Acting · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA · Born June 10, 1963
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.
TVThe Lowdown
2025
as Betty Jo Washberg
TVThe Terminal List
2022
as Secretary Hartley
TVThe Gilded Age
2022
as Sylvia Chamberlain
TVMrs. America
2020
as Eleanor Schlafly
MovieAna
2020
as Pastor Helen
TVUndone
2019
as Beth Hollingsworth
MovieGloria Bell
2019
as Fiona Mason
MovieMaelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld
2018
as Herself / Helen (archive footage)
MovieWe Only Know So Much
2018
as Jean Copeland
MovieLittle Pink House
2018
as Charlotte Wells
TVBoJack Horseman
2014
as Jeanne "Joan" Tripplehorn (voice)
MovieA Perfect Man
2013
as Nina
MovieMorning
2013
as Alice
TVBlue
2012
as Vera
MovieFive
2011
as Pearl
TVNew Girl
2011
as Ouli
MovieCrazy on the Outside
2010
as Angela
MovieWinged Creatures
2009
as Doris Hagen
MovieGrey Gardens
2009
as Jacqueline Kennedy
MovieThe Trap
2007
as Maggie
MovieThe Amateurs
2006
as Thelma
TVBig Love
2006
as Barbara Henrickson
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Alex Blake
MovieWord of Honor
2003
as Maj. Karen Harper
MovieSwept Away
2002
as Marina
MovieBrother's Keeper
2002
as Lucinda Pond
TVDinner for Five
2001
MovieParanoid
2000
as Rachel
MovieSteal This Movie
2000
as Johanna Lawrenson
MovieRelative Values
2000
as Miranda Frayle / Freda Birch
MovieTimecode
2000
as Lauren Hathaway
MovieMickey Blue Eyes
1999
as Gina Vitale
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999
as Self
MovieMonument Ave.
1998
as Annie
MovieVery Bad Things
1998
as Lois Berkow
MovieSliding Doors
1998
as Lydia
MovieOffice Killer
1997
as Norah Reed
TVThe View
1997
as Self
Movie'Til There Was You
1997
as Gwen Moss
MovieOld Man
1997
as Addie Rebecca Brice
TVMr. Show with Bob and David
1995
as Stone Throwing Singer
MovieWaterworld
1995
as Helen
MovieReality Bites
1994
as Cheryl Goode (uncredited)
TVFrasier
1993
as Chelsea
MovieThe Firm
1993
as Abby McDeere
MovieThe Night We Never Met
1993
as Pastel
TVThe Ben Stiller Show
1992
MovieBasic Instinct
1992
as Dr. Beth Garner
MovieThe Perfect Tribute
1991
as Julia
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Addie
