Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

The first person who present live from the floors of the New York Stock Exchange Maria Bartiromo is an esteemed American TV journalist with several highly popular shows to her name. An accomplished broadcaster who has more than twenty years experience reporting about business and economy she played a pivotal role in the creation of the TV channel CNBC as among leading channels for business and economic segment. Maria's well-respected journalism profession suggests she was meant to be in the field. Yet as a young woman Maria was very confused about what career to pursue. One day she wanted to be an interior decorator. Her interest was drawn by the excitement of journalism and has never stopped. The feisty lady isn't just a great journalist, but she's also an inspiration for females who want to make it in the male-dominated field. Hers was the first female journalist to be selected as one of 50 Faces that Shaped this Decade. In addition, she's an author as well as a journalist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American theater and film actress. A talented actress, she has been active professionally from in the last 27 years. Her career began in the year 1990 with a performance of The Big Funk, a John Patrick Shanley off-Broadway play. For The Perfect Tribute, she received her first acting role in a TV show a year after. The big break in her career was in 1992 as she appeared in a supporting character in Basic Instinct. When she appeared in The Firm, she played the lead female role for the very first time. It was her first time playing alongside Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the late 1990s she teamed up with top industry stars including Gwyneth Palow in Sliding Doors Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes Julie Andrews Relative Values. She recently played Dr. Alex Blake in the internationally famous crime drama that is a police procedural Criminal Minds.