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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2018Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld — Herself / Helen (archive footage)
• 1999The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes' — Self
• The View — Self