Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to broadcast live in the New York Stock Exchange. She has a number of popular programs under her belt. Broadcasting veteran with more than twenty years of experience covering economics and business, she played a pivotal role in establishing the TV channel CNBC as one of the topmost within the economic and business segment. A highly successful journalist, her career is proof that she was always meant to pursue a career in the field. Maria was a confused child about what career to pursue. She would dream of being singing one day, then an interior designer the next. When she realized the joy journalism had to offer there was no looking at her. Alongside being an outstanding journalist the feisty girl is also an inspiration to females who are looking to achieve success in a predominantly male world. Apart from being among the list of the "50 Faces of Decade" she was also the first female journalist inducted into Cable Hall of Fame. She is also an author and a journalist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn (born Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn) is an American actor who works in television, film and the theater. Since the age of 27 she has performed as an active professional thespian. Her stage debut was in 1990 with an Off-Broadway version of The Big Funk directed by John Patrick Shanley. In The Perfect Tribute, she was given her first TV appearance the following year. In 1992 she got her big break by being a part of the film Basic Instinct as a supporting role. Then, in The Firm, she played the leading female character for the first time. She was on the screen alongside Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the 90s, she worked with some of the biggest names in the field, such as Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. She recently played Dr. Alex Blake in the internationally famous crime drama that is a police procedural Criminal Minds.