Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo has been praised for her work as an American television journalist. Her television shows are popular and she is the first journalist to report live from the New York Stock Exchange. Being a veteran broadcaster with two decades experience covering economies and business, Bartiromo was instrumental in positioning CNBC among the best on the market in its economic and business segment. A highly successful journalist, her professional career proves that she was always destined to work in this area. But as a teenager, Maria was confused as to what career to pursue. In one day, she was going to become a musician, then the next day, an interior designer. Journalism was too much for her to ignore. This vivacious lady isn't just an excellent journalist but she is also an example for women who want to make the big time in a male dominated world. Hers was the first journalist from a female perspective to be named in the list of fifty Faces which Shaped the Decade. She is also a journalist and columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress in TV and film, as well as theatre. At the age of 27 she has performed as an active professional thespian. Her stage debut was in 1990, when she performed an Off Broadway version of The Big Funk directed by John Patrick Shanley. In The Perfect Tribute, she had her debut TV role a year later. Her breakthrough in her career came about in 1992, as she was a character in the film Basic Instinct. The Firm marked her first performance as a leading female actress, opposite Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s she collaborated alongside some of the most renowned actors in the business, including Gwyneth Paltrow on Sliding Doors Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. She portrayed Dr. Alex Blake on the popular international police procedural show Criminal Minds.