Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to live broadcast at the New York Stock Exchange. She is the host of several popular show to her name. Broadcasting veteran with more than twenty years of experience reporting about business and economy she was instrumental in the establishment of television channel CNBC as among top-rated within the economic and business segment. Maria's phenomenally successful journalistic profession suggests that she was destined for the field. Maria when she was young was not sure of her career choice. Maria would one day want to become a musician, later be an interior designer. But when she discovered the excitement that journalism has to offer there was no turning to go back. Not only is she an outstanding journalist but an inspiration for women looking to make it in a world dominated by men. Named as one of the 50 Faces that Shaped the Decade she also became the first ever female journalist to be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. As well as an author and columnist, Sheila is one of the 50 Faces That Shaped The Decade.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American film television and theatre actress. An accomplished thespian, she is active in the professional world for the last 27 years. In 1990, she performed her stage debut in an Off Broadway production from The Big Funk written by John Patrick Shanley. In the following year she was cast in her first TV role in The Perfect Tribute. Her career launched when she was cast as a character in the film Basic Instinct. It was in the movie The Firm however that she was chosen as the female lead for the very first time. She was cast in the film alongside stars like Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s she collaborated with some of the top names in the field, such as Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. In the most recent episode, she played in the role as Alex Blake, Dr. Alex Blake in Criminal Minds.