Tripplehorn made an arresting film debut as the ex-lover of Michael Douglas in 1992's Basic Instinct and delivered a high-profile turn a year later as Tom Cruise's wife in The Firm. But her fame faltered in the wake of Waterworld (1995), a resounding critical and commercial flop.
The HBO drama series "Big Love," which cast Tripplehorn as the first wife of a Mormon polygamist, moved her back into the mainstream. She also pulled off an Emmy-nominated portrayal of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the HBO movie Grey Gardens (2009), which is based on the acclaimed documentary that chronicles the crumbling lives of Jackie's reclusive relatives.
Big LoveIn a Salt Lake City suburb, store owner and polygamist Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) manages his expanding business and expansive family -- three wives, nine children and three houses -- while attempting to keep the cat in the bag. Wives Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Nicki (Chloë Sevigny) and Margene... Read More
The FirmWhen Harvard Law School graduate Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) joins a prestigious firm, he ignores the warning of his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn), who fears the lucrative deal sounds too good to be true. When two of Mitch's colleagues die in a mysterious accident, he launches an investigation into the... Read More
Word of HonorAccused of participating in a massacre and cover-up during the Vietnam War, businessman Ben Tyson relives painful memories as he defends himself in a military court of law in this taut drama based on Nelson DeMille's novel. Read More
Five (2011) | NR | |
Crazy on the Outside (2010) | PG-13 | |
Grey Gardens (2009) | NR | |
R | ||
Guest of Cindy Sherman (2008) | NR | |
Big Love (2006) | TV-MA | |
The Amateurs (2005) | R | |
Word of Honor (2003) | NR | |
R | ||
Swept Away (2002) | R | |
Steal This Movie! (2000) | R | |
Relative Values (2000) | PG | |
R | ||
Paranoid (2000) | NR | |
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) | PG-13 | |
Sliding Doors (1998) | PG-13 | |
Very Bad Things (1998) | R | |
Office Killer (1997) | R | |
'Til There Was You (1997) | PG-13 | |
Waterworld (1995) | PG-13 | |
The Firm (1993) | R | |
Basic Instinct (1992) | R | |
The Ben Stiller Show (1992) | NR | |
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