Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

The first broadcaster who broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Maria Bartiromo is an acclaimed American television journalist who has numerous highly acclaimed programs to her name. An experienced broadcaster who has more than 20 years experience of covering business and the economics, she was instrumental in making CNBC grow into one of television's top channels for economics and business. A highly successful journalist, her professional career proves that she always had the potential to pursue a career in the field. Maria was confused as a young girl about which career path to choose. Her dream was to be a singer one day and become an interior designer in the next. When she was able to experience the benefits of journalism, she has never went around. The feisty lady is not only an outstanding journalist, she is she is also an example for women who are aspiring to make the big time in a male dominating market. First woman ever to be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame, being named one of fifty Faces Who Shaped Decade. Also, she is an author as well as a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been an American actor in film television and stage since the end of the 1970s. Since the age of 27 she has been an active professional thespian. She first appeared on stage as a character in a 1990 production of The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) Off-Broadway. The Perfect Tribute was her debut TV role a year after. In 1992, she was a supporting character in Basic Instinct the film, her career started to take off. It was in the movie The Firm however that she got the role of female lead for the very first time, and this was also against famous actors such as Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the 90s, she worked alongside some of the top actors in Hollywood, like Gwyneth Paltrow as well as Hugh Grant. In recent times, she played Dr. Alex Blake (a police procedural-crime drama) in Criminal Minds.