Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress, singer, dancer and director.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Chicken Sisters (2024)
Starring as Nancy Hillier
(16 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: I Do, Y'all (Sep 28, 2025)
- Episode 2x07: Storm's Brewing, Y'all (Sep 21, 2025)
- Episode 2x06: A Woman Always Knows, Y'all (Sep 14, 2025)
- Episode 2x05: No Trespassing, Y'all (Sep 7, 2025)
- Episode 2x04: Let Your Hair Down, Y'all (Aug 31, 2025)
- Episode 2x03: Daddy's Home, Y'all (Aug 24, 2025)
- Episode 2x02: Mama Tried, Y'all (Aug 17, 2025)
- Episode 2x01: The Train Has Left the Station, Y'all! (Aug 10, 2025)
- Episode 1x08: The Best Chicken in Town, Y'all. (Oct 24, 2024)
- Episode 1x07: It's Just Junk, Y'all. (Oct 17, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: I Choose to Be Happy, Y'all. (Oct 10, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: Not the Hydrangeas, Y'all! (Oct 3, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: It's the Drop, Y'all! (Sep 26, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: This is War, Y'all. (Sep 19, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: We're on the Same Team, Y'all. (Sep 12, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Welcome to Merinac, Y'all! (Sep 10, 2024)
The Spencer Sisters (2023)
Starring as Victoria Spencer
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: The Runaway's Regret (Apr 21, 2023)
- Episode 1x09: The Diva's Disaster (Apr 14, 2023)
- Episode 1x08: The Virtuoso's Vexation (Mar 31, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: The Lawyer's Lament (Mar 24, 2023)
- Episode 1x06: The Winemaker's Woe (Mar 17, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: The Decorator's Debacle (Mar 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: The Restauranteur's Ruin (Mar 3, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: The Coder's Calamity (Feb 24, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: The Executive's Elegy (Feb 17, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: The Scholar's Snafu (Jan 29, 2023)
Invincible (2021)
Guest starring as Carol
- Episode 2x03: This Missive, This Machination (Nov 17, 2023)
Expedition: Back to the Future (2021)
Guest starring as Lea Thompson
- Episode 1x01: Josh's Adventure of a Lifetime (Mar 15, 2021)
The Drew Barrymore Show (2020)
Guest starring as Lea Thompson
- Episode 5x26: Lea Thompson, Lamorne Morris, Amelia Dimoldenberg (Oct 14, 2024)
The George Lucas Talk Show (2020)
Guest starring as Lea Thompson
(2 episodes)
- Episode S01 Special: Holiday Special (Dec 20, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Duck (Aug 9, 2020)
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Guest starring as Dr. Diane Werner
- Episode 2x05: Fly Me to the Moon (Mar 31, 2022)
25 Words or Less (2019)
Guest starring as Lea Thompson
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x173: Debbie Matenopoulos and Melissa Peterman vs. Ron Funches and Lea Thompson (Jun 3, 2020)
- Episode 1x98: Debbie Matenopoulos and Ron Funches vs. Melissa Peterman and Lea Thompson (Jan 24, 2020)
- Episode 1x97: Lea Thompson and Melissa Peterman vs. Debbie Matenopoulos and Ron Funches (Jan 23, 2020)
- Episode 1x96: Debbie Matenopoulos and Lea Thompson vs. Melissa Peterman and Ron Funches (Jan 22, 2020)
- Episode 1x95: Melissa Peterman and Debbie Matenopoulos vs. Ron Funches and Lea Thompson (Jan 21, 2020)
