Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist who broadcast live at the New York Stock Exchange. She is the host of several highly acclaimed shows under her belt. A veteran journalist with two decades experience covering business and economies, Bartiromo was instrumental in positioning CNBC as one of the top on the market in its economic and business segment. The success of her journalistic work makes one believe that the female was always destined to work in this particular field. Maria struggled with choosing which career path to take as a woman. She would dream of being singing one day, then become an interior designer in the next. Once she discovered the excitement and thrills that journalistic work, she had nothing she could do but go. She's not only a great journalist, she's also a role model to other women who are trying to succeed in a men-dominated field. Along with being listed as one of the fifty faces that shaped the decade, she was the first journalist of female descent to be recognized in the Cable Hall of Fame. Also, she is a writer as well as a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress in film and television as well as theatre. She's been an professional actor for 27 years. Her career began in 1990, in a non Broadway production of The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. In the following year she was chosen for her first television role, The Perfect Tribute. The big break in her career came about in 1992 when she played a supporting character in Basic Instinct. In The Firm, she played the leading female character for the very first time. The film was filmed with Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the 1990s, she collaborated with several prominent industry actors, including Gwyneth Palow on Sliding Door Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes Julie Andrews Relative Values. Recently, she was the character Dr. Alex Blake (a police procedural-crime drama) in Criminal Minds.