Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to broadcast live on the New York Stock Exchange. She has a number of popular show to her name. An experienced broadcaster who has more than twenty years of experience in writing about business and economics, she was instrumental in aiding CNBC become one of television's leading channels in economics and business. It is obvious that this lady is destined to be a journalist after her success in the field. When she was a teenager Maria was unable to determine what profession she would pursue. Maria would one day want to pursue a career as a musician, later be an interior designer. Once she discovered the pleasures of journalism, she never turned back. She is not only an outstanding journalist, she is can also be a source of inspiration to women who are aspiring to make their mark in a dominated society. The first journalist from a female perspective to be selected as one of fifty Faces that Shaped this Decade. Also, she is an author as well as a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress who has worked in TV and film in theatre as well as film and television. An accomplished thespian, she has been performing professionally for her early teens for the past 27 years. She first appeared on stage in a 1990 production of The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) Off-Broadway. The following year, she was cast in her first television role, The Perfect Tribute. When she was cast as a back-up character in the film Basic Instinct the film, her career started to take off. The Firm was the film where she became the leading lady for the first time and for the only moment. It was a film that featured Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman as well as others. Throughout the 1990s she worked alongside some of the most renowned actors in the business, including Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. In recent times, she played Dr. Alex Blake (a police procedural-crime drama) in Criminal Minds.