Lea Thompson is an American actress, director, and television producer best known for her performance as Lorraine Braines in the “Back to the Future trilogy” comedy film series. “All the Right Moves,” “Howard the Duck,” and “The Beverly Hillbillies” were among her other film credits. Thompson was even nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the film “The Trouble with the Truth,” which she won for best actress.

Thompson’s only spouse, Howard Deutch, and their two kids, Madelyn and Zoey, are also well-known. Furthermore, she confirmed and backed Brat Garrett’s statements regarding nasty behavior behind the scenes on the prominent show “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in early August 2020.

What is the Net Worth of Lea Thompson?

Lea Thompson has quite good earnings from her professional career as an actress and also as a director. Having started her career since 1983, Thompson has undoubtedly managed to amass a healthy fortune from her several movies and appearances. Her net worth is estimated to be around $14 million.

What is Lea Thompson Famous for?

• Famous as an American actress and for her role as Lorraine Baines in the series “Back to the Future Trilogy”.

Where was Lea Thompson Born?

Lea Thompson was born in Rochester, Minnesota, in the United States, on May 31, 1961. Lea Katherine Thompson is her given name. Her nationality is American. Her zodiac sign is Gemini, and her ethnicity is white caucasian.

Thompson is the fifth child of Clifford Barry Thompson (father) and Barbara Barry Thompson (mother) (mother). Clifford, her father, was a musician. Le grew up in Minnesota with her two sisters, Coleen and Shanon, and two brothers, Andrew (a ballet dancer) and Barry.

She began studying ballet when she was very young, and by the age of 14, she had already established herself as a professional dancer, winning scholarships to the American Ballet Theatre, the San Francisco Ballet, and the Pennsylvania Ballet.

Thompson moved her concentration to acting because she didn’t have the right body to be a prima ballerina. She came to New York at the age of 20 and appeared in a number of Burger King commercials in the 1980s alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar and Elisabeth Shue.

Lea Thompson’s Career HIghlights:

• Lea Thompson started her professional acting career by appearing in the thriller movie “Jaws 3-D” in 1983.
• In the year 1984, she acted in the movie, “Red Dawn”. She also appeared in the movie “All the right moves” and “The Wildlife(1984)”.
• Her career breakthrough with her role of Lorraine Baines McFly in the science fiction film “Back to the Future trilogy” in 1985. Her performance in the film was appreciated a lot. She also got nominated for the Saturn Award for best-supporting actress for her this role.
• In the year 1986, she starred in the two movies  “Howard the Duck and “Spacemov”.
• With the musician Beverly Switzler, she sang several songs on the soundtrack album and singles in 1987.
• She appeared in many movies in 1980s such as ” Some Kind of Wonderful, Casual Sex?”, “The Wizard of Loneliness”, and “TV film Nightbreaker” for which she was nominated for CableACE award.
• In the year 1993, she appeared in movies like “Dennis the Menace”, and “The villainess in The Beverly Hillbilliesa”.

Career in comedy film:

• She also appeared as a snooty ballet instructor in the comedy film “The Little Rascals” in 1994. She also appeared in TV films which include “The Substitute Wife (1994)” and “The Right To Remain Silent (1996)”.

• From 1995 to 1999, she appeared on NBC sitcom “Caroline in the City”. Her role in the series was appreciated and she also won the People’s Choice award for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series in 1995. She was also nominated for Satellite Awards for Best Actress in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy in 1996.
• In the year 1998, she starred in a 1998 American television mini-series “A Will of their Own”.
• After a few years break from acting, she starred in a TV film “Stealing Christmas” in the year 2003.
• She had also directed two films from the Jane Doe series – Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall and Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder.
• She also starred in the TV film “A life Interrupted” in 2007. Her other starred TV films are: “The Christmas Clause”, “Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake”, and “Final approach”.
• She also starred in the ABC film series “Switched at Birth” from 2011-2017.
• She then portrayed the role of Irene Steele in the movie “Left Behind” in the year 2014.

• In 2018, she portrayed the role of Marmee March in the film “Little women” the seventh adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel which is directed by Director Clare Niederpruem.

Who is Lea Thompson Married to?

Howard Deutch is Lea Thompson’s husband. Deutch is an American film and television director who she met on the set of “Some Kind of Wonderful” for the first time (1987). They married in 1989, two years after their initial meeting.

Their first daughter, Madelyn Deutch, was born in 1991, and their second daughter, Zoey Francis, was born in 1994. Their daughters are both accomplished actresses. In March 2008, she performed on stage with her youngest daughter, Zoey, in the Bye Bye Birdie production for the 16th annual Alzheimer’s Association “A Night at Sardi’s.”

Moreover, Thompson stated that she was dating and supposedly engaged to prominent actor Dennis Quaid throughout the 1982-83 filming of “Jaws 3-D” with him.

Brad Garrett tweeted on July 31, 2020, about unpleasant behavior behind the scenes on the popular show, “With a tweet entitled “True story. The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Thompson backed up and agreed with Garrett’s assertion that it was common known that the host, Ellen, treated people brutally. It’s true “..

How Tall is Lea Thompson?

Lea Thompson is a stunning woman in her late fifties. Thompson has captivated audiences all around the world with her captivating beauty and superb acting. Her height is 5ft. 4inches (1.633m), and she weighs roughly 54kg (119 lbs).

She has a wonderful, well-kept slender body structure with measurements of 35-24-35 inches, a bra size of 35B, a dress size of 4(US), and a shoe size of 6(US). Her skin is fair, and she has red-dyed hair and light brown eyes.

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