Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo, an American journalist on television and the first broadcaster to live from the New York Stock Exchange floor live. She is an extremely popular TV personality who has appeared on a variety of popular shows. She is a broadcasting veteran with more than 20 years of journalism experience covering the economy and business. Her role was crucial in making CNBC one among the most well-known channels in this segment. Maria's highly successful journalism career leads one to believe that she was destined for this field. In her teens, Maria struggled to decide what career path she would like to pursue. One day she would want to sing, and then the next day, and an interior designer. However, once she experienced the joy journalism had to offer, she had no intention of looking at her. In addition to being a great journalist she is an inspirational figure for young women who wish to achieve success in an overwhelmingly male-dominated world. She was the first journalist of female gender to be named in the list of 50 Faces who Shaped in the Decade. Also, she is a journalist and an author.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been an American actress in the film industry as well as stage since the late 1970s. Thespian Jeanne Marie Triplehorn has been working professionally for 27 years. Her first stage appearance was in 1990 with an Off-Broadway version of The Big Funk directed by John Patrick Shanley. Then, in The Perfect Tribute, she made her TV debut one year later. Her career launched when she was cast as a character in the movie Basic Instinct. The Firm marked her first part as a female lead actress. She was paired with Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s she collaborated with some of the biggest actors in the business, including Gwyneth Paltrow on Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. Recenty, she played Dr Alex Blake (a police procedural-crime drama) in Criminal Minds.