Leah Thompson: biography, filmography, career and personal life

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In this article, let's talk about the wonderful actress and director from the United States, Leah Thompson. We will discuss her career, biography and personal life, we will partially analyze the filmography of the actress.

Biography

Leah Thompson was born in the northern US town of Rochester, Minnesota, May 31, 1961 in the family of singer Barbara and her husband Cliff.

From childhood, the girl studied ballet, and at the age of 14 she became a professional dancer, for which she began to receive a scholarship from the American Ballet Theater. Leah played in four dozen productions at the American Theater, and the girl also performed in Pennsylvania and Minnesota.

When Thompson turns 20, she decides to retire from ballet and plans to become an actress. To fulfill her dream, Lea Thompson travels to New York, where she begins acting in commercials for Burger King and accepts several offers from various musical groups, appears in videos.

Beginning of acting career

Thompson first appeared on the screen in 1983 with the role of Lisa Litzky in the film "Only the Right Moves", in the same year the aspiring actress starred in a horror film"Jaws 3", where she played the role of Kelly Ann Bukowski.

The most striking role at the very beginning of her acting career, the girl performed in the film trilogy "Back to the Future", played by Lorraine Baines.

Over the next ten years, Lea Thompson performed about ten roles in various films and TV shows. In 1994, the actress appeared in the TV movie "Spare Wife", in which she played Ema Hightower.

In 1995, Leah received a regular and starring role in the TV series "Caroline in New York", playing Caroline Duffy. The series was broadcast on the American television channel NBC for five years. After this project, Leah Thompson, whose photo was placed on the cover of the film, began to appear on the screen more and more often.

Filmography

Throughout her career, Lia has performed about three dozen roles, the full filmography is located below (the year of release is indicated in brackets):

• "Only the right moves" - girlfriend Lisa Litzky (1983).
• "Jaws 3" - played by Kelly Ann Bukowski (1983).
• "Red Dawn" character Eric (1984).
• "Back to the Future" - Lorraine Baines (1985).
• "Howard the duck" - the role of Beverly (1986).
• "Something Wonderful" - girl Amanda Jones (1987).
• "Yellow Pages" - played by Marigold de la Hanta (1988).
• "Just sex?" - character Stacey (1988).
• "Flash in the Dark" by Sylie Matthews (1989).
• "Back to the Future 2" and "Back to the Future 3" - girlfriend Lorraine (1989-1990).
• "Article 99" - Dr. Robin (1992).
• "Dennis the Tormentor" - Miss Alice (1993).
• "Hill in Beverly Hills" - played the role of Laura Jackson (1993).
• TV movie "Spare Wife" - played by Ema Hightower (1994).
• "Dumbass" - Mrs. Roberts (1994).
• "Caroline in New York" - actress Yigala starring Caroline Duffy (1995-2000).
• "The Unspoken Truth" - appeared before the audience as Brianna Hawkins (1995).
• "The right not to answer questions" - girl Christine (1996).
• Jane Doe series - played the dual role of Jane Doe/Kathy Davis (2005-2008).
• "Quick exit" - the role of Moddy McMinn (2008).



• "Thomas the unbeliever" - played by Claire Miller (2008).
• the series "They were mixed up in the hospital" - the actress performed Katherine Kennish for four seasons (2011-2015).
• "The Leftovers" - character Irene Steele (2014).

In addition to the roles played, Lea Thompson, whose filmography is quite voluminous, acted as a director of two feature films from Hallmark - "Jane Doe".

Private life

In the mid-1980s, the actress dated American actor Dennis Quaid, but the couple later broke up.

During the filming of "Something Wonderful",which took place in 1987, Thompson met director Howard Deutsch. Two years later, the couple got married, in marriage the couple had two daughters: Madeline (born in 1990) and Zoe (born in 1994). The youngest daughter of the actress followed in the footsteps of her mother and became an actress.

Today Lea Thompson celebrated her fifty-sixth birthday. It's hard to guess if she'll be doing more movies, but it's safe to say that this person is truly talented.