Lea Thompson
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Born | Lea Katherine Thompson May 31, 1961 Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
Other names | Lea Deutch |
Alma mater | American Ballet Theatre |
Occupation(s) | Actress, director, singer, dancer |
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Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961)[1] is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director.
She is best known for her role as
Early life
Thompson was born on May 31, 1961, in Rochester, Minnesota,[1] one of five children of Clifford and Barbara Barry Thompson, a musician.[2] She has two sisters, Coleen Goodrich and Shannon Katona, and two brothers, Andrew and Barry.[3]
She studied
At 20, Thompson was dancing with American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company, then known as ABT II.[4] Mikhail Baryshnikov, who was the artistic director at the time, told her, "You're a lovely dancer, but you're too stocky."[4][5] She said it was "my epiphany when I decided to stop dancing and not be a ballet dancer. It was a wonderful moment because I could've been banging my head against the wall for another 10 years."[6] She left ballet, but her older brother continued and went on to have a long career in the field.
Thompson changed her focus to acting[4] and moved to New York at age 20. She appeared in a number of Burger King advertisements in the 1980s with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Elisabeth Shue, her later co-star in Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III.[4][7]
Career
In 1982, Thompson played Cecily "Sissy" Loper in the interactive live-action video game MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone?. She made her movie debut in 1983 with
Thompson's most famous role is that of
In 1986, Thompson starred in
Thompson found moderate critical and popular success as the star of the
After a break from acting, Thompson went on to star in several
In 2005, Thompson began a series of made-for-TV films for the Hallmark Channel, in which she plays Jane Doe, an ex-secret agent turned housewife, who helps the government solve mysteries. Thompson directed two films from the Jane Doe series – Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall and Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder.
Thompson was a featured singer on Celebrity Duets and the second contestant eliminated in 2006. In April 2007, she starred in another television film, A Life Interrupted, which premiered on Lifetime television.[12]
Thompson guest-starred on the show
Thompson stars in Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake, an adventure game released in November 2012 by Big Fish Games.[14] Thompson's daughter Madelyn Deutch plays a paranormal television-series host.
From 2011 to 2017, Thompson starred in the
In 2014, Thompson was a competitor on the
On April 27, 2017, Thompson was cast in the film Little Women, the seventh adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name, written and directed by first-time Director Clare Niederpruem. Thompson portrayed Marmee March, the mother who helps her daughters navigate the struggles and heartbreaks of adolescence and adulthood. The film was released on September 28, 2018, to coincide with the book's 150th-anniversary publishing date.[18]
She directed episode 5 season 2 of the Syfy series Resident Alien, first aired in February 2022.
She directed episodes 3 and 4 as well as having a cameo role in episode 5 of season 2 in the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard, which aired in March 2022.
Personal life
She has been married to film director Howard Deutch since 1989. They met on the set of Some Kind of Wonderful (1987).[7]
Thompson and Deutch have two daughters, both actresses:
Filmography
Awards and nominations
Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1985 | Saturn Awards
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Best Supporting Actress | Back to the Future | Nominated |
1987 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Some Kind of Wonderful | Won |
1990 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Actress | Back to the Future Part II | |
1995 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series | Caroline in the City | |
1996 | Satellite Award
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Best Actress in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy | Nominated | |
2014 | American Movie Awards | Best Actress | The Trouble with the Truth | Won |
See also
- List of female film and television directors
- List of actors who have played multiple roles in the same film
- List of Dancing with the Stars competitors
References
- ^ a b "Lea Thompson". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ "'Caroline in the City' still a smalltown girl". Post-Bulletin. Rochester, Minnesota. January 15, 1998. Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ "Lea Thompson: Cabin Fever". PremierGuideMedia.com. July 2011. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Lea Thompson at AllMovie
- ^ WENN (September 18, 2014). "Lea Thompson thanks Mikhail Baryshnikov for acting career". Hollywood.com. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ "Mikhail Baryshnikov Destroyed Lea Thompson's Ballet Dreams". Starpulse. Retrieved June 16, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Harris, Will (February 21, 2012). "Random Roles: Lea Thompson". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-399-51604-7.
lea thompson starred in All the Right Moves (1983), Red Dawn (1984), and The Wild Life (1984).
- ^ "The Best Lea Thompson Movies". Ranker. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ "'Back to the Future': Catching up with the cast". USA TODAY. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- People's Choice Awards. Archivedfrom the original on October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ Marilyn Moss (April 22, 2007). "A Life Interrupted". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
- ^ Lea Thompson Dishes on Hallmark's Final Approach – Celebrity and Entertainment News Archived May 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, TVGuide.com
- ^ Murphy, Conor (October 15, 2012). "Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake Announced!". Big Fish Games. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (September 4, 2014). "'Dancing With The Stars': Season 19 Celebrity Contestants Revealed".
- ^ Takeda, Allison (November 10, 2014). "Dancing With the Stars Season 19 Quarterfinals Recap: Tommy and Peta Pull Off a Surprising Upset, Escape Elimination". Us Weekly. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Rebecca Ford (September 9, 2013). "Lea Thompson Joins 'Left Behind' Reboot (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
- ^ "Lea Thompson to Star in New Feature Adaptation of 'Little Women'". DeadlineHollywood.com. April 27, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ Namkung, Victoria (March 6, 2008). "Stars break out in song to honor of David E. Kelley's Alzheimer's portrayal". USA Today. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
Further reading
- Papp, Adrienne (February 1, 2007). "Lea Thompson: Still America's Sweetheart" (PDF). Westside Today. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
External links
- Lea Thompson at IMDb
- Lea Thompson at AllMovie
- Lea Thompson at Rotten Tomatoes
- Lea Thompson at the TCM Movie Database
- Lea Thompson at the Internet Broadway Database
- Lea Thompson at AllMusic
- Lea Thompson discography at Discogs