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 famous shows. With over twenty years experience in the field of journalism, Maria Bartiromo played an important role in setting up the TV channel CNBC to become one of the most prominent in economic and business reportage. Her incredibly successful career as a journalist is a proof that this female was always destined to work in this field. But as a teenager, Maria was confused as to what career to pursue. In one day, she was going to become a musician, then the next day, an interior designer. The excitement of journalism was too much for her not to take it seriously. In addition to being a brilliant journalist however she serves as an inspiration for women who are looking for a job within an industry that is heavily which is predominantly male-dominated. Along with being named one of the fifty faces that shaped the decade, she's the first woman journalist to be recognized in the Cable Hall of Fame. Also, she is an author and a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been an American actress in the film industry television and stage since the end of the 1970s. She's been a professional actor for the past 27 years. She started her professional career in 1990 in an off Broadway show called The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. The Perfect Tribute was her first role on TV within a year. The year was 1992 and she was cast as a supporting character in the movie Basic Instinct. It marked the beginning of her impressive career. For The Firm, she played the leading female character for the very first time. The film was filmed with Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the 90s, she worked with a number of top actors from Hollywood, like Gwyneth paltrow and Hugh Grant. In the past, she played Dr. Alex Blake in the internationally famous crime drama that is a police procedural Criminal Minds.