- Episode 1x94: Ron Funches, Melissa Peterman, Debbie Matenopoulos, Lea Thompson (Jan 20, 2020)
Celebrity Family Feud (2015)
Guest starring as Lea Thompson
- Episode 3x07: Bachelors vs Bachelorettes and Sandra Lee vs Lea Thompson (Aug 6, 2017)
Scorpion (2014)
Guest starring as Veronica Dineen
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x14: The Hole Truth (Jan 23, 2017)
- Episode 3x13: Faux Money Maux Problems (Jan 16, 2017)
- Episode 3x10: This Is the Pits (Dec 12, 2016)
- Episode 3x09: Mother Load (Nov 21, 2016)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Lea Thompson
- Episode 2022-10-04: Ralph Macchio, Jennifer Beals, Lea Thompson, Debbie Gibson, Modern English (Oct 4, 2022)
The Goldbergs (2013)
Guest starring as Fran
(2 episodes)
- Episode 9x10: You Only Die Once, or Twice, But Never Three Times (Jan 5, 2022)
- Episode 7x20: The Return of the Formica King (Apr 15, 2020)
Switched at Birth (2011)
Starring as Kathryn Kennish
(88 episodes)
- Episode 5x10: Long Live Love (Apr 11, 2017)
- Episode 5x09: The Wolf is Waiting (Apr 4, 2017)
- Episode 5x08: Left in Charge (Mar 28, 2017)
- Episode 5x07: Memory (The Heart) (Mar 21, 2017)
- Episode 5x06: Four Ages in Life (Mar 7, 2017)
- Episode 5x05: Occupy Truth (Feb 28, 2017)
- Episode 5x04: Relation of Lines and Colors (Feb 21, 2017)
- Episode 5x03: Surprise (Feb 14, 2017)
- Episode 5x02: This Has to Do with Me (Feb 7, 2017)
- Episode 5x01: The Call (Jan 31, 2017)
- Episode 4x20: And Always Searching for Beauty (Oct 26, 2015)
- Episode 4x19: A Mad Tea Party (Oct 19, 2015)
- Episode 4x18: The Accommodations of Desire (Oct 12, 2015)
- Episode 4x17: To the Victor Belong the Spoils (Oct 5, 2015)
- Episode 4x16: Borrowing Your Enemy's Arrows (Sep 28, 2015)
- Episode 4x15: Instead of Damning the Darkness, It's Better to Light a Little Lantern (Sep 21, 2015)
- Episode 4x14: We Mourn, We Weep, We Love Again (Sep 14, 2015)
- Episode 4x13: Between Hope and Fear (Sep 7, 2015)
- Episode 4x12: How Does a Girl Like You Get to Be a Girl Like You (Aug 31, 2015)
- Episode 4x11: To Repel Ghosts (Aug 24, 2015)
- Episode 4x10: There is My Heart (Mar 10, 2015)
- Episode 4x09: The Player's Choice (Mar 3, 2015)
- Episode 4x08: Art Like Love is Dedication (Feb 24, 2015)
- Episode 4x07: Fog and Storm and Rain (Feb 17, 2015)
- Episode 4x06: Black and Gray (Feb 10, 2015)
- Episode 4x05: At First Clear Word (Feb 3, 2015)
- Episode 4x04: We Were So Close That Nothing Used to Stand Between Us (Jan 27, 2015)
- Episode 4x03: I Lock the Door Upon Myself (Jan 20, 2015)
- Episode 4x02: Bracing the Waves (Jan 13, 2015)
- Episode 4x01: And It Cannot Be Changed (Jan 6, 2015)
- Episode 3x22: Yuletide Fortune Tellers (Dec 8, 2014)
- Episode 3x21: And Life Begins Right Away (Aug 18, 2014)
- Episode 3x18: It Isn't What You Think (Jul 28, 2014)
- Episode 3x17: Girl with Death Mask (Jul 21, 2014)
- Episode 3x16: The Image Disappears (Jul 14, 2014)
- Episode 3x15: And We Bring the Light (Jul 7, 2014)
- Episode 3x14: Oh, Future! (Jun 30, 2014)
- Episode 3x13: Like a Snowball Down a Mountain (Jun 23, 2014)
- Episode 3x12: Love Among the Ruins (Jun 16, 2014)
- Episode 3x11: Love Seduces Innocence, Pleasure Entraps, and Remorse Follows (Mar 24, 2014)
- Episode 3x10: The Ambush (Mar 17, 2014)
- Episode 3x09: The Past (Mar 10, 2014)
- Episode 3x08: Dance Me to the End of Love (Mar 3, 2014)
- Episode 3x07: Memory is Your Image of Perfection (Feb 24, 2014)
- Episode 3x06: The Scream (Feb 17, 2014)
- Episode 3x05: Have You Really the Courage? (Feb 10, 2014)
