Lea Thompson, a dancer turned actress mostly famous for playing the role of Marty McFly’s mother in “Back to The Future” movies and in the TV show “Caroline in the City”, was born on 31 May 1961, in Rochester, Minnesota USA of Irish descent through her mother. Her other noted movies include “All The Right Moves”, “Howard the Duck”, “Jaws 3-D” among others. Before becoming an actress she was a ballet dancer and performed in various schools and theatres. Her vast and successful acting career along with her talents in producing and directing are the reasons for her huge net worth.
A dancer, actress, producer and director, how rich is Lea Thompson? Sources estimate that the total net worth of Lea Thompson is $14 million dollars, mostly accumulated in her very successful acting career in various films and TV shows now spanning over 30 years.
Lea Thompson Net Worth $14 Million
Lea learned ballet at a very early age and began performing professionally by the age of 14, winning scholarships to many ballet schools including the American ballet theatre, where she performed more than 45 times. Ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov told her that she was a very good dancer but a little stocky, and due to this and also because of some injuries she decided to quit ballet and instead pursue a career as an actress, so, at the age of 20 she moved to New York where she initially appeared in some Burger King commercials, something of a start to her net worth.
Lea’s first major roles were in the movies “Jaws 3-D” and “All The Right Moves”, but Thompson is bestst known for the role of Lorraine Banes McFly in the movies trilogy “Back to The Future”. Her other movies include “Howard The Duck”, “The Wizard of Loneliness”, “Dennis the Menace” and a lot more. She reached a new level of success and fame after appearing in NBC’s TV show “Caroline in the City” in 1995, a show which ran for four seasons. She was rewarded with a People’s Choice award for the show in the category of Favorite Female Performer in a TV Show. Her net worth improved steadily.
Alongside acting she has also been seen singing and dancing on the TV in the shows “Celebrity Duets”. and in the 19th season of “Dancing with the stars” in which she danced alongside Artem Chigvintsev who is a professional dancer. After starring in more than 30 films, 25 short films, and four TV series she can currently be seen in ABC’s “Switched At Birth” which she both acts in and directs. Her movies and TV shows are the reason for her ever increasing net worth.
In her personal life, Lea Thompson married Howard Deutch who is a director in 1989, having met during the shooting of the film “Some Kind of Wonderful”; together they have two daughters. Thompson took a career break in order to properly take care of her daughters, who are now both actresses. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, daughters and a lot of pets including cat, tortoise, parrot and lot more.
