Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo, an American journalist on television and the first broadcaster to live directly from the New York Stock Exchange floor live. She's a widely acclaimed television personality with several well-known programs. An experienced broadcaster with more than twenty years of experience covering economics and business, she was instrumental in the establishment of television channel CNBC as one of top-rated within the economic and business segment. The lady's highly successful journalism profession suggests she was born for journalism. In her teens, Maria had a hard time deciding which career she wanted. The next she wanted to become an interior decorator. Journalism was just too compelling for her to leave out. This feisty woman is not just a fantastic journalist; she's also an example for women trying to be successful in a male-dominated field. Along with being named one of the fifty faces that shaped the decade, she is the first female journalist to ever be inducted into Cable Hall of Fame. Also, she is a writer as well as a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn was born in America. She is an actress who has worked professionally for 27 years. At the age of 27 she has been a professionally active thespian. The first time she appeared on the stage as a character in a 1990 production of The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) Off-Broadway. As a character in The Perfect Tribute, she had her debut TV role one year later. In 1992, when she was cast as a back-up character in Basic Instinct Her career began to take off. For The Firm, she played the role of lead female for the first time. She was cast opposite Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s her career was a collaboration with Hollywood's top actors like Gwyneth on Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews Relative Values. In the hit international police procedural Crime Minds the character of Dr. Alex Blake was recently performed by her.