American actor and director, famous for the Back to the Future films, who directed two second-season episodes of Star Trek: Picard and appeared in one of them as Dr Diane Werner.
Lea Thompson is an American actor who rose to fame in 1980s cinema and later built a second career directing episodic television.
For the second season of Star Trek: Picard she directed the fifth and sixth episodes, Fly Me to the Moon and Two of One, the central chapters of the 2024 storyline about Renee Picard and the Europa Mission.
In Two of One she also steps in front of the camera as Dr Diane Werner, a member of the board that removes Adam Soong's funding and licence. Soong meets her again at the astronauts' gala, where he pressures her into giving him access to the event.