Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

First person who broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Maria Bartiromo is an acclaimed American television journalist, with numerous highly acclaimed programs to her name. An experienced broadcaster with more than 20 years of experience writing about economics and business she played a pivotal role in the establishment of television channel CNBC as one of the topmost within the economic and business segment. A highly successful journalist, her professional career proves that she was always meant to work in this area. Maria was a confused child about what career to choose. At first, she wanted to be a singer. Later she became an interior designer. Journalism was too much for her not to take it seriously. This vivacious lady isn't only a great journalist, but she is also an example for women who are aspiring to make the big time in a male dominating market. Along with being recognized as one of fifty faces that shaped the decade, she's the first woman journalist to be a part of the Cable Hall of Fame. She is also a journalist as well as a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress who has worked in film and television in theatre as well as film and television. She has been a professional actor for over 27 years. In the year 1990, she made her stage debut in an Off Broadway production from The Big Funk written by John Patrick Shanley. The Perfect Tribute was her first TV appearance one year later. In 1992, when she was cast as a back-up character in Basic Instinct the film, her career started to take off. The Firm marked her first role as a female leading actor, playing opposite Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Throughout the 1990s she worked with some of the biggest stars in the industry including Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. In the hit international police procedural Crime Minds Dr. Alex Blake was recently performed by her.