Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo - the American television journalist and broadcaster who was the first broadcaster to stream live via the New York Stock Exchange - is known for several popular shows that have been extremely successful. A veteran broadcaster with over two decades' experience reporting on business and the economics, she was instrumental in making CNBC to become one of the top channels for economics and business. Her incredibly successful career as a journalist can be said to suggest that the lady was destined for this particular field. Maria struggled with picking a path she wanted to follow as an adult woman. Maria was likely to one day wish to be a musician and later be an interior designer. Journalism was too much for her to ignore. The feisty lady is not just an excellent journalist but also an inspiration for the women who dream of making it big in a male dominant society. The first ever woman to be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame, and named as one of fifty Faces Who Shaped Decade. Also, she is an author and a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actor in TV and film in theatre as well as film and television. Gifted thespian, she is active in the professional world over the last 27 years. She first appeared on the stage in the production The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) Off-Broadway. A year later she was cast in her first TV role in The Perfect Tribute. Her breakthrough in her career came about in 1992, as she was a character in Basic Instinct. The Firm was the film where she became the leading woman for the very first time and for the only time. The film was in competition with Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman as well as others. In the late 1990s, she collaborated with several top industry stars including Gwyneth Palow for Sliding Doors Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes Julie Andrews Relative Values. She was Dr. Alex Blake on the well-known international crime drama Criminal Minds.