Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo - the American television journalist and broadcaster who was one of the first to broadcast direct through the New York Stock Exchange - is renowned for several of her highly successful shows. Over the course of her twenty-year career as a journalist, Bartiromo played an important role in establishing the television channel CNBC to become one of the most prominent in economic and business coverage. It's easy to recognize the fact that her life of success being a reporter was destined to be for women. In her teens, Maria struggled to decide what profession she would pursue. At one point she wanted to be a singer the next day or an interior designer. When she found out about the excitement and thrills that journalism offers, there was no stopping her. She is not only an excellent journalist, but also an example for women looking to make it in a world that is dominated by males. Apart from being among the list of "50 Faces of Decade" she was also the first female journalist who was inducted into Cable Hall of Fame. Also, she is an author as well as a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress who has worked in TV and film as well as theatre. An accomplished thespian, she is active in the professional world for her early teens for the past 27 years. She started her professional career in 1990, in a non Broadway show called The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. Then, in The Perfect Tribute, she made her TV debut a year later. She was enlisted as an actor supporting the character Basic Instinct. It marked the start of her career profession. It was in The Firm however that she was chosen as the leading female character for the very first time, and this was also against famous actors such as Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. The 1990s saw her professional career included working alongside top Hollywood stars such as Gwyneth as in Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews Relative Values. In the international hit police procedural Crime Minds, Alex Blake, the doctor. Alex Blake was recently performed by her.