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 Chekhov'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 (2006â€"11) and as Dr. Alex Blake on the CBS police drama
Criminal Minds (2012â€"14), and she received a Primetime Emmy Award
nomination for her performance as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the
2009 HBO movie Grey Gardens.Tripplehorn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
the daughter of Suzanne Ferguson and Tom Tripplehorn, who was once a
guitarist with Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Her parents divorced when
she was two years old. She graduated from Edison High School in 1981
and spent one semester studying at the University of Tulsa. She
performed on the local television shows Creature Feature (1982â€"83)
and Night Shift (1983). She also worked part-time, then full-time on
local rock radio station KMOD for several years before leaving for
Juilliard. Tripplehorn then attended the Juilliard School's Drama
Division as a member of Group 19 (1986â€"1990), which also included
Laura Linney.Tripplehorn began her career on stage. She appeared
Off-Broadway in John Patrick Shanley's The Big Funk in 1990, then
co-starred with Val Kilmer in a 1993 production of John Ford's 1630s
play 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. She has also been on Broadway in Anton
Chekov's Three Sisters opposite Amy Irving and Lili Taylor. In 1992,
Tripplehorn made her film debut, in a supporting role in the erotic
thriller Basic Instinct. The following year, she starred as Abby
McDeere opposite Tom Cruise in The Firm and in 1995 had another lead
role alongside Kevin Costner in Waterworld. As lead actress,
Tripplehorn starred in the 1997 box-office bomb 'Til There Was You.
The next few years she had supporting roles in small films, including
Office Killer, Monument Ave., and Sliding Doors; and in 1999 starred
opposite Hugh Grant in the British romantic comedy Mickey Blue Eyes.
She also starred opposite Madonna in the 2002 flop film Swept Away.
She began her career in theatre, acting in several plays throughout
the early 1990s, including Anton Chekhov'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 (2006â€"11) and as Dr. Alex Blake on the CBS police drama
Criminal Minds (2012â€"14), and she received a Primetime Emmy Award
nomination for her performance as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the
2009 HBO movie Grey Gardens.Tripplehorn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
the daughter of Suzanne Ferguson and Tom Tripplehorn, who was once a
guitarist with Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Her parents divorced when
she was two years old. She graduated from Edison High School in 1981
and spent one semester studying at the University of Tulsa. She
performed on the local television shows Creature Feature (1982â€"83)
and Night Shift (1983). She also worked part-time, then full-time on
local rock radio station KMOD for several years before leaving for
Juilliard. Tripplehorn then attended the Juilliard School's Drama
Division as a member of Group 19 (1986â€"1990), which also included
Laura Linney.Tripplehorn began her career on stage. She appeared
Off-Broadway in John Patrick Shanley's The Big Funk in 1990, then
co-starred with Val Kilmer in a 1993 production of John Ford's 1630s
play 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. She has also been on Broadway in Anton
Chekov's Three Sisters opposite Amy Irving and Lili Taylor. In 1992,
Tripplehorn made her film debut, in a supporting role in the erotic
thriller Basic Instinct. The following year, she starred as Abby
McDeere opposite Tom Cruise in The Firm and in 1995 had another lead
role alongside Kevin Costner in Waterworld. As lead actress,
Tripplehorn starred in the 1997 box-office bomb 'Til There Was You.
The next few years she had supporting roles in small films, including
Office Killer, Monument Ave., and Sliding Doors; and in 1999 starred
opposite Hugh Grant in the British romantic comedy Mickey Blue Eyes.
She also starred opposite Madonna in the 2002 flop film Swept Away.
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