Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist who broadcast live on the New York Stock Exchange. There are a variety of popular shows under her belt. An experienced broadcaster who has more than 20 years experience of reporting on business and the economy, she played a key role in aiding CNBC to become one of the top channels for economics and business. It is easy to see that her incredible career being a reporter was designed to be for women. Maria, as a girl was not sure of her choice of career. At one point she wanted to sing, and then the next day, and an interior designer. After she learned about the thrills and excitement journalism brings, there was nothing she could do but go. She is not only a great journalist but she is also an inspiration for women who want a career within an industry that is heavily which is predominantly male-dominated. The first journalist of female gender to be named in the list of 50 Faces that Shaped this Decade. Additionally, she is a writer and journalist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American actor in the field of film and television as well as a theatre actress. A gifted thespian she has been performing professionally for her early teens for the past 27 years. She first appeared on the stage as a character in a production in 1990 of The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) Off-Broadway. In the following year she was offered her first television role, The Perfect Tribute. Her biggest break for her career was in the year 1992, when she played a supporting character in the film Basic Instinct. The Firm is where she began her career as the female lead in the film alongside Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s she collaborated with some of the biggest names in the field, such as Gwyneth Paltrow on Sliding Doors Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. She recently played Dr. Alex Blake in the internationally popular police procedural crime drama Criminal Minds.