- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 10, 1963
- Place of Birth
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn (born June 10, 1963) is an American actress. She began her career in theatre, acting in several plays throughout the early 1990s, including Anton Chekov's Three Sisters on Broadway. Her film career began with the role of a police psychologist in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct (1992). Her other film roles include The Firm (1993), Waterworld (1995) and Sliding Doors (1998). On television, she starred as Barbara Henrickson on the HBO drama series Big Love (2006–11) and as Dr. Alex Blake on the CBS police drama Criminal Minds (2012–14), and she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the 2009 HBO movie Grey Gardens.
Filmography
tvThe Lowdown
2025 · Betty Jo Washberg
tvThe Terminal List
2022 · Secretary Hartley
tvThe Gilded Age
2022 · Sylvia Chamberlain
tvMrs. America
2020 · Eleanor Schlafly
movieAna
2020 · Pastor Helen
tvUndone
2019 · Beth Hollingsworth
movieGloria Bell
2019 · Fiona Mason
movieMaelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld
2018 · Herself / Helen (archive footage)
movieWe Only Know So Much
2018 · Jean Copeland
movieLittle Pink House
2018 · Charlotte Wells
tvBoJack Horseman
2014 · Jeanne "Joan" Tripplehorn (voice)
movieA Perfect Man
2013 · Nina
movieMorning
2013 · Alice
tvBlue
2012 · Vera
movieFive
2011 · Pearl
tvNew Girl
2011 · Ouli
movieCrazy on the Outside
2010 · Angela
movieWinged Creatures
2009 · Doris Hagen
movieGrey Gardens
2009 · Jacqueline Kennedy
movieThe Trap
2007 · Maggie
movieThe Amateurs
2006 · Thelma
tvBig Love
2006 · Barbara Henrickson
tvCriminal Minds
2005 · Alex Blake
movieWord of Honor
2003 · Maj. Karen Harper
movieSwept Away
2002 · Marina
movieBrother's Keeper
2002 · Lucinda Pond
tvDinner for Five
2001
movieParanoid
2000 · Rachel
movieSteal This Movie
2000 · Johanna Lawrenson
movieRelative Values
2000 · Miranda Frayle / Freda Birch
movieTimecode
2000 · Lauren Hathaway
movieMickey Blue Eyes
1999 · Gina Vitale
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
movieThe Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999 · Self
movieMonument Ave.
1998 · Annie
movieVery Bad Things
1998 · Lois Berkow
movieSliding Doors
1998 · Lydia
movieOffice Killer
1997 · Norah Reed
tvThe View
1997 · Self
movie'Til There Was You
1997 · Gwen Moss
movieOld Man
1997 · Addie Rebecca Brice
tvMr. Show with Bob and David
1995 · Stone Throwing Singer
movieWaterworld
1995 · Helen
movieReality Bites
1994 · Cheryl Goode (uncredited)
tvFrasier
1993 · Chelsea
movieThe Firm
1993 · Abby McDeere
movieThe Night We Never Met
1993 · Pastel
tvThe Ben Stiller Show
1992
movieBasic Instinct
1992 · Dr. Beth Garner
movieThe Perfect Tribute
1991 · Julia
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Addie