Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to broadcast live in the New York Stock Exchange. She has several highly successful shows that she has produced. Veteran broadcaster with more than twenty years of experience in reporting on the business world and economics and the economy, she played a major role in aiding CNBC to become one of the top channels for business and the economy. It's easy to understand how her successful career as a journalist was designed for this. As a teenager, Maria struggled to decide what profession she was interested in. Maria would always dream of becoming a singer one day and become an interior designer next. She fell in love with the excitement of journalism and never looked back. She's not just an excellent journalist, she's also a role model for women aspiring to break into the traditionally male-dominated profession. Hers was the first journalist of female gender chosen among the 50 Faces which Shaped this Decade. Also, she is an author as well as a journalist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American film television and theatre actress. She's been a professional actor for the past 27 years. In 1990 she made her debut on stage in an Off-Broadway performance in The Big Funk written by John Patrick Shanley. One year later, she was seen in her first role on TV in The Perfect Tribute. The big break in her career came about in 1992, when she appeared as an supporting role in the movie the film Basic Instinct. It was in the movie The Firm however that she was chosen as the woman leading the film for just the first time. She was cast in the film alongside famous actors such as Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the late 1990s she worked with some of the top stars in the industry including Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. In recent times, she was the character Doctor. Alex Blake in Criminal Minds, the international hit police procedural.