Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

The first broadcaster to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Maria Bartiromo is a renowned American TV journalist with many highly-rated shows under her belt. As a veteran broadcaster, having a total of two decades of experience covering business and economies, Bartiromo was instrumental in positioning CNBC among the best on the market in its economic and business segment. Her incredibly successful career as a journalist can be said to suggest that the woman was meant to be in this field. When she was a teenager Maria was unable to determine which career she wanted. At first, she would have liked to sing. In the end, she chose to pursue interior designer. When she found out about the thrilling and exciting opportunities that journalistic work, she had no turning back. She's not just an excellent journalist, but also an example to women looking to make it in a society dominated by men. Along with being named one of the fifty faces that shaped the decade, she's the first woman journalist to ever be inducted into Cable Hall of Fame. She is also an author and columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been an American actor in film, TV and on stage since the latter part of 1970. Thespian Jeanne Marie Triplehorn has worked as a professional actor over the last 27 years. Her first stage appearance was in 1990 with an Off-Broadway version of The Big Funk directed by John Patrick Shanley. She was then cast for her first role on television, The Perfect Tribute. In 1992, when she was a supporting character in the film Basic Instinct the film, her career started to take off. In The Firm, she played the role of lead female for the very first time. She was on the screen alongside Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s her career included working with top Hollywood actors like Gwyneth in Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews Relative Values. Recenty, she played Dr Alex Blake (a police procedural-crime drama) in Criminal Minds.