Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

The first person to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Maria Bartiromo is an acclaimed American television journalist, with many highly-rated programs to her name. With more than twenty years of experience as a journalist, Maria Bartiromo played an important role in establishing the television channel CNBC as one of the most prominent in economic and business reporting. It's easy to recognize that her highly successful career in journalism was meant for the woman. Maria was confused as a young girl about which career path to choose. She imagined being singing one day, then become an interior designer in the next. She was captivated by the thrilling world of journalism and didn't look back. This feisty woman is not only a great journalist, she's also a role model to other women who are trying to succeed in a male-dominated field. Named as one of the 50 Faces that Shaped the Decade she also became the first journalist of female gender to be recognized as a member of the Cable Hall of Fame. She also is an author and a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American film television and theatre actress. Thespian Jeanne Marie Triplehorn has been working professionally for 27 years. She began her career in 1990 in an off Broadway production of The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. As a character in The Perfect Tribute, she had her debut TV role the following year. Her breakthrough for her career was in the year 1992, when she was a character in the film Basic Instinct. The Firm marked her first role as a female leading actress, opposite Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s, Gwyneth collaborated together with Hugh Grant on Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews for Relative Values. Recenty, she played Dr Alex Blake (a police procedural-crime drama) in Criminal Minds.