Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to broadcast live in the New York Stock Exchange. She has a number of highly acclaimed shows under her belt. A veteran broadcaster with over twenty years of experience in reporting on business and the economy, she was instrumental in aiding CNBC grow into one of television's top channels for economics and business. Maria's highly successful journalism profession suggests she was born for this field. Maria when she was young, was unsure of her choice of career. She would dream of being singing one day, then an interior designer the next. Journalism was just too compelling for her to leave out. She is not only an outstanding journalist, she is she is also an example for women who dream of making it big in a male dominant world. Apart from being among the list of "50 Faces of Decade" she was also the first female journalist inducted into Cable Hall of Fame. Also, she is an author and a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn (born Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn) is an American actress who is active on television, film and theater. A gifted thespian she is active in the professional world for her early teens for the past 27 years. Her career began in 1990, in a non Broadway production of The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. The Perfect Tribute. A year later, her television debut was in The Perfect Tribute. In 1992 her career was established when she was offered for a part in the movie Basic Instinct. The Firm is where she began her career as the female star in the film alongside Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. Over the course of the 90s Gwyneth collaborated together with Hugh Grant on Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews for Relative Values. Recently, she was the role of the character of Dr. Alex Blake in Criminal Minds.