Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo has been praised for her performance as an American television journalist. Her shows are very popular and she is the first television journalist to live report on the New York Stock Exchange. Broadcasting veteran with more than twenty years of experience reporting about business and economy she was instrumental in establishing the TV channel CNBC as among the most prestigious in the business and economy segment. It is easy to see the fact that her life of success in journalism was designed for the woman. Maria, as a girl, was unsure of the career path she wanted to pursue. She was then tempted to become an interior decorator. However, once she experienced the thrill journalism has to offer there was no going to go back. She is not only a great journalist, but an example for women looking to make it in a field that is dominated by males. Apart from being among the list of "50 Faces of Decade" she was the first female journalist who was inducted into Cable Hall of Fame. Along with being a columnist and author, Sheila is among the 50 faces that shaped the Decade.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn was born in the United States and is a professional actress who has been working professionally for over 27 years. An accomplished thespian, she has been active professionally from the last 27 years. Her acting debut was on stage with an off Broadway production called The Big Funk by John Patrick Shanley in the year 1990. As a character in The Perfect Tribute, she had her debut TV role the following year. When she was cast as a back-up character in Basic Instinct Her career began to take off. The Firm was the film where she became the leading lady for the first and only time. This was opposite Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and many others. Through the 90s Gwyneth collaborated together with Hugh Grant on Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews for Relative Values. She portrayed Dr. Alex Blake on the popular international police procedural drama Criminal Minds.