- Episode 3x04: It Hurts to Wait with Love If Love is Somewhere Else (Feb 3, 2014)
- Episode 3x03: Fountain (Jan 27, 2014)
- Episode 3x02: Your Body is a Battleground (Jan 20, 2014)
- Episode 3x01: Drowning Girl (Jan 13, 2014)
- Episode 2x21: Departure of Summer (Aug 19, 2013)
- Episode 2x20: The Merrymakers (Aug 12, 2013)
- Episode 2x19: What Goes Up Must Come Down (Aug 5, 2013)
- Episode 2x18: As the Shadows Deepen (Jul 29, 2013)
- Episode 2x17: Prudence, Avarice, Lust, Justice, Anger (Jul 22, 2013)
- Episode 2x16: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (Jul 15, 2013)
- Episode 2x10: Introducing the Miracle (Mar 11, 2013)
- Episode 2x09: Uprising (Mar 4, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: Tightrope Walker (Feb 25, 2013)
- Episode 2x07: Drive in the Knife (Feb 18, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: Human/Need/Desire (Feb 11, 2013)
- Episode 2x05: The Acquired Inability to Escape (Feb 4, 2013)
- Episode 2x04: Dressing for the Charade (Jan 28, 2013)
- Episode 2x03: Duel Between Two Women (Jan 21, 2013)
- Episode 2x02: The Awakening Conscience (Jan 14, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: The Door to Freedom (Jan 7, 2013)
- Episode 1x30: Street Noises Invade the House (Oct 22, 2012)
- Episode 1x28: We Are the Kraken of Our Own Sinking Ships (Oct 8, 2012)
- Episode 1x27: The Declaration of Independence (Oct 1, 2012)
- Episode 1x26: The Tree of Forgiveness (Sep 24, 2012)
- Episode 1x25: The Shock of Being Seen (Sep 17, 2012)
- Episode 1x24: The Intruder (Sep 10, 2012)
- Episode 1x23: This is the Color of My Dreams (Sep 3, 2012)
- Episode 1x22: Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time (Mar 20, 2012)
- Episode 1x21: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Mar 13, 2012)
- Episode 1x20: Game On (Mar 6, 2012)
- Episode 1x19: Write a Lonely Soldier (Feb 28, 2012)
- Episode 1x18: The Art of Painting (Feb 21, 2012)
- Episode 1x17: Protect Me from What I Want (Feb 14, 2012)
- Episode 1x16: Las Dos Fridas (Feb 7, 2012)
- Episode 1x14: Les soeurs d'Estrees (Jan 24, 2012)
- Episode 1x13: Self-Portrait with a Bandaged Ear (Jan 17, 2012)
- Episode 1x12: The Tempest (Jan 10, 2012)
- Episode 1x05: Dogs Playing Poker (Jul 4, 2011)
- Episode 1x04: Dance Amongst Daggers (Jun 27, 2011)
- Episode 1x03: Portrait of My Father (Jun 20, 2011)
- Episode 1x02: American Gothic (Jun 13, 2011)
- Episode 1x01: This is Not a Pipe (Jun 6, 2011)
Cupcake Wars (2010)
Guest starring as Lea Thompson
- Episode 10x06: Celebrity: Cheerleader Cupcakes (Jul 11, 2016)
Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas (2009)
Guest starring as Evelyn Reynolds
- Episode 2021-11-06: Next Stop, Christmas (Nov 6, 2021)
GREEK (2007)
Guest starring as April
- Episode 3x18: Camp Buy Me Love (Mar 15, 2010) [Special Guest Star]
Dancing with the Stars (2005)
Guest starring as Lea Thompson
- Episode 19x01: Week 1: Fall 2014 Fall Premiere Part 1 (Sep 15, 2014)
Jane Doe (2005)
Starring as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe
(9 episodes)
- Episode 2008-01-12: Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder (Jan 12, 2008)
- Episode 2007-05-08: Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss (May 8, 2007)
- Episode 2007-03-17: Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (Mar 17, 2007)
- Episode 2006-03-04: Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall (Mar 4, 2006)
- Episode 2006-01-14: Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well (Jan 14, 2006)
