Biography
Lea Thompson is an American actress, singer, dancer and director. Born in Rochester, Minnesota, she trained as a ballet dancer with companies including the American Ballet Theatre before moving into acting in the early 1980s.
She is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). Other film credits include Howard the Duck (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), All the Right Moves (1983) and Red Dawn (1984). On television she played the title character in the sitcom Caroline in the City (1995–1999) and Kathryn Kennish in Switched at Birth (2011–2017).
Thompson is married to director Howard Deutch.
