Lea Thompson Trivias

Was engaged to Dennis Quaid for about 3 years before marrying Deutch. She met him on the set of her first movie Jaws 3-D (1983).

Has two daughters, Madeline and Zoey.

Was a ballet dancer until Baryshnikov told her she was too stocky.

Attended Marshall-University High School (Minneapolis)

Met husband Howard Deutch when he directed her in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987).

Has appeared in "Friends" (1994) as her character from "Caroline in the City" (1995). "Friends" (1994) Matthew Perry has appeared in "Caroline in the City" (1995) as his character Chandler Bing.

Claims she was one of the few ballerinas at the American Ballet Theatre that didn't have an eating disorder.

Wanted nothing more when she was at the American Ballet Theatre to dance with the star dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov. She was heartbroken when he remarked that she was "a beautiful dancer, but too stocky." Shortly after, she left the company.

Won scholarships to the School of American Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre.

Danced in more than 45 ballets with the ABT.

Her brother, Andrew Thompson, was also a modern ballet dancer with the Colorado Ballet. They both took ballet classes throughout their youth and he helped her pay for her classes later on in life.

It took approximately four hours to apply the makeup that would make her and co-stars Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson appear to be middle-aged adults in Back to the Future (1985).

Her character's name in Back to the Future (1985) underwent numerous changes when the script was being written. In an early draft her character was called Mary Ellen and in later drafts she was called Eileen before it finally became Lorraine.