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. She is an extremely popular TV personality who has appeared on a variety of popular show. An experienced broadcaster who has more than two decades' experience reporting on business and the economy, she played a key role in aiding CNBC become one of television's most popular channels for business and the economy. The success of her journalistic work can be said to suggest that the woman was meant to be in this field. Yet as a young woman Maria was confused as to the best career choice. In one day, she was going to sing, and the next day or an interior designer. After she learned about the thrilling and exciting opportunities that journalistic work, she had nothing she could do but go. She's not just an excellent journalist, but also an example for women who wish to be successful in a field dominated by men. The first woman to join the Cable Hall of Fame, being named one of fifty Faces that Shaped Decade. She also is an author and columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn (born Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn) is an American actor who works on television, film and theater. An accomplished thespian, she has been performing professionally for over the past 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 had her debut TV role a year later. Her breakthrough for her career was in 1992, as she was a character in the film Basic Instinct. Then, in The Firm, she played the lead female role for the very first time. The film was filmed with Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the late 1990s, she collaborated with several top industry stars including Gwyneth Palow for Sliding Door Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes Julie Andrews Relative Values. In the international hit crime procedural Crime Minds Dr. Alex Blake was recently played by her.