Tripplehorn’s movie career started with Basic Instinct in 1992, as a police psychologist. She became a star on TV with her performance as Barbara Henrickson, in the HBO drama series, Big Love, and as Dr. Alex Blake on the CBS investigative crime drama series, Criminal Minds. The American actress was awarded a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the 2009 HBO movie, Grey Gardens.
Jeanne Tripplehorn has appeared in numerous films that you’ve probably watched already, but there are not a lot of people who genuinely recall her name. Today, the majority of her acting exploits involve supporting roles, after she failed to secure that elusive leading-lady status.
Helen Slater
Helen Slater first started her career as a movie star in ABC’s Afterschool Special Amy & the Angel, which was broadcast in 1982. The movie was the only time Slater would be brunette. In 1984, Helen Slated was picked to play Selena, in the TriStar release of Supergirl. The movie featured heavyweights like Mia Farrow and Peter O'Toole. In the end, though, SuperGirl garnered varied reviews and didn’t fare well at the box office.
The movie was believed to be the cause of why DC killed the original comic’s character Supergirl/ Kara Zor-El in 1985, While Slater's portrayal of the character was not given most of the blame for the movie’s poor results. After a frustrating stint with Supergirl, Helen Slater made an appearance in Ruthless People and a few other small roles before surprisingly working with the TV series Supergirl as Kara Danvers, Supergirl’s mom.
Shiloh Fernandez
Shiloh Fernandez finally made his TV debut in 2006 on an episode of Cold Case. He later made his film appearance when he was chosen to perform the character of Edgar in Interstate. The American actor secured his first staple role in Jericho as Sean Henthorn, from 2006 to 2007. Although the series was shut down after just a single season, fans succeeded in lobbying for its comeback only to see it get shut down again permanently.
Shiloh Fernandez belonged to a class of heartthrobs at the onset of 2010 who were heavily endorsed as the next superstar. Fernandez failed to land the lead role of Edward in Twilight, which was given to Robert Pattinson but made appearances in several films like Red Riding Hood, Evil Dead, Jericho, and United States of Tara. He is still waiting for that breakthrough role that will catapult his career to stardom.
Chris O'Donnell
At the start of the ’90s, the American actor began enjoying significant success in his career as an actor, appearing in prominent movies like Fried Green Tomatoes, School Ties, and Scent of a Woman, alongside cinema legend, Al Pacino. In 1992, he was included in the list of 12 Promising New Actors of 1992, in John Willis's Screen World, Vol. 44.
Chris O’Donnell portrayed superhero sidekick Robin in the two worst Batman movies of all time. However, the actor managed to bounce back from the travesty and became a leading man in rom-coms and films like The Three Musketeers. While his career on the big screen doesn’t seem to hold much promise, his career in TV series may have plenty to offer. Today, he currently stars as Agent G. Callen on NCIS: Los Angeles.
Lori Petty
Lori Petty got the breakthrough role she was waiting for when she was cast alongside Richard Grieco in Fox’s Booker. In the 1991 action thriller Point Break, she portrayed the surfer who gave Keanu Reeves valuable surfing lessons. In 1992, the American actress appeared in A League of Their Own, opposite Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, and Madonna.
In 1995, Lori Petty was chosen to play the title role in the movie adaptation of the British cult comic book, Tank Girl. Aside from that, she also performed in numerous other films, such as Free Willy, The Poker House, and In the Army Now. Today, Lori Petty enjoys regular appearances as an inmate on Orange Is the New Black, but it’s unlikely that she will be appearing on the big screen anytime soon.