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Lea Thompson
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Born: May 31, 1961
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Lea Katherine Thompson was born in Rochester, Minnesota.
Ever since Lea was little, she loved to dance Ballet. She would practice three to four hours every day. Her first role was a mouse in The Nutcracker. After Lea turned fourteen, she had performed in more than forty-Five ballets on stages such as The Minnesota Dance Theatre, The Pennsylvania Ballet Company, and The Ballet Repertory. She won scholarships to The American Ballet Theatre and The San Francisco Ballet. At age nineteen, she auditioned for Mikhail Baryshnikov, who later told her that she was "a beautiful dancer... but too stocky." Lea knew her dreams had been crushed. At that point, she decided to turn to acting.
Her first role was in the movie Jaws 3-D as a water ski bunny, although she couldn't swim or ski. Her next role was in All the Right Moves where she acted opposite Tom Cruise. Between 1983 and 1984, Lea appeared in other "teen" movies such as Red Dawn, The Wild Life, and Going Undercover.
Lea's biggest known accomplishment, and her big break, came from the first Back to the Future.
Afterwards, director Howard Deutch offered Lea a part in his movie, Some Kind of Wonderful. She won the Young Artist Award for best young actress. She then went on to film The Wizard of Loneliness. Lea went on to film Back to the Future Part II and an episode of Tales from the Crypt.She continued filming Back to the Future Part III, Montana, and Article 99.
She jumped back into acting in Dennis the Menace, where she says she just played herself. Then it was on to The Beverly Hillbillies, Stolen Babies, The Little Rascals, and The Substitute Wife. Lea then went into filming The Unspoken Truth. It was then that she was first given the script of a new NBC sitcom, Caroline in the City. She won a People's Choice Award for best actress in a new sitcom. The show ended after only four seasons.
Lea quickly went onto The Right to Remain Silent, The Unknown Cyclist, and A Will of Their Own. She also guest-starred in Frien...[MORE]
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Lea Thompson Nude and Sexy
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