Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo - the American television journalist and broadcaster who was one of the first broadcaster to stream live through the New York Stock Exchange - is renowned for several popular shows that have been extremely successful. An experienced broadcaster who has more than 20 years experience of writing about business and economy, she was instrumental in making CNBC grow into one of television's leading channels in business and the economy. It is easy to see that her highly successful career as a journalist was destined specifically for women. Maria struggled with picking a path she wanted to follow as an adult woman. In one day, she was going to become a musician, the next day or an interior designer. However, once she experienced the thrill journalism has to offer there was no turning at her. Apart from being a great journalist the feisty girl is also an inspiration to young women who wish to succeed in a predominantly male world. The first journalist of female gender to be recognized in the list of fifty Faces that Shaped in the Decade. In addition to being a writer and columnist Sheila is also one of the 50 Faces That Shaped the Decade.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress who has worked in film and television and theatre. A gifted thespian, she has been actively involved in professional theatre since the past 27. Her stage debut came in 1990 with an Off-Broadway version of The Big Funk directed by John Patrick Shanley. The Perfect Tribute. A one year later, her TV debut was in The Perfect Tribute. In 1992 her career was launched when she was cast for a part in Basic Instinct. The Firm was the film where she became the leading lady for the first and sole moment. This was opposite Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman as well as others. Throughout the 1990s she worked alongside some of the most renowned actors in the business, including Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. Recenty, she played Dr Alex Blake (a police procedural-crime drama) in Criminal Minds.