Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo, an American journalist on television and the first broadcaster to live on the New York Stock Exchange floor live. She is an extremely acclaimed television personality with several popular programs. She is a broadcasting veteran with more than 20 years of journalism experience covering the business world and economics. Her contribution was vital in helping to make CNBC one of the top channels within this field. The lady's highly successful journalism career leads one to believe she was meant to be in this field. But as a teenager, Maria was unsure of what career to pursue. She was then tempted to become an interior designer. When she realized the thrill journalism has to offer, she had no intention of turning back. She's not only an outstanding journalist but she's also a role-model to other women who are trying to make it in the male-dominated field. First woman ever to join the Cable Hall of Fame, and named as one of fifty Faces that Shaped Decade. Also, she is an author and a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been an American actress for film as well as stage since the end of the 1970s. An accomplished thespian, she has been performing professionally for over the past 27 years. In 1990, she performed her stage debut in an Off Broadway production in The Big Funk written by John Patrick Shanley. The Perfect Tribute. A year later, her TV debut was The Perfect Tribute. When she was cast as a back-up role in the movie the film Basic Instinct Her career began to take off. The Firm was the film in which she was the lead woman for the very first and sole moment. It was a film that featured Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and others. In the 1990s, Gwyneth was a co-star together with Hugh Grant on Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews for Relative Values. She was the role of Dr. Alex Blake on the popular international police procedural thriller Criminal Minds.