Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to report live on the New York Stock Exchange. There are a variety of extremely successful programs that she has produced. A veteran broadcaster with over twenty years of experience in reporting on economics and business her contribution was crucial in aiding CNBC to become one of the top channels for business and the economy. Maria's incredibly successful journalistic career leads one to believe she was born for this field. When she was a teenager Maria struggled to decide which profession she wanted to pursue. She was then tempted to be an interior decorator. Once she discovered the excitement and thrills that journalistic work, she had nothing she could do but go. She is not only an outstanding journalist, she is she is also an example for women who are aspiring to make it big in a male dominant world. Hers was the first female journalist ever to be named in the list of 50 Faces which Shaped in the Decade. She is also an author and journalist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn was born in the US and is an actress who has professional for 27 years. A talented actress, she has been active professionally over the last 27 years. Her acting debut was on stage with an off Broadway production of The Big Funk by John Patrick Shanley in 1990. The show was later adapted to her first role on television, The Perfect Tribute. The big break in her career was in 1992 when she played a supporting character in the film Basic Instinct. The Firm was the film in which she was the lead actress for the first time and only moment. This was opposite Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and many others. In the early 1990s she collaborated with famous actors from the industry, such as Gwyneth Palow on Sliding Doors Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes Julie Andrews Relative Values. She portrayed the character Dr. Alex Blake on the popular international police procedural drama Criminal Minds.