Lea Katherine Thompson

Thompson was born in Rochester, Minnesota on May 31, 1961. She is one of five children of Clifford Barry Thompson and Barbara Barry Thompson. Thompson is the older sister of Coleen Goodrich, Shannon Katona and Barry Katona. Her mother is of Irish descent.She was a ballet student as a girl and danced professionally by the age of 14 and was awarded scholarships to the San Francisco Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet, and the American Ballet Theatre.When she was 20 years older and was dancing professionally with the American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company (then known as ABT II), the moment arrived to decide if she wanted to join the main company. Mikhail Baryshnikov , at the time, was when the director of artistic. He told her "You are an amazing dancer, but your body isn't a good fit." In her words, that was "my moment of realization when I made the decision to put down my dancing and to not become a ballet dancer. It was a wonderful moment because I was able to bang my head on the wall for 10 years. "[She made the switch to acting. She relocated to New York at the age of 20 and performed in several Burger King commercials in the 1980s, along with Sarah Michelle Gellar. Her co-star in Back to the Future Part II was Elisabeth Shue. Jaws 3D was her film debut in 1983. I also claimed I was able to waterski. I wasn't. As I was required to take part in the Sea World water-skiing program, I had five days to learn water-skiing basics. I don't have the ability to swim!" The singer followed this up with All the Right Moves (1983), Red Dawn (1984), and The Wild Life (1984).