Jeanne Tripplehorn

Jeanne was born on 10 June 1963 and she was born in Tulsa in Oklahoma in the United States of America. As per the information, the name of her father is Tom Tripplehorn and the name of Jeanne’s mother is Suzanne Ferguson. Her parents had three more children apart of Jeanne and the name of Jeanne’s brothers is Kelly Tripplehorn, Jason Tripplehorn and Daniel Tripplehorn.


It is known that her father was a famous guitarist and as per the records when Jeanne was two years old, Jeanne’s parents filed for divorce. She completed her school from Edison High School and she later went to the University of Tulsa. It is known that she started her career in 1982 with local television as she got a chance to work in Creature Feature and Night Shift. It is known that Jeanne also enrolled in Juilliard School and here, she learned more about drama and acting.

She did several shows in University and later she got a chance to work in The Big Funk. She got this role in 1990 and later she got to work in other popular shows like Three Sisters. The first movie that Jeanne worked in was Basic Instinct and the movie had an erotic theme. In 1995, Jeanne also got a chance to work in Water world and she also worked in The Firm. In The Firm, Jeanne worked with Tom Cruise and she revealed that she was very excited about working with Tom Cruise.

In 1997, Jeanne worked in Till There Was You and the theme of this movie was a romantic drama. The best thing is that the movie did huge business on box office and the movie was aired across the globe. Jeanne also worked in Big Love and she worked for a TV movie known as grey gardens. She had been nominated for several awards and one such award for which she was nominated was Primetime Emmy Award. She was nominated under the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress. In total, Jeanne worked in over 25 movies and about 13 TV shows she was also featured in Criminal Minds.

In 1990, Jeanne started dating Ben Stiller and they dated each other for 6 years before the got separated in 1996. Later in 2000, Jeanne announced her plans of getting married and the same year, Jeanne got married to Leland Orser. She along with her husband parented a son and her son was born right after the marriage. Leland is also an American actor and he did several roles on TV. The name of her son is August Tripple Orser.

The annual salary of this actress is not known but as per an estimated she gets 100 thousand American dollars for every episode and most of her income comes from her roles in movies and TV shows. As per an estimate, Jeanne has a total net worth of 12 Million American Dollars and she earned it all by her hard work and passion towards her work. Jeanne’s complete biography can be read on Wikipedia, IMDB, and other online sources.

Last Modified: Mar 10, 2020


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