Jeanne Tripplehorn
Acting
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
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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)
movieMorning
2013
Alice
tvBlue
2012
Vera
movieFive
2011
Pearl
tvNew Girl
2011
Ouli
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
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
movieVery Bad Things
1998
Lois Berkow
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
movieBasic Instinct
1992
Dr. Beth Garner
