Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo has been praised for her work as an American television journalist. Her television shows are well-known and she was the first broadcaster to live report on the New York Stock Exchange. A veteran journalist with two decades experience covering economics and business news Bartiromo played a key role in placing CNBC among the best in the business and economic segment. A highly successful journalist, her career is proof that she always had the potential to be a journalist in this field. In her teens, Maria was unable to determine what career path she would like to pursue. In the beginning, Maria would have liked to sing. Later she became an interior designer. She was captivated by the exciting world of journalism and never looked back. Not only is she an excellent journalist, but also an example to women looking to make it in a field dominated by men. Along with being recognized as one of fifty people who shaped the decade, she is the first woman journalist to be recognized in the Cable Hall of Fame. She also is an author and a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actor in film and television and theatre. She's been an professional actor for the past 27 years. In 1990, she made her stage debut with an Off-Broadway performance of The Big Funk written by John Patrick Shanley. As a character in The Perfect Tribute, she had her debut TV role a year later. In 1992 she got her first big break when she was cast in the movie Basic Instinct as a supporting character. The Firm is where she made her debut as a female actor alongside Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s she collaborated alongside some of the most renowned stars in the industry including Gwyneth Paltrow as Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. She recently played Dr. Alex Blake in the internationally well-known crime procedural Criminal Minds.