Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to broadcast live on the New York Stock Exchange. There are a variety of well-known shows under her belt. With over twenty years experience in the field of journalism, Maria Bartiromo had a significant role in setting up the TV channel CNBC to be one of leading companies in business and economic reporting. An extremely successful journalist her career is proof that she always had the potential to be a journalist in this field. Maria was a bit unsure when picking a path she wanted to follow as a woman. Maria could one day decide to pursue a career as a musician, the next an interior designer. She fell in love with the thrilling world of journalism and never looked at a different direction. She's not just an outstanding journalist but an example for women who want to succeed in a society that is dominated by males. Hers was the first journalist of female gender to be selected among the fifty Faces which Shaped this Decade. She is also a journalist and columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn (born Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn) is an American actress who is active on television, film and theater. An accomplished thespian, she has been performing professionally for her early teens for the past 27 years. She started her professional career in 1990, in a non Broadway production of The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. In the following year she was offered her first role on TV in The Perfect Tribute. When she was a supporting character in Basic Instinct Her career began to take off. In the film The Firm however that she was chosen as the leading female character for the first time, and this was also against famous actors such as Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the 90s, she collaborated with several prominent industry actors, including Gwyneth Palow in Sliding Door Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes Julie Andrews Relative Values. Recently she played Dr Alex Blake in the internationally popular police procedural crime drama Criminal Minds.