Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo, an American journalist on television and the first to broadcast directly from the New York Stock Exchange floor live. She is an extremely well-known TV host with a number of famous programs. With more than twenty years of experience as a journalist, Bartiromo was instrumental in setting up the TV channel CNBC to become one of the most prominent in economic and business reportage. Maria's highly successful journalism professional career suggests that she was destined for the field. Maria was confused as a child about what career she wanted to pursue. Her dream was to be singing one day, then an interior designer next. But when she discovered the thrill journalism has to offer there was no looking at her. Not only is she a great journalist, but an example to women who want to succeed in a world dominated by men. In addition to being one of "50 Faces of Decade" she was the very first female journalist who was inducted into Cable Hall of Fame. She is also a journalist as well as a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress in TV and film in theatre as well as film and television. A gifted thespian, she has been active in the professional world since the past 27. In 1990, she made her stage debut in an Off Broadway production in The Big Funk written by John Patrick Shanley. Her next role was her first television role, The Perfect Tribute. When she played as a support character in the film Basic Instinct, her career took off. The Firm is where she began her career as a female actor alongside Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. In the 90s, she worked with a number of top actors from Hollywood, such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Hugh Grant. Recently she played Dr Alex Blake in the internationally famous crime drama that is a police procedural Criminal Minds.