Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo - the American television journalist and broadcaster who was one of the first broadcaster to stream live via the New York Stock Exchange - is well-known for a number popular shows that have been extremely successful. With over twenty years experience as a journalist, Bartiromo was instrumental in the establishment of the television channel CNBC to be one of tops in business and economic coverage. It's easy to recognize that her highly successful career in journalism was designed to be for women. When she was a teenager Maria was unable to determine which career she wanted. The next she wanted to become an interior decorator. Once she discovered the thrilling and exciting opportunities that journalism offers, there was nothing she could do but go. She's not just a fantastic journalist; she's also an example to other women who are trying to be successful in a men-dominated field. The first woman to enter the Cable Hall of Fame, and named as one of fifty Faces who Shaped Decade. Also, she is an author and a journalist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress who has worked in TV and film, as well as theatre. She is a talented thespian who is active in the professional world for her early teens for the past 27 years. She first appeared on stage as an actor in the production The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) in off-Broadway. The Perfect Tribute was her debut TV role one year later. She was enlisted as a character supporting in the movie Basic Instinct. This marked the beginning of her successful career. The Firm is where she began her career as a female actor in the film alongside Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. In the 90s, she worked with some of the top actors in the business, including Gwyneth Paltrow on Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. In the international hit crime procedural Crime Minds, the character of Dr. Alex Blake was recently performed by her.