Lea Thompson is best known for her role as Lorraine McFly (a.k.a. Lorraine Baines) in the "Back to the Future" movie trilogy: "Back to the Future (1985)", "Back to the Future Part II (1989)" and "Back to the Future Part III (1990)".

She played Cathy Davis (a.k.a. Jane Doe) in the "Jane Doe" movies: "Jane Doe: Vanishing Act (2006)", "Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (2005)", "Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (2005)", "Jane Doe: The Wrong Face (2005)", "Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well (2006)", "Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall (2006)", "Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2006)", "Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss (2007)" and "Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder (2008)".

Some other movies she appeared in are "Jaws 3-D (1983)", "All the Right Moves (1983)", "Red Dawn (1984)", "The Wild Life (1984)", "Going Undercover (1985)", "Space Camp (1986)", "Howard the Duck (1986)", "Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)", "Casual Sex? (1988)", "The Wizard of Loneliness (1988)", "Nightbreaker (1989)", "Montana (1990)", "Article 99 (1992)", "Stolen Babies (1993)", "Dennis the Menace (1993)", "The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)", "The Little Rascals (1994)", "The Substitute Wife (1994)", "The Unspoken Truth (1995)", "The Right to Remain Silent (1996)", "The Unknown Cyclist (1998)", "Fish Don't Blink (2002)", "Stealing Christmas (2003)", "Come Away Home (2005)", "California Dreaming (2007)", "A Life Interrupted (2007)", "Final Approach (2007)", "Spy School (2008)", "Senior Skip Day (2008)", "Exit Speed (2008)", "The Christmas Clause (2008)", "Fatal Secrets (2009)", "Rock Slyde (2009)", "Splinterheads (2009)", "I Was a 7th Grade Dragon Slayer (2010)", "Uncle Nigel (2010)", "Thin Ice (2011)", "Mayor Cupcake (2011)", "The Cabin (2011)", "The Trouble with the Truth (2011)", "J. Edgar (2011)", "Game of Your Life (2011)", "Love at the Christmas Table (2012)", "Call Me Crazy (2013)", "Ping Pong Summer (2014)", "My Mother's Future Husband (2014)", "Left Behind (2014)", "The Dog Lover (2016)", "Stars Are Already Dead (2016)", "Literally, Right Before Aaron (2017)", "The Year of Spectacular Men (2017)", "Who We Are Now (2017)", "Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)", "Little Women (2018)", "Over the Hill (2018)", "Culture Clash (2018)", "You Are Here (2019)" and "Dinner in America (2020)".

Lea Thompson starred as Caroline Duffy on the NBC TV sitcom "Caroline in the City (1995-1999)" and as Kathryn Kennish on the TV show "Switched at Birth (2011-2017)".

She also appeared on TV shows like "Friends", "The Larry Sanders Show", "A Will of Their Own", "For the Peoples", "Ed", " Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", "Greek", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "The Muppets", "Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero", "Scorpion" and "The Goldbergs".

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