Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

The first person to present live from the floors of the New York Stock Exchange Maria Bartiromo is an internationally renowned American television journalist who has many popular programs with her. She's a veteran broadcaster who has more than 20 years of reporting experience about the economy and business. Her contribution was vital in helping to make CNBC one of the top channels within this field. It's easy to understand that her hugely successful career as a journalist was meant to serve this purpose. As a teenager, Maria struggled to decide which profession she wanted to pursue. The next she wanted to become an interior designer. But when she discovered the joy journalism had to offer, there was never going back. Her swagger isn't only an outstanding journalist but she's also an inspiration for women aspiring to break into the male-dominated field. Named as one of the fifty Faces that Shaped the Decade she also became the first female journalist to be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. Additionally, she's a writer as well as a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American theater and film actress. A talented actress, she is active in the professional world for the age of 27. Her first professional role came in 1990 in a production in The Big Funk, a John Patrick Shanley off-Broadway play. One year later, she was cast in her debut TV role The Perfect Tribute. In 1992, she earned her big break by playing one of the characters in the film Basic Instinct. In the film The Firm however that she was chosen as the main female role for the first time. She was cast in the film alongside actors like Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the late 1990s she worked alongside some of the biggest actors in the business, including Gwyneth Paltrow's Sliding Doors Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. In recent times, she was the character Doctor. Alex Blake in Criminal Minds, the international hit police procedural.