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.
TV Shows(16)
The Lowdown
Betty Jo Washberg
2025
The Terminal List
Secretary Hartley
2022
The Gilded Age
Sylvia Chamberlain
2022
Mrs. America
Eleanor Schlafly
2020
Undone
Beth Hollingsworth
2019
BoJack Horseman
Jeanne "Joan" Tripplehorn (voice)
2014
Blue
Vera
2012
New Girl
Ouli
2011
Big Love
Barbara Henrickson
2006
Criminal Minds
Alex Blake
2005
Dinner for Five
2001
The View
Self
1997
Mr. Show with Bob and David
Stone Throwing Singer
1995
Frasier
Chelsea
1993
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Addie
1951
Movies(34)
Ana
Pastor Helen
2020
Gloria Bell
Fiona Mason
2019
Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld
Herself / Helen (archive footage)
2018
We Only Know So Much
Jean Copeland
2018
Little Pink House
Charlotte Wells
2018
A Perfect Man
Nina
2013
Morning
Alice
2013
Five
Pearl
2011
Crazy on the Outside
Angela
2010
Winged Creatures
Doris Hagen
2009
Grey Gardens
Jacqueline Kennedy
2009
The Trap
Maggie
2007
The Amateurs
Thelma
2006
Word of Honor
Maj. Karen Harper
2003
Swept Away
Marina
2002
Brother's Keeper
Lucinda Pond
2002
Paranoid
Rachel
2000
Steal This Movie
Johanna Lawrenson
2000
Relative Values
Miranda Frayle / Freda Birch
2000
Timecode
Lauren Hathaway
2000
Mickey Blue Eyes
Gina Vitale
1999
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Self
1999
Monument Ave.
Annie
1998
Very Bad Things
Lois Berkow
1998
Sliding Doors
Lydia
1998
Office Killer
Norah Reed
1997
'Til There Was You
Gwen Moss
1997
Old Man
Addie Rebecca Brice
1997
Waterworld
Helen
1995
Reality Bites
Cheryl Goode (uncredited)
1994
The Firm
Abby McDeere
1993
The Night We Never Met
Pastel
1993
Basic Instinct
Dr. Beth Garner
1992
The Perfect Tribute
Julia
1991