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Jeanne Tripplehorn

Acting · Born June 10, 1963 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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.

Movies with Jeanne Tripplehorn

• Basic Instinct (1992) — Dr. Beth Garner
• Waterworld (1995) — Helen
• The Firm (1993) — Abby McDeere
• Sliding Doors (1998) — Lydia
• Gloria Bell (2019) — Fiona Mason
• Reality Bites (1994) — Cheryl Goode (uncredited)
• Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) — Gina Vitale
• Very Bad Things (1998) — Lois Berkow
• Winged Creatures (2009) — Doris Hagen
• Swept Away (2002) — Marina
• Crazy on the Outside (2010) — Angela
• The Night We Never Met (1993) — Pastel

TV shows with Jeanne Tripplehorn

• Criminal Minds (2005) — Alex Blake
• Big Love (2006) — Barbara Henrickson
• The Terminal List (2022) — Secretary Hartley
• The Gilded Age (2022) — Sylvia Chamberlain
• The Lowdown (2025) — Betty Jo Washberg
• Mrs. America (2020) — Eleanor Schlafly