In this article, we will talk about the wonderful actress and director from the United States, Lee Thompson. We will discuss her career, biography and personal life, partially analyze the filmography of the actress.
Biography
Leah Thompson was born on May 31, 1961 in the family of singer Barbara and her husband Cliff in a town in the northern US of Rochester, Minnesota .
From childhood, the girl studied ballet, and at the age of 14 she became a professional dancer at all, for which she began to receive a scholarship from the American Ballet Theater. Leah played in four dozen productions on the stages of the American Theater, and she also performed in Pennsylvania and Minnesota.
When Thompson turns 20, she decides to leave the ballet and plans to become an actress. To fulfill her dream, Leah Thompson goes to New York, where she begins to appear in commercials for Burger King and accepts several offers from various music groups, appears in the videos.
Beginning of an 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 the horror film "Jaws 3", where she played the role of Kelly Ann Bukowski.
The girl played the most striking role at the very beginning of her acting career in the film trilogy "Back to the Future", played by Lorraine Baines.
Over the next ten years, Leah Thompson has performed about ten roles in various films and series. In 1994, the actress appeared in the television film "Spare Wife," in which she played Emu Hightower.
In 1995, Leah got a permanent and leading role in the TV series "Carolina in New York," played by Carolina 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
Over the course of her career, Leah has performed about three dozen roles, the full filmography is located below (the year of appearance on the screen is indicated in brackets):
- "Only the right moves" - a girl Lisa Litsky (1983).
- "Jaws 3" - played by Kelly Ann Bukowski (1983).
- "Red Dawn" - the character of 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 Hunte (1988).
- "Just sex?" - character Stacy (1988).
- “Flash in the Dark” - performed by Siley Matthews (1989).
- "Back to the Future 2" and "Back to the Future 3" - the girl Lorraine (1989-1990).
- “Article 99” - Dr. Robin (1992).
- "Dennis the Tormentor" - Miss Alice (1993).
- "Beverly Hills Hillbilly" - played the role of Laura Jackson (1993).
- television movie "Spare Wife" - played by Emu Hightower (1994).
- The Shalopai - Mrs. Roberts (1994 ).
- "Carolina in New York" - actress igala starring Carolina Duffy (1995-2000).
- “Unspoken Truth” - appeared before the viewer in the role of Brianna Hawkins (1995).
- “The Right Not to Answer Questions” - girl Christine (1996).
- the series "Jane Doe" - played the double role of Dow Jane / Katie Davis (2005-2008).
- "Quick Exit" - the role of Moddy McMinn (2008).
- "Thomas the Unbeliever" - played by Claire Miller (2008).
- the series "They were confused in the hospital" - the actress performed Katherine Kennish for four seasons (2011-2015).
- “Left” is a character by Irene Steel (2014).
In addition to the roles played, Leah Thompson, whose filmography is quite voluminous, acted as the director of two full-length films from Hallmark - Jane Doe.
Personal life
In the mid-1980s, the actress met with American actor Dennis Quaid, later the couple broke up.
During the filming of the movie “Something Wonderful,” which took place in 1987, Thompson met with director Howard Deutsch. Two years later, the couple got married, two daughters were born to the couple: Meidelin (born in 1990) and Zoe (born in 1994). The youngest daughter of the actress went in the footsteps of her mother and became an actress.
To date, Leah Thompson celebrated her fifty-sixth birthday. It is difficult to guess whether she will still act in films, but it is safe to say that this person is truly talented.