Where did Lea Thompson grow up?

After growing up in Rochester, Thompson spent formative years as an artist at Children’s Theatre Company and the Minnesota Dance Theater. She actually started her showbiz career as a dancer, moving to New York when she was 20 years old to dance for Mikhail Baryshnikov’s American Ballet Theater.

How old is Lea in the 7 lives of Lea?

After finding a skeleton while wandering in the canyons, 17-year-old Léa wakes up in 1991, in the body of Ismaël, a young man once close to her parents.

What does Lea Thompson have to do with the Goldbergs?

Lea Thompson chats with NEW YOU at the 100th Episode Celebration of the Goldbergs about directing the 100th episode and what it means to her to take on the honor of directing such a monumental project.

What country is the 7 lives of Lea set in?

We are living in a golden age of television, and The 7 Lives of Léa amply demonstrates that France is part of it. Based on a 2019 young-adult novel by Nataël Trapp, the show has its own personality, reflected in the fact that the protagonist is Léa rather than the Léo in the novel.