Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo, an American journalist on television and the first to broadcast from the New York Stock Exchange floor live, is a highly popular TV personality who has appeared on a variety of popular show. An experienced broadcaster with more than twenty years of experience writing about economics and business she was instrumental in establishing the TV channel CNBC as among top-rated on the market in the economy and business segment. The success of her journalistic work is a proof that this woman was meant to be in the field. However, as a young lady Maria was very confused about what career to pursue. She was then tempted to become an interior designer. She fell in love with the exciting world of journalism and never looked at a different direction. In addition to being an outstanding journalist, however she serves as an example to women who want a career within an industry that is heavily which is predominantly male-dominated. The award was given to her as one of the 50 Faces that Shaped the Decade she also became the first ever female journalist to be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. Additionally, she is a journalist and an author.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American TV and film actress. Gifted thespian, she is active in the professional world for the last 27 years. Her career began in 1990, in a non Broadway production called The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. Then, in The Perfect Tribute, she was given her first TV appearance the following year. Her breakthrough for her career was in 1992 when she played a supporting character in the film Basic Instinct. The Firm is where she made her debut as the female star alongside Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. In the 90s, she worked alongside some of the most renowned names in the field, such as Gwyneth Paltrow on Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. In the international hit police procedural Crime Minds Dr. Alex Blake was recently as played by her.