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Lea Thompson
From The TV IV
Lea Thompson | |
Birth name | Lea Katherine Thompson |
Born | May 31, 1961 in Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
Notable Roles | |
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Roles
Starring Roles
Series | Role | Year(s) | Season(s) | |||
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Caroline in the City | Caroline Duffy | 1995–1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
For the People (2002) | Camille Paris | 2002–2003 | 1 | |||
Switched at Birth | Kathryn Kennish | 2011–2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Guest Starring Roles
Series | Role | Episode | Airdate |
---|---|---|---|
Tales from the Crypt | Sylvia Vane | 1x04 - Only Sin Deep | June 14, 1989 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Michele Osborne | 6x01 - Birthright | September 21, 2004 |
Notable Film Roles
Film | Role | Released |
---|---|---|
Back to the Future | Lorraine Baines | 1985 |
Talk, News and Game Show Appearances
Series | Episode | Airdate |
---|---|---|
Hollywood Squares (1998) | February 8-12, 1999 | |
Hollywood Squares (1998) | January 6-10, 2003 |
Awards and Accolades
Young Artist Awards
(1 Nomination)
Trivia
- Is of Irish, English, Scots-Irish, German and distant Dutch ancestry.
- Is one of five children; she has two sisters: Coleen and Shannon, and two brothers: Andrew & Barry
- Studied ballet as a young girl and began dancing professionally when she was 14 years old
- Danced professionally with the American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company, but stopped dancing when she was told that she didn't have the right body to be a prima ballerina
- Attended Marshall-University High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Was engaged to Dennis Quaid for three years
- Married her husband, Howard Deutch in July of 1989; they met when Deutch directed her in the film "Some Kind of Wonderful."
- Has two daughters: Madelyn (born in March of 1991) and Zoey (born in December of 1994)