Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to broadcast live at the New York Stock Exchange. She has several extremely successful programs that she has produced. An accomplished broadcaster who has more than twenty years experience covering economics and business, she was a key player in the establishment of television channel CNBC to be among the best within the economic and business segment. It's easy to understand that her hugely successful career as a journalist was designed to serve this purpose. But as a teenager, Maria was very confused about which career path to choose. In one day, she would like to sing, and while the next she wanted to become or an interior designer. When she realized the joy journalism had to offer, there was no returning. The feisty lady isn't only an exceptional journalist, she's also an inspirational figure to other women looking to make it in the male-dominated field. The first female journalist ever to be named among the 50 Faces that Shaped in the Decade. Additionally, she is an author and journalist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress in film and television, in addition to stage. She is a talented thespian who has been performing professionally for in the last 27 years. In 1990, she performed her stage debut with Off-Broadway production that was a production of The Big Funk written by John Patrick Shanley. Her first role was her first role on television, The Perfect Tribute. The big break in her career was in 1992 as she appeared in a character as a support in Basic Instinct. It was during the movie The Firm however that she was a leading female character for the first time. She was cast in the film alongside actors like Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Through the 90s she was working with some of the top performers in the world, including Gwyneth Paltrow as Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. Recently, she played her character Dr. Alex Blake in Criminal Minds an international smash police procedural.