Jeanne Tripplehorn

Let's discuss the actress Jeanne Tripplehorn

She is one of my favorites. Basic Instinct, The Firm, Waterworld, Reality Bites, Big Love, Grey Gardens, Mrs. America, Little Pink House, Gloria Bell, The Gilded Age, and The Terminal List.

She is not in a lot of movies or television, but she has aged like fine wine and can always be counted upon.

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by Anonymousreply 60November 26, 2022 2:32 PM

She managed to make kissing Salma Hayek look unsexy in "Timecode," but is otherwise quite dependable. One of the best showcases of her charms was the episode of "Big Love" when Bill and Barb had a quasi-affair, hooking up outside of their designated nights.

by Anonymousreply 2November 24, 2022 10:29 PM

I loved her in Big Love. If you've never seen Big Love, you should. Also with Chloe Sevigny and Bill Paxton.

by Anonymousreply 3November 24, 2022 10:48 PM

Jeanne Tripplehorn gave the best (if brief) portrayal of Jackie Kennedy I've ever seen in Grey Gardens.

Spot on.

Also, she was one of the only high points in Waterworld.

by Anonymousreply 5November 24, 2022 10:53 PM

Her nickname at Juilliard was Triceratops.

by Anonymousreply 6November 24, 2022 11:45 PM

She was in over her head insofar as acting in her first film / Basic Instinct, but it worked for her character. She has improved considerably over the years. She needed to have more to do in borefest The Gilded Age.

by Anonymousreply 7November 25, 2022 12:00 AM

She's frugal. Saw her at IKEA once.

by Anonymousreply 8November 25, 2022 1:19 AM

I still get her confused with Marcia Gay Harden.

by Anonymousreply 10November 25, 2022 1:45 AM

You must be psychic OP because The Firm was playing the other night on TV and I thought "I wonder if there is a Jeanne Tripplehorn thread on DL" and voila.

Big fan. I thought she was great on Criminal MInds but she was only on for two seasons. She outacted everybody and brought a sense of class and intelligence while the rest of the cast looked like they were going through the motions.

by Anonymousreply 11November 25, 2022 2:57 AM

Remember when she and Ben Stiller where an item?

by Anonymousreply 13November 25, 2022 3:27 AM

I sure she’s a wonderful person, but…

by Anonymousreply 14November 25, 2022 3:28 AM

I suspect we will see more of her playing women of a certain age. She's talented and hasn't ruined her face through surgery. Always liked her work.

by Anonymousreply 16November 25, 2022 3:52 AM

She was the MVP of Big Love. Her sex scene in basic instinct looked way too rapey

by Anonymousreply 18November 25, 2022 4:08 AM

Quite a dignified lady to be married to Leland Orser, such a loony character actor.

by Anonymousreply 21November 25, 2022 4:16 AM

R5 & R12 beat me to it. I loved her Jackie O in Grey Gardens. That was a great scene.

Jeanne was also good as Julia Stiles' madam in the web series "Blue".

by Anonymousreply 22November 25, 2022 4:29 AM

I wonder if Jeanne Tripplehorn ever checked into a Doubleday but only a single bed was available.

by Anonymousreply 23November 25, 2022 4:33 AM

She is the perfect example of why an actress should not get plastic surgery. She has more character in her face, and she has great style.

by Anonymousreply 24November 25, 2022 4:34 AM

She always came across as very classy, intelligent, and sincere. She always felt like the type of lady who would enjoy a wine and opera night as well as a beer and pizza night.

by Anonymousreply 25November 25, 2022 4:49 AM

I like her and always thought her awkward last name held her back.

She likes goofy men. Is married to Leland Orser ​and was once engaged to Ben Stiller. (Random fact: Orser's previous wife was Roma "Touched by An Angel" Downey)

by Anonymousreply 26November 25, 2022 4:58 AM

[quote]She always came across as very classy, intelligent, and sincere. She always felt like the type of lady who would enjoy a wine and opera night as well as a beer and pizza night.

So it comes as a total shock when she out of nowhere hits you in the head with a fondue pot. It's still on, Jeannie...

by Anonymousreply 27November 25, 2022 5:06 AM

She tried to steal Goop's man in Sliding Doors.

by Anonymousreply 28November 25, 2022 8:14 AM

She was great in "Big Love." She really sold that character: wanting to build this extended family, but you could also see the pain the she felt that her husband took on other wives. I remember bawling my eyes out at the episode where she's confronted about being in a polygamous relationship at the Mother of Year (or whatever it was) awards & she has to leave. The mixture of pain, shame while trying remain dignified was really moving.

by Anonymousreply 29November 25, 2022 12:36 PM

I love her in Basic Instinct. She was right all along.

by Anonymousreply 30November 25, 2022 3:30 PM

I wonder if Leland has a big dick?

by Anonymousreply 33November 25, 2022 8:04 PM

She was my favorite on Big Love after Chloe Sevigny—her acting on that show was understated but smart, playing the more matronly wife. They gave her some decent character arcs, though Sevigny got the real batshit subplots on that show. I have always found Ginnifer Goodwin supremely annoying. Jeanne and Chloe seem to still be close—Jeanne was at her wedding last year.

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by Anonymousreply 34November 25, 2022 8:06 PM

She didn’t make enough movies to really register with me beyond Basic Instinct, but I did come to admire her on Big Love. She gave a subtle and very well rounded performance as Barb.

