Lea Thompson Shares Her Insider Guide to Los Angeles

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Lea Thompson is a household name. The actress is most widely recognized for playing Lorraine McFly in Back to the Future I, II and III, as well as being the star of the hit series Caroline in the City. She also earned recognition for starring on ABC Family’s Peabody Award-winning hit show “Switched at Birth,” where she acts and directs. Thompson has starred in more than 30 films, including Red Dawn, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Beverly Hillbillies and J. Edgar, 25 television movies, four television series, more than 20 ballets, and took a turn on Broadway in “Cabaret.” In 2014, she also competed on Season 19 of “Dancing With The Stars” with professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev.  As a director, she has directed several films for Hallmark, as part of the Jane Doe film series; The Goldbergs; and, tonight at the L.A. Film Festival as an Official Selection pick, will premiere The Year of Spectacular Men, which she both directed and stars in. The project is a family labor of love—it was written by her daughter, Madelyn Deutch, and co-stars her youngest daughter, Max Mara Face of the Future winner Zoey Deutch. Here, this 35-year Hollywood veteran shares her insider’s guide to the City of Angels.