Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo has been praised for her role as an American television journalist. Her shows are very popular and she is the first journalist to broadcast live at the New York Stock Exchange. Being a veteran broadcaster with two decades experience covering economics and business news Bartiromo has been instrumental in establishing CNBC as one of the most prestigious in its business and economic segment. An extremely successful journalist her career is proof that she was always destined to work in this area. Maria was a young girl who, at the time was not sure of the career path she wanted to pursue. Maria could one day decide to be a musician and the next be an interior designer. Journalism was just too compelling for her to ignore. The feisty lady is not only an outstanding journalist, she is also an inspiration for the women who dream of making their mark in a dominated market. Hers was the first journalist of female gender to be selected in the list of 50 Faces which Shaped this Decade. Also, she is an author and a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been an American actor in film television and stage since the end of the 1970s. At the age of 27 she has been a professionally active thespian. She started her professional career in 1990 in an off Broadway production called The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. In the following year she was cast in her first television role, The Perfect Tribute. In 1992 she got her breakthrough by being a part of Basic Instinct as a supporting character. It was in the movie The Firm however that she was chosen as the female lead for the very first time. She was cast in the film alongside famous actors such as Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the 1990s Gwyneth collaborated alongside Hugh Grant on Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews for Relative Values. In the hit international police procedural Crime Minds, Dr. Alex Blake was recently as played by her.