Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to broadcast live on the New York Stock Exchange. She has a number of highly acclaimed shows under her belt. Over the course of her twenty-year career as a journalist, Maria Bartiromo was instrumental in the establishment of the television channel CNBC to be one of tops in business and economic reportage. It's easy to recognize that her highly successful career as a journalist was destined for the woman. Yet as a young woman Maria was unsure of which career path to choose. Maria would one day want to be a musician and later be an interior designer. Once she discovered the pleasures journalistic work, she never ever looked back. The feisty lady is not just an excellent journalist but can also be a source of inspiration to women who dream of making it big in a male dominated market. Hers was the first journalist of female gender to be named as one of 50 Faces which Shaped in the Decade. She is also an author as well as a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn (born Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn) is an American actor who works in both film, television and the theater. A gifted thespian, she has been active in the professional world since the past 27. In 1990, she made her stage debut with Off-Broadway production in The Big Funk written by John Patrick Shanley. The Perfect Tribute. A year later, her TV debut came in The Perfect Tribute. In 1992, she received her big break by being a part of the film Basic Instinct as a secondary character. Then, in The Firm, she played the role of lead female for the very first time. She was on the screen alongside Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the 90s, her work was a collaboration with Hollywood's top actors such as Gwyneth in Sliding doors, Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews Relative Values. In the internationally acclaimed police procedural Crime Minds the character Dr. Alex Blake was recently played by her.