Jeann Tripplehorn is known primarily as a supporting actress, she has several roles in well-known films and TV shows, but she only got the main roles in independent films. We offer you to get acquainted with the biography of the actress and find out some interesting facts from her life.
Early years
Jeann Tripplehorn was born in 1963 in Oklahoma, USA. The girl grew up in a creative family, which could not but affect her choice of profession. Her father, Tom Tripplehorn, was a professional guitarist and band member. Thanks to his influence, Jeanne decided to try her hand at music, then worked as a DJ at a local radio station, taking the pseudonym Jeanie Summers. However, a little later, the American decided to connect her life with cinema. She abandoned the pseudonym, only slightly shortening her full name - Jeanne Maria Tripplehorn.
The actress has a younger brother who is a drummer in rock bands. He also tried his hand atcinema, tried to play in the film "Really Bites" (1994), but did not get the role.
First roles
In the early 90s, Jeanne Tripplehorn played several roles on the theater stage, then made her film debut:
- The first role of the aspiring actress on the big screen was the picture "Basic Instinct", where Tripplehorn got a supporting role. The film also stars Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas.
- The next major work - the film "The Firm" (1993), where she plays Abby, the wife of the protagonist, the character of Tom Cruise. The film was highly acclaimed by critics, but Tripplehorn herself did not receive any awards, while Holly Hunter, who played the role of Tammy Tamfill, received several awards as the best supporting actress.
- Helen's small role in the film "Water World" was played in 1995. The main role in the film was played by Kevin Costner.
- The main role went to Jeanne in 1997, when she played a student Gwen in search of love in the film "Escaping Ideal".
The name of most of the paintings is heard by the audience. Also at this time, Jeanne Tripplehorn took part in the filming of The Ben Stiller Show, Mr. Show with Bob and David.
Further career
In the late 90s, the Tripplehorn film collection was replenished with several more works:
- The role of Lydia, the mistress of the main character in the film "Beware, the doors are closing." Gwyneth P altrow also starred in the film.
- In feed"Very Wild Things" Tripplehorn played with her future husband Leland Orser.
- Next, Jeanne played one of the key roles in the film Blue Eyed Mickey, where one of her partners was Hugh Grant.
- In 2000, Tripplehorn's career saw an unusual film, Timecode, where the actress played Lauren, the lover of Salma Hayek's character Rose.
- In the same year, she takes part in the filming of the thriller Paranoia, in which the main role went to Jessica Alba.
- 2002 - the picture "Gone", directed by Guy Ritchie, and the main role was played by his wife at that time, Madonna. Jeanne played a small role as Marina.
Despite a large number of films, Tripplehorn did not win any awards during this period.
Roles in TV shows
The next step in Jeanne's acting career was work in TV shows:
- For 5 years, from 2006 to 2011, she played the role of Barbara in Big Love. This woman is the main (official) wife of the protagonist, who practices polygamy.
- She starred in two episodes of the comedy series New Girl.
- In 2012-2014 Jinn played the role of behavioral analyst Alex Blake on Criminal Minds. Her character can be seen in seasons 8 and 9, then Tripplehorn left the series, giving way to Jennifer Love Hewitt.
In addition to working in serials, the actress did not lose interest in feature films. In 2008, Tripplehorn played a small role in the crime film Lifetime Flight.
Private life
In her youth Jeanne Tripplehorn was romantically involved with comedian Ben Stiller, but their engagement was broken off.
In 2000, the actress married Leland Orser, an American actor. For him, this was the second marriage; Orser divorced his first wife two years later. They have been together with Jeanne for more than 15 years, in 2002 they had a son, August.
Interesting facts
After reviewing the films of Jeanne Tripplehorn, we offer you to get acquainted with interesting facts from the life of the actress:
- After the picture "The Firm" she was noticed, but the actress might not have received the role. It was only thanks to Robin Wright's pregnancy that Tripplehorn got the job.
- It is known that Genie could play Mia Wallace in the film "Pulp Fiction", but the role went to Uma Thurman.
- For her role in the film "Basic Instinct" Tripplehorn received an anti-award as the worst supporting actress.
- With a height of about 170 cm, the weight of the actress is about 63 kg.
- Ginn took part in the Broadway production of Chekhov's play "Three Sisters".
Jeann Tripplehorn, whose photo was presented above, is an actress, not deprived of talents, played in more than 50 films and TV shows, but she rarely got the main roles. Prestigious awards are also not among her achievements. However, many of her works receive positive reviews from critics, the actress has many loyal fans.
