<P> Lea Katherine Thompson ( born May 31 , 1961 ) is an American actress , director , and television producer . She is known for her role as Lorraine Baines in the Back to the Future trilogy and as the title character in the 1990s NBC sitcom Caroline in the City . Other films for which she is known include All the Right Moves ( 1983 ) , Red Dawn ( 1984 ) , Howard the Duck ( 1986 ) , Some Kind of Wonderful ( 1987 ) , and The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1993 ) . From 2011 - 2017 , she co-starred as Kathryn Kennish in the Freeform ( formerly ABC Family ) series Switched at Birth . </P>
<P> Lea Katherine Thompson ( born May 31 , 1961 ) is an American actress , director , and television producer . She is known for her role as Lorraine Baines in the Back to the Future trilogy and as the title character in the 1990s NBC sitcom Caroline in the City . Other films for which she is known include All the Right Moves ( 1983 ) , Red Dawn ( 1984 ) , Howard the Duck ( 1986 ) , Some Kind of Wonderful ( 1987 ) , and The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1993 ) . From 2011 - 2017 , she co-starred as Kathryn Kennish in the Freeform ( formerly ABC Family ) series Switched at Birth . </P>
who plays kathryn kennish in switched at birth
who plays kathryn kennish in switched at birth
Lea Katherine Thompson
Lea Katherine Thompson