Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo, an American TV journalist and one of the first people to broadcast via the New York Stock Exchange floor live, is a highly famous TV personality, with many popular programs. She's a veteran broadcaster with more than 20 years of journalism experience covering the economy and the business. Her contributions were crucial in making CNBC one of the most viewed channels that broadcast in this area. It is easy to see how her successful career as a journalist was meant to serve this purpose. As a teenager, Maria tried to figure out which profession she wanted to pursue. The day she thought she'd like to be a performer, then the next day, as an interior designer. Her interest was drawn by the thrilling world of journalism and has never stopped. This daring lady is not just a top journalist but also an inspiration for the women who are aspiring to make the big time in a male dominating world. Apart from being recognized as among the fifty people who shaped the decade she's also the first woman journalist ever inducted into Cable Hall of Fame. Also, she is an author and a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress who has worked in film and television, also in theatre. Thespian Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been professionally employed for over 27 years. In 1990, she performed her debut on stage in an Off-Broadway show of The Big Funk written by John Patrick Shanley. The show was later adapted to her first TV role, The Perfect Tribute. In 1992, she earned her breakthrough in the form of an extra character in the movie the film Basic Instinct. The Firm was the film where she was the lead actress for the first time and only time. The film was in competition with Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman among others. Throughout the 1990s she worked alongside some of the most renowned names in the field, such as Gwyneth Paltrow as Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. Recently, she portrayed Dr. Alex Blake in the internationally well-known crime procedural Criminal Minds.