Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to live broadcast for the New York Stock Exchange. She has several high-quality shows that she has produced. She is a broadcasting veteran with more than 20 years of reporting experience about the economy and the business. Her contribution was vital in helping to make CNBC one of the top stations in this sector. Her highly successful journalism career leads one to believe she was meant to be in this field. But as a teenager, Maria was very confused about which career path to choose. Maria would always dream of becoming singing one day and become an interior designer next. After she learned about the excitement and thrills that journalism offers, there was nothing she could do but go. Her swagger isn't only an outstanding journalist but she's also a role model to other women looking to succeed in a masculine-dominated industry. Along with being voted one of the 50 faces that defined the decade, she's also the first woman journalist to be admitted into the Cable Hall of Fame. Additionally, she is a journalist and an author.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress in film and TV, as well as theatre. She is a talented thespian who has been active professionally over in the last 27 years. Her first acting experience was on stage during an off-Broadway production called The Big Funk by John Patrick Shanley in the year 1990. The following year, she was cast in her first television role, The Perfect Tribute. In 1992, she earned her big break when she played as an extra character in the movie Basic Instinct. It was in The Firm however that she was cast as the main female role for the first time. She was cast in the film alongside stars like Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Throughout the 1990s she worked alongside some of the most renowned stars in the industry including Gwyneth Paltrow as Sliding Doors Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. She played Dr. Alex Blake on the hugely popular police procedural show Criminal Minds.