Jeanne Tripplehorn
Biography
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.
Known For
All Movies (34)
- Ana2020 · as Pastor Helen
- Gloria Bell2019 · as Fiona Mason
- Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld2018 · as Herself / Helen (archive footage)
- We Only Know So Much2018 · as Jean Copeland
- Little Pink House2018 · as Charlotte Wells
- A Perfect Man2013 · as Nina
- Morning2013 · as Alice
- Five2011 · as Pearl
- Crazy on the Outside2010 · as Angela
- Winged Creatures2009 · as Doris Hagen
- Grey Gardens2009 · as Jacqueline Kennedy
- The Trap2007 · as Maggie
- The Amateurs2006 · as Thelma
- Word of Honor2003 · as Maj. Karen Harper
- Swept Away2002 · as Marina
- Brother's Keeper2002 · as Lucinda Pond
- Paranoid2000 · as Rachel
- Steal This Movie2000 · as Johanna Lawrenson
- Relative Values2000 · as Miranda Frayle / Freda Birch
- Timecode2000 · as Lauren Hathaway
- Mickey Blue Eyes1999 · as Gina Vitale
- The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'1999 · as Self
- Monument Ave.1998 · as Annie
- Very Bad Things1998 · as Lois Berkow
- Sliding Doors1998 · as Lydia
- Office Killer1997 · as Norah Reed
- 'Til There Was You1997 · as Gwen Moss
- Old Man1997 · as Addie Rebecca Brice
- Waterworld1995 · as Helen
- Reality Bites1994 · as Cheryl Goode (uncredited)
- The Firm1993 · as Abby McDeere
- The Night We Never Met1993 · as Pastel
- Basic Instinct1992 · as Dr. Beth Garner
- The Perfect Tribute1991 · as Julia
All TV Shows (16)
- The Lowdown2025 · as Betty Jo Washberg
- The Terminal List2022 · as Secretary Hartley
- The Gilded Age2022 · as Sylvia Chamberlain
- Mrs. America2020 · as Eleanor Schlafly
- Undone2019 · as Beth Hollingsworth
- BoJack Horseman2014 · as Jeanne "Joan" Tripplehorn (voice)
- Blue2012 · as Vera
- New Girl2011 · as Ouli
- Big Love2006 · as Barbara Henrickson
- Criminal Minds2005 · as Alex Blake
- Dinner for Five2001
- The View1997 · as Self
- Mr. Show with Bob and David1995 · as Stone Throwing Singer
- Frasier1993 · as Chelsea
- The Ben Stiller Show1992
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Addie







