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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.
Filmography
Dennis the Menace (1993)
as Alice Mitchell
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
as Laura Jackson
Article 99 (1992)
as Dr. Robin Van Dorn
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
as Lorraine
Back to the Future (1985)
as Lorraine Baines
Jaws 3-D (1983)
as Kelly Ann Bukowski