Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo, an American TV journalist, and the first to broadcast directly from the New York Stock Exchange floor live. She's a widely acclaimed television personality with several popular shows. An experienced broadcaster with more than twenty years of experience writing about economics and business she played a pivotal role in establishing the TV channel CNBC as among the most prestigious within the economic and business segment. Highly successful as a journalist, her work proves she always had the potential to work in this area. Yet as a young woman Maria was confused as to what career to pursue. Maria would one day want to pursue a career as a musician, later be an interior designer. When she was able to experience the benefits of journalism, she has never went back. Apart from being a great journalist this vivacious girl also serves as an inspirational figure for females who are looking to succeed in a world that is predominantly male. Hers was the first journalist of female gender to be named in the list of fifty Faces which Shaped in the Decade. Additionally, she is a writer and journalist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been an American actress in the film industry television and stage since the late 1970s. An accomplished thespian, she is active in the professional world for the last 27 years. The first time she appeared on the stage in the production The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) on Broadway off-Broadway. A year later she was chosen for her first role on TV in The Perfect Tribute. The big break in her career came about in 1992 when she acted as a support role in the movie Basic Instinct. It was in the movie The Firm however that she was chosen as the female lead for the very first time and that too opposite stars like Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the 1990s she teamed up with many prominent industry actors, including Gwyneth Palow in Sliding Doors Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes Julie Andrews Relative Values. Recently, she was in the role as Dr. Alex Blake in Criminal Minds.