- Episode 2005-06-19: Jane Doe: The Wrong Face (Jun 19, 2005)
- Episode 2005-03-11: Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (Mar 11, 2005)
- Episode 2005-02-18: Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (Feb 18, 2005)
- Episode 2005-01-21: Jane Doe: Vanishing Act (Jan 21, 2005)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Jennifer Rhodes
- Episode 14x07: Under a Cloud (Nov 6, 2013)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Michele Osborne
- Episode 6x01: Birthright (Sep 21, 2004)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998)
Guest starring as Lea Thompson
- Episode 12x15: Lea Thompson (Aug 24, 2016)
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn (1996)
Guest starring as Lea Thompson
- Episode 1997-05-12: Lea Thompson (May 12, 1997)
Caroline in the City (1995)
Starring as Caroline Duffy
(50 episodes)
- Episode 4x07: Caroline and the Big Night (Nov 9, 1998)
- Episode 2x25: Caroline and the Wayward Husband (3) (May 13, 1997)
- Episode 2x24: Caroline and Richard & Julia (2) (May 13, 1997)
- Episode 2x23: Caroline and the Bad Trip (1) (May 6, 1997)
- Episode 2x22: Caroline and the Ombudsman (Apr 22, 1997)
- Episode 2x21: Caroline and the Critics (Apr 15, 1997)
- Episode 2x20: Caroline and the New Neighbor (Apr 8, 1997)
- Episode 2x19: Caroline and the Buyer (Apr 1, 1997)
- Episode 2x18: Caroline and the Monkeys (Mar 11, 1997)
- Episode 2x17: Caroline and the Getaway (Feb 25, 1997)
- Episode 2x16: Caroline and the Dearly Departed (Feb 18, 1997)
- Episode 2x15: Caroline and the Long Shot (Feb 11, 1997)
- Episode 2x14: Caroline and the Kept Man (Jan 21, 1997)
- Episode 2x13: Caroline and the Singer (Jan 14, 1997)
- Episode 2x12: Caroline and the Perfect Record (Jan 7, 1997)
- Episode 2x11: Caroline and the Freight King (Dec 17, 1996)
- Episode 2x10: Caroline and the Red Sauce (Dec 10, 1996)
- Episode 2x09: Caroline and the Therapist (Dec 3, 1996)
- Episode 2x08: Caroline and the Comic (Nov 26, 1996)
- Episode 2x07: Caroline and Victor/Victoria (Nov 19, 1996)
- Episode 2x06: Caroline and the Nice Jewish Boy (Nov 12, 1996)
- Episode 2x05: Caroline and the Dreamers (Oct 29, 1996)
- Episode 2x04: Caroline and the Guy Who Gets There Too Soon (Oct 22, 1996)
- Episode 2x03: Caroline and the Cat Dancer (Oct 15, 1996)
- Episode 2x02: Caroline and the Letter (2) (Sep 24, 1996)
- Episode 2x01: Caroline and the Younger Man (1) (Sep 17, 1996)
- Episode 1x24: Caroline and the Condom (Aug 5, 1996)
- Episode 1x23: Caroline and the Wedding (May 16, 1996)
- Episode 1x22: Caroline and the Bridesmaids (May 9, 1996)
- Episode 1x21: Caroline and Richard's Mom (Apr 25, 1996)
- Episode 1x20: Caroline and the Cereal (Apr 18, 1996)
- Episode 1x19: Caroline and the Movie (Apr 4, 1996)
- Episode 1x18: Caroline and the Ex-Wife (Mar 28, 1996)
- Episode 1x17: Caroline and the Kid (Mar 14, 1996)
- Episode 1x16: Caroline and the Proposal (Feb 22, 1996)
- Episode 1x15: Caroline and the Bad Date (Feb 15, 1996)
- Episode 1x14: Caroline and the Watch (Feb 1, 1996)
- Episode 1x13: Caroline and the Twenty-Eight-Pound Walleye (Jan 25, 1996)
- Episode 1x12: Caroline and the Married Man (Jan 11, 1996)
- Episode 1x11: Caroline and the Gift (Jan 4, 1996)
- Episode 1x10: Caroline and the Christmas Break (Dec 14, 1995)
- Episode 1x09: Caroline and the Convict (Dec 7, 1995)
- Episode 1x08: Caroline and the Balloon (Nov 16, 1995)
- Episode 1x07: Caroline and the Opera (Nov 9, 1995)
- Episode 1x06: Caroline and the Folks (Nov 2, 1995)
