Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to report live at the New York Stock Exchange. She has several high-quality shows in her repertoire. A broadcasting veteran with over twenty years experience the reporting of economics and business she was instrumental in the creation of the TV channel CNBC as among the best in the business and economy segment. It's easy to understand that her highly successful career as a journalist was destined to serve this purpose. However, as a young lady Maria was in a state of confusion about what career to pursue. Maria would always dream of becoming the next day a musician and become an interior designer in the next. Her interest was drawn by journalistic excitement and has never stopped. It isn't just about being a great journalist, but an example to women looking to make it in a field dominated by males. She was the first female journalist chosen in the list of 50 Faces who Shaped in the Decade. She is also an author and columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American TV and film actress. Thespian Jeanne-Marie Tripplehorn has been working professionally over the last 27 years. Her first acting experience was by performing onstage in an off-Broadway production of The Big Funk by John Patrick Shanley in the year 1990. In the following year she was in the spotlight for her first TV role in The Perfect Tribute. The year 1992 saw her get her first big break when she played as one of the characters in Basic Instinct. For The Firm, she played the lead female role for the very first time. She was cast opposite Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the late 1990s she collaborated with notable industry celebrities, like Gwyneth Palow on Sliding Doors Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes Julie Andrews Relative Values. Recently she played Dr Alex Blake in the internationally popular police procedural crime drama Criminal Minds.