Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo - the American television journalist and broadcaster who was among the first to broadcast live directly via the New York Stock Exchange - is renowned for several popular shows that have been extremely successful. Veteran broadcaster with more than 20 years experience of writing about business and economy, she played a key role in aiding CNBC grow into one of television's top channels for business and the economy. Her incredibly successful career as a journalist can be said to suggest that the female was always destined to work in the field. Maria was in a state of confusion as a young girl about which career path to pursue. At first, she would have liked to sing. In the end, she chose to pursue interior design. After she learned about the excitement and thrills that journalism offers, there was no stopping her. Not only is she a brilliant journalist but she is also an example to women looking to pursue a career within an industry that is heavily dominated by males. In addition to being one of "50 Faces of Decade" she was the first female journalist who was inducted into Cable Hall of Fame. She is also a journalist as well as a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn was born in the United States and is an actress who has been working professionally for over 27 years. From the age 27 she has performed as professional active as a thespian. In 1990, she performed her stage debut in an Off Broadway production in The Big Funk written by John Patrick Shanley. The Perfect Tribute. A year later, her television debut was The Perfect Tribute. The big break in her professional career happened in 1992, as she played a supporting character in Basic Instinct. The Firm marked her first role as a female leading actress. She was paired with Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s she collaborated with some of the biggest actors in the business, including Gwyneth Paltrow as Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. In the internationally acclaimed crime procedural Crime Minds the character Dr. Alex Blake was recently played by her.