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by Anonymousreply 35November 25, 2022 8:12 PM

What was with the 1990's and brunette women?

Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sela Ward, Jill Hennessy, Juliette Binoche, etc.

by Anonymousreply 36November 25, 2022 8:12 PM

[quote]r34 I have always found Ginnifer Goodwin supremely annoying.

Yes, though it fit the character on that show. Her ditsy pep brought in some contrast.

by Anonymousreply 39November 25, 2022 8:15 PM

Not her fault, but I hated the was her character let Michael Douglas' character rape her in Basic Instinct.

by Anonymousreply 41November 25, 2022 8:20 PM

There’s a really funny commentary track to Big Love with the three women. At the beginning Chloë Sevigny says, “I’m Chloë Sevigny and I play Nicolette Sheridan… Nicolette SHERIDAN?? No. Hi. I’m Chloë Sevigny, and I play Nicolette GRANT!”

Then they all laugh hysterically.

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by Anonymousreply 42November 25, 2022 8:24 PM

She's the poor man's Jaclyn Smith.

by Anonymousreply 43November 25, 2022 8:25 PM

R34, well put. I have big love for Big Love. Chloe Sevigny was always compulsively watchable because Nicky was such an extreme character, but Jeanne Tripplehorn's Barb was the most sympathetic and the only one of the major characters you'd really want as a friend. Like you, I found it painful to watch some of the scenes where this genuinely nice woman was suffering for having been dragged into a life you know she didn't really want.

Re Leland Orser. He's goofy but cute. He was also in Faults, a great but little-seen movie about a cult deprogrammer and the complex relationship that develops with a woman he's been hired to deprogram.

Both of these things - Big Love and Faults are going on my re-watchlist.

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by Anonymousreply 44November 25, 2022 8:35 PM

R42 Chloë is actually pretty damn funny. Her character on "Big Love" was really well-written—deadpan but feisty, and sensitive underneath. She brought countless moments on that show that were laugh-out-loud comical to me. There is a moment in one of the seasons (I can't remember which—it's been a long time since I've watched the show) where she goes against her standard conservative dress choices and decides to make herself look "slutty" (I think for shock value? I can't remember the circumstances), and it was fucking hilarious—not only because she looked ridiculous, but her cluelessness was played so perfectly. I wish she would do more comedy to be honest, but she tends to gravitate toward weirder, darker material.

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by Anonymousreply 45November 25, 2022 8:55 PM

I met her a few years ago, on Christmas Eve at a little hotel in Salzburg. We were checking in and she was waiting by herself in the lobby. We were making small talk waiting for the front desk clerk, so I complimented her work on “Big Love.” She was surprised to be recognized in Austria of all places, but was extremely gracious - warm, engaging and kind. Bumped into her the following evening in the restaurant and she came over and said hello, wished us a Merry Christmas, etc. I loved her work before meeting her, but I love her even more now. She’s a class act.

by Anonymousreply 46November 25, 2022 8:57 PM

She was great in her throwaway role in Mrs. America, which I loved.

by Anonymousreply 47November 25, 2022 9:04 PM

I really enjoyed Big Love, and would re-watch. I like Jeanne Tripplehorn, thought she played a vindictive side piece to the hilt in Sliding Doors as well. I always thought she was really beautiful and it's nice to see she has naturally aged and is still beautiful.

I was dating an ex-communicated Mormon (whose family we often visited) at the time, and some of the material was pretty relevant.

by Anonymousreply 48November 25, 2022 9:09 PM

Classy

Naturally beautiful

Intelligent

No wonder Hollywood does not like her

by Anonymousreply 49November 25, 2022 10:51 PM

^ She brought a subtle sadness to that role - as Phyllis Schlafley’s “old maid” sister-in-law. In a show full of big performances, her smaller one stuck with me the most.

by Anonymousreply 50November 25, 2022 11:35 PM

^ In Mrs. America - mentioned at r47.

by Anonymousreply 51November 25, 2022 11:36 PM

Even though Big Love went off the rails, I liked the writers didn't end the show with Barb as the continual doormat to Bill's schemes, particularly after she got excommunicated. Having her find her own voice & become the real head of the family (that she actually always was) was a good way to end things.

by Anonymousreply 52November 26, 2022 12:19 AM

R22 Blue was a very good webseries.

by Anonymousreply 53November 26, 2022 12:28 AM

She is really close with DL fave Laura Linney

by Anonymousreply 54November 26, 2022 12:31 AM

I'm surprised by this. I found her awfully wooden in Gilded Age. I'll have to. see some other stuff.

by Anonymousreply 55November 26, 2022 12:32 AM

My but she’s optimistic here!

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by Anonymousreply 56November 26, 2022 1:01 AM

R56 She's the best part of Waterworld

by Anonymousreply 57November 26, 2022 4:57 AM

R57 Which ain't saying SHIT for that movie.

by Anonymousreply 58November 26, 2022 5:27 AM

She was boring in Basic Instinct.

I'd rather have Leilani Sarelle as Roxy/Rocky doing her punching dance in the club.

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by Anonymousreply 59November 26, 2022 5:34 AM

Does she have “an” OnlyFans?

by Anonymousreply 60November 26, 2022 2:32 PM

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