Barbara "Barb" Dutton Henrickson is a character on
HBO's
Big Love portrayed by
Jeanne Tripplehorn. Barb is the first wife of
Bill Henrickson. Barb was raised in a traditional Mormon family, outside
polygamy. Bill and Barb met while in college, and married soon afterwards. Together, they had three children. Barb almost died of
uterine cancer after the birth of Tancy "Teeny" Henrickson, the youngest of Barb's children, right before Bill married his second wife
Nicolette "Nicki" Grant and later, his third wife
Margene Heffman.