Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to live broadcast in the New York Stock Exchange. There are a variety of well-known shows under her belt. An experienced broadcaster with more than 20 years of experience covering economics and business, she played an integral role in the establishment of television channel CNBC as among top-rated within the economic and business segment. An extremely successful journalist her professional career proves that she was always destined to be a journalist in this field. Maria had a difficult time deciding which path she should follow as an adult woman. One day she thought that she would be an interior decorator. But when she discovered the joy journalism had to offer, there was no going at her. Apart from being a superb journalist, she is an inspirational figure for girls who want to achieve success in an overwhelmingly male-dominated world. Hers was the first female journalist ever to be named as one of fifty Faces which Shaped in the Decade. As well as a writer and columnist Sheila is one of fifty faces who shaped the Decade.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been an American actress in the film industry as well as stage since the end of the 1970s. A gifted thespian, she has been active in the professional world for the last 27 years. She started her professional career in 1990, in a non Broadway production of The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. The show was later adapted to her first TV role, The Perfect Tribute. In 1992 she got her first big break by being a part of Basic Instinct as a supporting role. The Firm was the film in which she was the lead female for the first time and for the only moment. This was opposite Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and others. In the 90s, she worked with a number of top actors from Hollywood, like Gwyneth Paltrow and Hugh Grant. She played Dr. Alex Blake on the popular international police procedural thriller Criminal Minds.