Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo - the American television journalist and broadcaster who was the very first to broadcast live from the New York Stock Exchange - is well-known for a number of her extremely successful programs. Over the course of her twenty-year career as a journalist, Bartiromo was instrumental in setting up the TV channel CNBC as one of the leading companies in business and economic reporting. It's clear that her incredible career in journalism was destined for the woman. Maria was a bit unsure when choosing which career path to follow as a woman. At first, she was aspired to become a performer. Later she became an interior designer. Her interest was drawn by the excitement of journalism, and has never looked at her back. She's not only a great journalist, she's also a role model for women trying to make it in the men-dominated field. She was the first female journalist ever to be named among the fifty Faces which Shaped the Decade. Along with being a columnist and author, Sheila is one of the 50 Faces That Shaped The Decade.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress in TV and film and theatre. At the age of 27 she has performed as a professionally active thespian. She made her acting debut on stage during an off-Broadway production of The Big Funk by John Patrick Shanley in the year 1990. Then, in The Perfect Tribute, she was given her first TV appearance the following year. In 1992, her acting career started when she was commissioned as a character in the film Basic Instinct. The Firm is where she made her debut as the female star in the film alongside Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. In the 1990s, Gwyneth worked with Hugh Grant on Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews for Relative Values. In the internationally acclaimed police procedural Crime Minds Dr. Alex Blake was recently as played by her.