Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to broadcast live at the New York Stock Exchange. She is the host of several highly acclaimed programs under her belt. An experienced broadcaster who has more than two decades' experience writing about business and economy, she was instrumental in aiding CNBC to become one of the most popular channels for business and the economy. It is obvious that she is bound to become a journalist once she has completed her successful career. Maria had a difficult time picking a path she wanted to pursue as a woman. The next she wanted to become an interior designer. The excitement of journalism was just too compelling for her not to take it seriously. Alongside being a superb journalist, she is an inspiration to girls who want to succeed in an overwhelmingly male-dominated world. She was the first journalist of female gender to be named as one of 50 Faces who Shaped this Decade. As well as a writer and columnist Sheila is also one of the 50 Faces That Shaped The Decade.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American actor in the field of film and television as well as a theatre actress. A gifted thespian she has been active professionally from the last 27 years. She began her career in the year 1990 with an off Broadway show called The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. Her next role was her first role on television, The Perfect Tribute. The big break for her career was in the year 1992, when she acted as a support role in the movie Basic Instinct. The Firm marked her first part as a female lead actress, opposite Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Throughout the 1990s she worked with some of the top actors in the business, including Gwyneth Paltrow on Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. She portrayed Dr. Alex Blake on the well-known international crime thriller Criminal Minds.