Lea Thompson

After the release of the film "Back to the Future", the aspiring actress Leah Thompson was recognized on the streets and asked for an autograph, and offers from directors came in an endless stream. Although the girl's first role was the role of Callie in a horror film called "Jaws 3".

American actress and director Leah Catherine Thompson was born in Rochester, Minnesota, USA on May 31, 1961. Lia's mother Barbara worked as a composer and professionally played the flute and saxophone. About the girl's father, Cliff Thompson, the biography is silent. Leah became the youngest of five Thompson children. In addition to a daughter, Barbara and Cliff have a son, Andrew, who became a ballet dancer. A mixture of Irish, English, Scottish, German and Dutch blood flows in the veins of the actress.

The girl received her basic secondary education at Marshall High School. From an early age, the future actress was engaged in dancing and by the age of 14 she had already become a professional dancer. Thanks to her hard training and natural talent, Leah easily won scholarships at ballet schools, including the American Ballet Theater, San Francisco Ballet, and Pennsylvania Ballet. Leah Thompson worked as a ballerina in Minnesota.

At the age of 19, the girl went to audition for the Soviet, American ballet dancer, choreographer Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov, who told her that she was “too stocky” with a height of 163 cm. The girl's dreams of a ballerina's career collapsed, and Lia turned to acting. In connection with a new career choice, Thompson moved to New York.

While working as a waitress, Lea Thompson first appeared on television in Burger King and Twix commercials. In 1982, the girl voiced the character of Cecily Lauper in the detective computer game "MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone?"

The aspiring actress made her film debut in 1983 in Joe Elves's horror film Jaws 3 (released under the title Jaws: The Third Dimension). In the same year, Leah got a role in the film directed by Michael Chapman "All the Right Moves." From the very beginning of her acting career, Thompson has repeatedly appeared in the nude frame, including in the film "All the Right Moves", where Tom Cruise became the partner of the aspiring actress on the set.

A year later, the girl played Erica in John Milius's thriller Red Dawn and Anita in Art Linson's comedy No Brakes. But the popularity of Lie Thompson brought the role of Lorraine Baines in Robert Zemeckis' 1985 film Back to the Future. The actress played her character in the subsequent parts of the trilogy in 1989 and 1990.

The following year, she played Catherine in Harry Weiner's science fiction adventure film Picnic in Space, and featured her vocals in Willard Hike's adventure musical Howard the Duck. Although George Lucas was executive produced, the film was highly praised by critics. For her role as Amanda in Howard Deutsch's melodrama Miracles of Kind, Leah Thompson won the Best Actress Award in 1987.

In 1988, she starred as Sybil in Jenny Bowen's drama The Wizard of Loneliness and as Sylvia Vine in an episode of Tales from the Crypt. For her role as Sally Matthews in Peter Markle's Flash in the Dark, Lea Thompson is nominated for the ACE Television Achievement Award. She also appeared in Nick Castle's family comedy "Dennis the Tormentor" (1993) and in Penelope Spiris's family melodrama "Little Rascals".

From 1995 to 1999, Thompson starred in the melodramatic comedy series Carolina in New York directed by James Burroughs, Ted Wasse, Will McKenzie. Her character Carolina Duffy is a cartoonist from Manhattan who works and builds her personal life when faced with curious situations. For this work, Lia Thompson received the People's Choice Award for Best Actress.

Then the actress paused in the cinema, and preferred Broadway productions to the set, and then appeared in a drama series that was released in Russia under the title For People. This was followed by a TV movie starring Tony Danz and Betty White called Stolen Christmas.

From the very beginning of her career, Lia has continuously starred in various directors in films and television series: the actress has played 87 roles, 4 directorials, 4 production projects and 1 script. In addition, in 47 projects, the girl played herself.

In addition to cinema, in 2014 the actress performed with Artem Chigvintsev in the 19th season of Dancing with the Stars.

Like all public people, Leah prefers not to advertise the details of her personal life, but the paparazzi found out that back in 1980, the actress was seen in a romantic relationship with the American film actor Dennis William Quaid. But soon the girl's heart was conquered by the American film director and producer Howard Deutsch.

The young people met on the set of a youth melodrama in 1987: Howard directed the film, and Leah played the role of Amanda Jones. In 1989, the actress and director got married. And in 1992, the girl received an offer from her husband to shoot in the comedy drama "Article 99".

In 1991, Thompson gave birth to the eldest daughter Madeline, and in 1994, the youngest Zoe. Both daughters of the cinematic family union followed in the footsteps of their parents and chose the acting profession. In March 2008, Leah and her two daughters performed on stage in a production of "Bye ByeBirdie," timed to coincide with the 16th annual Alzheimer's Association, "A Night in Sardi."

Now Leah Thompson plays 2-3 roles a year. In 2016, the actress starred in 3 films: the comedy series The Muppets, the drama Dog Lover and the drama Stars Are Already Dead.

In April 2017, Ryan Yggold's comedy drama Literally Before Aaron premiered, where Leah played the role of Deb, and in June 2017, the comedy The Year of the Impressive Man, starring Thompson, was released on television.

The last film was written by Madeline Deutsch, Leah's daughter. The film was not shown on Russian television screens. Another work by Leah Thompson for 2017 is called "Little Women" (Claire Niederpruham's family drama).

Leah Thompson now lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two daughters, as well as dogs, fish, horses, chickens, a cat, a turtle and a parrot. The actress often publishes photos of her pets on the official page on Instagram. The actress supports and regularly speaks in the fight against breast cancer, as well as in support of mental health and organizes charity events to fight Alzheimer's disease.

1983 - "Jaws 3" 1983 - "All Right Moves" 1984 - "Red Dawn" 1985 - "Back to the Future" 1988 - "Just Sex" 1989 - "Back to the Future 2" 1990 - "Back to the Future 3" 1993 - "Beverly Hills Bumpkin" 1995-1999 - "Carolina in New York" 1998 - "Family Guy" 2000-2015 - "CSI Crime Scene" 2003 - "Stolen Christmas" 2005 - "American Dad" 2007-2011 - "University "2007 -" Last Call "2008 -" Thomas the Unbeliever "2009 -" Desperate Heads "2011 -" Thin Ice "2011-2017 -" They were mixed up in the hospital "2017 -" Literally before Aaron "

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Lea Thompson Net Worth 2021

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Lea Thompson Net Worth 2020

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Lea Thompson Net Worth 2019

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Lea Thompson Net Worth 2018

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Lea Thompson Net Worth 2017

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Lea Thompson Net Worth 2016

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Lea Thompson Net Worth 2015

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