Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo, an American TV journalist and the first to broadcast from the New York Stock Exchange floor live, is a highly acclaimed television personality with several popular programs. With more than twenty years of experience in the field of journalism, Maria Bartiromo was instrumental in establishing the television channel CNBC as one of the most prominent in economic and business coverage. Highly successful as a journalist, her career is proof that she was always meant to work in this area. Maria, as a girl was not sure of her choice of career. She imagined being a singer one day and become an interior designer in the next. After discovering the joys of journalism, she has never turned to another career. Not only is she an excellent journalist, but also an example to women who want to succeed in a society dominated by men. Apart from being among the list of the "50 Faces of Decade" she was also the first female journalist to be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. She is also an author and a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American TV and film actress. She is a talented thespian who has been performing professionally for her early teens for the past 27 years. She began her career in the year 1990 with an off Broadway production of The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. The Perfect Tribute was her debut TV role one year later. In 1992, she earned her big break when she was cast in the movie Basic Instinct as a supporting role. The Firm was the film that made her the main female for the first time and for the only moment. The film was in competition with Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and many others. Through the 1990s her career included working alongside top Hollywood actors such as Gwyneth on Sliding doors Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews Relative Values. She recently played Dr. Alex Blake in the internationally famous crime drama that is a police procedural Criminal Minds.