Lea Katherine Thompson

Thompson was born on May 31, 1961, in Rochester, Minnesota,[ one of five children of Clifford and Barbara Barry Thompson, a musician. Thompson has two sisters, Coleen Goodrich and Shannon Katona as well as two brothers Andrew and Barry. Her mother is of Irish descent.She studied ballet in her early years and started dancing professionally by the age of 14, securing scholarship opportunities to the San Francisco Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet, and the American Ballet Theatre.When she turned 20 years old young and had started her professional career with American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company (then known as ABT II), the moment came to determine if she would move to the main company. Mikhail Baryshnikov, who was then the artistic director, said to her "You're an amazing dancer however, you're a bit bulky." According to her, it was "my epiphany " when I decided to put down my dancing and to not to be a ballet dancer. It was a great experience because I was able to bang my head on the wall for 10 years. "[ She switched her focus on acting. At the age of 20, she moved to New York with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elisabeth Shue and a few others from Burger King ads. In 1982, CareerThompson was Cecily "Sissy" which was an interactive live-action video game dubbed MysteryDisc Murder! Anyone? Jaws 3-D was her film debut in 1983. In addition, I'd said that I could water ski. And I didn't. So I had, like five days to study extremely, very complicated water-skiing skills, since I was expected to participate in the Sea World water-skiing show. I don't know how to swim!" She followed this up with All the Right Moves (1983), Red Dawn (1984) and The Wild Life (1984).