Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo - the American television journalist and broadcaster who was the very first to broadcast direct via the New York Stock Exchange - is well-known for a number popular shows that have been extremely successful. As a veteran broadcaster, who has a decade of experience in covering economies and business Bartiromo played a key role in placing CNBC as one of the most prestigious in the business and economic segment. Her incredibly successful career as a journalist is a proof that this female was always destined to work in the field. But as a teenager, Maria was very confused about what career to pursue. Maria would one day want to become a musician, later an interior designer. However, once she experienced the thrill journalism has to offer, she had no intention of going at her. In addition to being a great journalist the feisty girl is also an inspiration to young women who wish to be successful in a world that is predominantly male. The first woman to join the Cable Hall of Fame, being named one of fifty Faces who Shaped Decade. As well as an author and columnist, Sheila is among the 50 Faces That Shaped the Decade.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American TV and film actress. She is a talented thespian who is active in the professional world for the last 27 years. She started her professional career in the year 1990 with an off Broadway production of The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. In the following year she was cast in her first TV role in The Perfect Tribute. In 1992, when she played as a support character in the film Basic Instinct, her career took off. The Firm marked her first role as a female leading actor, playing opposite Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s Gwyneth was a co-star alongside Hugh Grant on Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews for Relative Values. In the past, she played Dr. Alex Blake in the internationally well-known crime procedural Criminal Minds.