Big Love's Jeanne Tripplehorn Joins Criminal Minds Cast
There’s good news for Criminal Minds fans gutted over Paget Brewster’s departure at the end of this past season. No, the actress who played SSA Emily Prentiss for several seasons is not returning to the show, but another terrific actress is joining the cast as an FBI profiler. Big Love star Jeanne Tripplehorn will become a series regular on the show’s eighth season.
There’s good news for Criminal Minds fans gutted over Paget Brewster’s departure at the end of this past season. No, the actress who played SSA Emily Prentiss for several seasons is not returning to the show, but another terrific actress is joining the cast as an FBI profiler. Big Love star Jeanne Tripplehorn will become a series regular on the show’s eighth season, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Tripplehorn, a veteran of the big and small screen will be introduced in the season premiere according to Executive Producer Erica Messer. There are no other details regarding Tripplehorn’s character at this point.
Tripplehorn made television history as part of a trio of sister wives on HBO’s acclaimed series Big Love, but she began her career in the early 90s costarring in Basic Instinct. She later played lesbian opposite Salma Hayek in Mike Figgis’ Timecode.
Criminal Minds' fan favorite and out actress Kirsten Vangsness recently gave a video interview at the Monte Carlo Television Festival where she chatted about Brewster’s departure but also about some casting news that made her very, very excited. We imagine she was referring to Tripplehorn.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the
intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the
intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
