Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist who broadcast live in the New York Stock Exchange. She has a number of popular shows under her belt. Veteran broadcaster with more than twenty years of experience in covering business and the economics, she was instrumental in making CNBC to become one of the leading channels in economics and business. A highly successful journalist, her professional career proves that she was always destined to pursue a career in the field. Maria was a bit unsure when picking a path she wanted to take as an adult woman. She was then tempted to become an interior designer. Once she discovered the pleasures of journalism, she never turned around. Not only is she a great journalist but she also serves as an inspiration to women looking to pursue a career in a field that is dominated by males. Along with being listed as one of the fifty faces that shaped the decade, she is the first woman journalist to ever be inducted into Cable Hall of Fame. She is also an author and a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been an American actress in the film industry television and on stage since the latter part of 1970. Talented as a thespian, she's been actively involved in professional theatre since the past 27. She first appeared on stage in the production The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) on Broadway off-Broadway. The Perfect Tribute was her first role on TV a year after. In 1992 she got her first big break when she was cast in Basic Instinct as a supporting character. The Firm was the film that made her the main female for the first and only moment. This was opposite Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and others. In the late 1990s she worked with a variety of famous actors from the industry, such as Gwyneth Palow for Sliding Doors Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes Julie Andrews Relative Values. In the past, she played Dr. Alex Blake in the internationally popular police procedural crime drama Criminal Minds.