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Lea was also featured in the Lifetime series of INTIMATE PORTRAITS. For Lifetime, Thompson starred in STOLEN BABIES with Mary Tyler Moore, The Debbie Smith Story: A LIFE INTERRUPTED, LOVE AT THE CHRISTMAS TABLE, and the recent sequel to the award winning Lifetime anthology FIVE, titled CALL ME CRAZY: A FIVE FILM. Thompson's television credits include the Showtime original movie, THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT NBC made-for television movies, THE UNSPOKEN TRUTH, THE SUBSTITUTE WIFE, GAME OF YOUR LIFE, and the miniseries A WILL OF THEIR OWN with Thomas Gibson TNT's original movies, MONTANA and NIGHTBREAKER with Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez, for which she received a CableACE nomination an episode of HBO's TALES FROM THE CRYPT USA's STEALING CHRISTMAS with Tony Danza. Other recent films include THIN ICE starring Greg Kinnear, the critically acclaimed THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH with John Shea, PING PONG SUMMER with Susan Sarandon, and the most recently shot, LEFT BEHIND playing Nicolas Cage's wife. Lea played Ginger Rogers' mother in Clint Eastwood's J. She produced and starred in MAYOR CUPCAKE, which featured her two daughters as well. Other film credits include COME AWAY HOME THE WILD LIFE, CALIFORNIA DREAMING SPLINTERHEADS and EXIT SPEED. Some of her other favorite roles were in ARTICLE 99, CASUAL SEX?, DENNIS THE MENACE, THE WIZARD OF LONELINESS, SPACE CAMP, THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, THE LITTLE RASCALS, THE UNKNOWN CYCLIST, and FISH DON'T BLINK. She met her future husband when he directed her in the John Hughes' film, SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL. Her film career took off after that with the BTTF films, RED DAWN, and the now infamous HOWARD THE DUCK. She was first featured in a supporting role in the motion picture JAWS 3-D with Dennis Quaid, followed by a starring role opposite Tom Cruise in ALL THE RIGHT MOVES. After apprenticing with the Pennsylvania Ballet, Lea moved to New York at the age 20 to pursue an acting career.
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Her first taste of professional theatre was with the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, in Madeline and the Gypsies, and The Little Mermaid. She is perhaps best known for her role in Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis' BACK TO THE FUTURE I, II, and III (Kid's Choice Award winner) and as the title character in the syndicated series, CAROLINE IN THE CITY, for which she won TV Guide and People's Choice Awards.Ī native of Minnesota, Thompson began her career as a professional ballet dancer and performed in more than 45 ballets in Minneapolis, Philadelphia and New York. Moving easily between dramatic and comedic roles, actress Lea Thompson has established a career that encompasses film, television, theatre, and interactive computer games.