Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo has been praised for her performance as an American television journalist. Her television shows are well-known and she was the first journalist to live report at the New York Stock Exchange. With over twenty years experience as a journalist, Bartiromo had a significant role in setting up the TV channel CNBC to become one of the leading companies in business and economic reportage. A highly successful journalist, her career is proof that she was always destined to be a journalist in this field. Maria struggled with picking a path she wanted to follow as woman. At first, she would have liked to sing. In the end, she chose to pursue interior designer. When she realized the joy journalism had to offer there was no turning to go back. She's not just a great journalist, but an example for women looking to make it in a society that is dominated by males. Hers was the first journalist of female gender to be selected in the list of 50 Faces which Shaped in the Decade. Also, she is an author and a journalist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actor in film and television and theatre. She's been a professional actor for over 27 years. She first appeared on stage as an actor in a production in 1990 of The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) on Broadway off-Broadway. The Perfect Tribute was her first role on TV a year after. The year was 1992 and she was enlisted as a supporting character in the movie Basic Instinct. It was the beginning of her successful professional career. The Firm is where she made her debut as a female actor opposite Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. The 90s saw her working with a number of top actors from Hollywood, including Gwyneth paltrow and Hugh Grant. In the internationally acclaimed police procedural Crime Minds, the character of Dr. Alex Blake was recently played by her.