A stage-trained actress, Jeanne Tripplehorn scored in her feature debut as Dr. Beth Gardner, the lover/psychologist of Michael Douglas, in Paul Verhoeven's "Basic Instinct" (1992). The Oklahoma native trained at Juilliard and made her professional debut in the historical TV-movie "The Perfect Tribute" (ABC, 1991), with Jason Robards and Lukas Haas. She also appeared in the critically-acclaimed but short-lived sketch comedy "The Ben Stiller Show" (Fox, 1992-93), and provided the voice of the operator who speaks to Robert Morse's Truman Capote in the Broadway play "Tru", (which was filmed and later broadcast on PBS in 1992). Tripplehorn co-starred with Val Kilmer in the revival of John Ford's "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" (1992) at the New York Public Theater, as well as a 1991 production of "The Big Funk".

On the big screen, Tripplehorn has been making a bigger splash (sometimes literally). After her debut in the popular, controversial "Basic Instinct", she played the supporting role 'Pastel' in the Gen-X romantic comedy "The Night We Never Met" and Tom Cruise's supportive wife in the Sydney Pollack thriller "The Firm" (both 1993). She next suffered through the long, agonizing "Waterworld" shoot in Hawaii, playing Kevin Costner's leading lady in that notorious 1995 aquatic adventure. It was back to dry land with the 1996 romance "'Til There Was You", with Dylan McDermott. Sharp-eyed fans can also spot Tripplehorn in an unbilled cameo in "Reality Bites", the 1994 comedy directed by Ben Stiller.

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  "Big Love" (2006) TV Series (post-production) .... Barb

The Moguls (2005) .... Thelma
Word of Honor (2003) (TV) .... Maj. Karen Harper
Swept Away (2002) .... Marina
... aka Travolti dal destino (Italy)
My Brother's Keeper (2002) (TV) .... Lucinda Pond
... aka Brother's Keeper (USA: video title)
Dial 9 for Love (2001) .... Nina
... aka Men Are Dogs
Relative Values (2000) .... Miranda Frayle/Freda Birch
Paranoid (2000/I) .... Rachel
Timecode (2000) .... Lauren Hathaway
Steal This Movie (2000) .... Johanna Lawrenson

Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) .... Gina Vitale
Very Bad Things (1998) .... Lois Berkow
Sliding Doors (1998) .... Lydia
Snitch (1998) .... Annie
... aka Noose (Australia: DVD title) (USA: working title)
... aka Monument Ave. (USA: new title)
Office Killer (1997) .... Norah Reed
'Til There Was You (1997) .... Gwen Moss
Old Man (1997) (TV) .... Addie
... aka William Faulkner's Old Man
Waterworld (1995) .... Helen
Reality Bites (1994) (uncredited) .... Cheryl Goode
The Firm (1993) .... Abby McDeere
The Night We Never Met (1993) .... Pastel
Basic Instinct (1992) .... Dr. Beth Garner
... aka Basic Instinct (France)
... aka Ice Cold Desire (Singapore: English title: censored version)
The Perfect Tribute (1991) (TV) .... Julia