- Episode 1x05: Caroline and the ATM (Oct 19, 1995)
- Episode 1x04: Caroline and the Bad Back (Oct 12, 1995)
- Episode 1x03: Caroline and the Gay Art Show (Oct 5, 1995)
- Episode 1x02: Caroline and the Mugger (Sep 28, 1995)
- Episode 1x01: Caroline in the City (Sep 21, 1995)
Friends (1994)
Guest starring as Caroline Duffy
- Episode 2x06: The One With the Baby on the Bus (Nov 2, 1995) [Uncredited]
The Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
Guest starring as Lea Thompson
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1996-11-28: Lea Thompson, Natalie Portman, Stone Temple Pilots (Nov 28, 1996)
- Episode 1996-07-16: Laurence Fishburne, Lea Thompson, Me'Shell Ndegeocello (Jul 16, 1996)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Guest starring as Sylvia Vane
- Episode 1x04: Only Sin Deep (Jun 14, 1989)
Crew Credits
The Chicken Sisters (2024)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x02: Mama Tried, Y'all (Aug 17, 2025)
- Episode 2x01: The Train Has Left the Station, Y'all! (Aug 10, 2025)
Will Trent (2023)
Episode crew as Director
(3 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: Regarding the Death of Whitney McAdams (Mar 18, 2025)
- Episode 2x06: We Are Family (Apr 9, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: Should I Go Get My Tin Foil Hat? (Feb 14, 2023)
Resident Alien (2021)
Episode crew as Director
(3 episodes)
- Episode 3x02: The Upper Hand (Feb 21, 2024)
- Episode 2x06: An Alien in New York (Mar 2, 2022)
- Episode 2x05: Family Day (Feb 23, 2022)
DC's Stargirl (2020)
Episode crew as Director
(5 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: Chapter Six: The Betrayal (Oct 12, 2022)
- Episode 3x05: Chapter Five: The Thief (Oct 5, 2022)
- Episode 2x04: Chapter Four (Aug 31, 2021)
- Episode 2x03: Chapter Three (Aug 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: Shiv Part One (Jun 29, 2020)
Katy Keene (2020)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 1x11: Chapter Eleven: Who Can I Turn to? (Apr 30, 2020)
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x04: Watcher (Mar 24, 2022)
- Episode 2x03: Assimilation (Mar 17, 2022)
Schooled (2019)
Episode crew as Director
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x19: Principal for a Day (Apr 15, 2020)
- Episode 2x11: Boy Bands (Jan 15, 2020)
- Episode 2x08: Friendsgiving (Nov 20, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: Outbreak (Oct 23, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: Darth Mellor (Mar 20, 2019)
Young Sheldon (2017)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 3x12: Body Glitter and a Mall Safety Kit (Jan 16, 2020)
The Goldbergs (2013)
Episode crew as Director
(10 episodes)
- Episode 10x18: Love Shack (Apr 5, 2023)
- Episode 10x17: A Flyer's Path to Victory (Mar 15, 2023)
- Episode 8x16: Couple Off (Apr 7, 2021)
- Episode 7x20: The Return of the Formica King (Apr 15, 2020)
- Episode 7x09: The Beverly Goldberg Cookbook: Part 2 (Dec 4, 2019)
- Episode 6x14: Major League'd (Jan 30, 2019)
- Episode 6x12: The Pina Colada Episode (Jan 16, 2019)
- Episode 5x11: The Goldberg Girls (Jan 3, 2018)
- Episode 5x05: Jackie Likes Star Trek (Oct 25, 2017)
- Episode 4x07: Ho-ly K.I.T.T. (Nov 16, 2016)
Switched at Birth (2011)
Episode crew as Director
(3 episodes)
- Episode 4x07: Fog and Storm and Rain (Feb 17, 2015)
- Episode 3x02: Your Body is a Battleground (Jan 20, 2014)
- Episode 2x17: Prudence, Avarice, Lust, Justice, Anger (Jul 22, 2013)