Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo has been praised for her performance as an American TV journalist. Her shows are very popular and she is the first journalist to live report at the New York Stock Exchange. As a veteran broadcaster, with two decades experience covering economics and business news, Bartiromo was instrumental in establishing CNBC as one of the top in its business and economic segment. Her highly successful journalistic career makes one believe that the lady was destined for this field. Yet as a young woman Maria was unsure of which career path to choose. In the beginning, Maria was aspired to become a performer. Then she switched to interior designer. When she realized the thrill journalism has to offer, she had no intention of turning to go back. The feisty lady isn't only a great journalist, she's also a role-model for other women who strive to make it in the masculine-dominated industry. Along with being named one of the fifty people who shaped the decade, she's the first woman journalist to ever be inducted into Cable Hall of Fame. Also, she is a writer as well as a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress in TV and film, and theatre. An accomplished thespian, she is active in the professional world for over the past 27 years. She first appeared on the stage as an actor in the production The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) Off-Broadway. In the following year she was offered her first TV role in The Perfect Tribute. She was enlisted as a character supporting in the movie Basic Instinct. It marked the beginning of her impressive career. The Firm is where she began her career as a female actor opposite Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. In the 90s, she worked alongside some of the most renowned actors in the business, including Gwyneth Paltrow on Sliding Doors Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. She played Dr. Alex Blake on the popular international police procedural drama Criminal Minds.