Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo - the American television journalist and broadcaster who was among the very first to broadcast live directly via the New York Stock Exchange - is well-known for a number of her highly successful shows. Veteran broadcaster with more than two decades' experience writing about business and economy, she was instrumental in making CNBC become one of television's most popular channels for economics and business. Highly successful as a journalist, her work proves she was always destined to be a journalist in this field. However, as a young lady Maria was very confused about which career path to choose. One day she thought that she would become an interior decorator. She fell in love with the thrilling world of journalism and never looked at a different direction. The feisty lady is not just an excellent journalist but she is also an example for women who dream of making it big in a male dominant world. The first ever woman to join the Cable Hall of Fame, being named one of fifty Faces who Shaped Decade. Along with being a writer and columnist Sheila is also one of fifty faces who shaped the Decade.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American actor in the field of film and television as well as a theatre actress. A gifted thespian, she has been active in the professional world for the last 27 years. Her stage debut came in the year 1990 when she appeared on Broadway with an Off-Broadway version of The Big Funk directed by John Patrick Shanley. As a character in The Perfect Tribute, she was given her first TV appearance the following year. In 1992, she earned her big break by being a part of Basic Instinct as a minor character. The Firm is where she began her career as a female actor alongside Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s she collaborated with some of the top actors in the business, including Gwyneth Paltrow on Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. In the international hit crime procedural Crime Minds, Alex Blake, the doctor. Alex Blake was recently played by her.