway | — | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | Back In Time | Actor | — | 2015 |
| 1% | Left Behind | Irene Steele | $10.7M | 2014 |
| 94% | Bound By Flesh | Actor | — | 2014 |
| 59% | Ping Pong Summer | Mrs. Miracle | — | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | My Mother's Future Husband | Rene | — | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Julia | — | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Love At The Christmas Table | Elissa Beth | — | 2012 |
| 94% | The Trouble with the Truth | Producer | — | 2012 |
| 68% | The Convincer (Thin Ice) | Jo Ann Prohaska | $0.7M | 2012 |
| 43% | J. Edgar | Lela Rogers | $37.4M | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Mayor Cupcake | Mary Maroni Executive Producer | — | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | The Cabin | Lily MacDougal | — | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Rock Slyde | Master Bartologist | — | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer | Laura | — | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | The Christmas Clause | Sophie | — | 2009 |
| 27% | Splinterheads | Susan Frost | — | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | Senior Skip Day | Cathleen Harris | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Exit Speed | Maudie McMinn | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Fatal Secrets | Rebecca | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Final Approach | Alicia Bender | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Spy School (Doubting Thomas) | Claire Miller | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | California Dreaming (Out of Omaha) | Ginger Gainor | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss | Cathy Davis/Jane Doe | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | A Life Interrupted | Actor | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall | Cathy Davis/Jane Doe Director | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well | Cathy Davis/Jane Doe | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Jane Doe: The Wrong Face | Cathy Davis/Jane Doe | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Come Away Home | Carol | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't | Cathy Davis/Jane Doe | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Jane Doe: Vanishing Act | Cathy Davis/Jane Doe | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Unspoken Truth | Actor | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Stealing Christmas | Sarah Gibson | — | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | Haunted Lighthouse (R.L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse) | Actor | — | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | A Will of Their Own | Amanda Steward | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | The Unknown Cyclist | Melissa Cavatelli | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | The Unspoken Truth | Brianne | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | The Right To Remain Silent | Christine Paley | — | 1995 |
| 23% | The Little Rascals | Ms. Roberts | — | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | The Substitute Wife | Amy Hightower | — | 1994 |
| 22% | The Beverly Hillbillies | Laura | — | 1993 |
| 27% | Dennis the Menace | Alice Mitchell | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Stolen Babies | Annie Beales | — | 1993 |
| 43% | Article 99 | Dr. Van Dorn | — | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Final Approach | Actor | — | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Le Dernier Cow-Boy | Peg | — | 1990 |
| 79% | Back to the Future Part III | Lorraine McFly, Maggie McFly | — | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Nightbreaker | Sally Matthews | — | 1989 |
| 65% | Back to the Future Part II | Lorraine | — | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | The Wizard of Loneliness | Sybil | — | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Going Undercover | Marigold de la Hunt | — | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Casual Sex? | Stacy | — | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Undercover | Actor | — | 1988 |
| 81% | Some Kind of Wonderful | Amanda Jones | — | 1987 |
| 15% | Howard the Duck | Beverly Switzler | — | 1986 |
| 45% | SpaceCamp (Space Camp) | Kathryn Fairly | — | 1986 |
| 96% | Back to the Future | Lorraine Baines | $3M | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | The Wild Life | Anita | — | 1984 |
| 46% | Red Dawn | Erica | — | 1984 |
| 52% | All the Right Moves | Lisa | — | 1983 |
| 10% | Jaws 3 | Kelly Ann Bukowski | — | 1983 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet |
Mom 2013 |
Director |
2018 |
| No Score Yet |
American Housewife 2016 |
Director |
2018 2017 |
| No Score Yet |
The Goldbergs 2013 |
Producer Director |
2018 2017 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Celebrity Family Feud 2015 |
Appearing |
2017 2016 |
| 61% |
Scorpion 2014-2018 |
Veronica |
2017 2016 |
| 100% |
Switched at Birth 2011-2017 |
Director Kathryn Kennish |
2017 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 |
| No Score Yet |
The Chew 2011-2018 |
Guest |
2017 2012 2011 |
| No Score Yet |
Cupcake Wars 2010-2016 |
Appearing |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Hollywood Game Night 2013-2019 |
Appearing Guest |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1998 |
Appearing |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Rachael Ray 2015 |
Guest |
2015 |
| 64% |
The Muppets 2015-2016 |
Herself |
2015 |
| No Score Yet |
Dancing With the Stars 2005 |
Reality cast member |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015 |
Jennifer Rhodes |
2013 |
| 71% |
Family Guy 1999 |
Voice |
2013 |
| No Score Yet |
Dateline NBC 1992 |
Reporter |
2011 |
| 75% |
Greek 2007-2011 |
April |
2010 |
| No Score Yet |
Ed 2000-2004 |
Liz |
2004 |
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 |
Michelle Osborne Michele Osborne |
2004 |
| No Score Yet |
Caroline in the City 1995-1999 |
Caroline Duffy |
1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 |
| 100% |
The Larry Sanders Show 1992-1998 |
1998 1996 |
|
| 82% |
Tales from the Crypt 1989-1996 |
Guest |
1992 1989 |
QUOTES FROM Lea Thompson CHARACTERS
Lorraine Baines says: He's an absolute dream!
Biff Tannen says: Mr. McFly! Mr. McFly, this just arrived. Oh, hi, Marty. I think it's your new book.
Lorraine Baines says: Oh, honey! Your first novel.
George McFly says: Like I've always told you, you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.
Biff Tannen says: Oh, Marty. Marty, here's your keys. You're all waxed up, ready for tonight.
Marty McFly says: Keys?
Lorraine Baines says: Marty, will we ever see you again?
Marty McFly says: I guarantee it.
Biff Tannen/Griff says: LORRAINE!!
Biff Tannen/Griff says: LORRAINE!
Lorraine says: Oh, my god, it's you father.
Marty McFly says: My father?
Biff Tannen/Griff says: You're supposed to be in Switzerland, you little son of a bitch!
Marty McFly says: My FATHER?!
Marty McFly says: My FATHER?
Biff Tannen/Griff says: Did you get kicked out of another boarding school?
Howard T. Duck says: Where am I?
Beverly Switzler says: Oh, well...the bus stop is on the corner of Powell, and...
Howard T. Duck says: No, no no...I'm asking 'what is this place'?
Beverly Switzler says: Uhhh...Cleveland?
Howard T. Duck says: CLEVE-LAND? Uh huh! That's a perfect name for this WEIRD planet!
Beverly Switzler says: No, no...you...you don't know the name of the planet? Well, the planet's called Earth...I think. And I'm obviously in some weird nightmare.
Howard T. Duck says: Oh yeah? YOUR nightmare...or MINE?
Beverly Switzler says: Good point.
Lorraine Baines says: ...What was it George, birdwatching?
Lorraine Baines says: What was it George, birdwatching?