Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo was the first American journalist to live broadcast on the New York Stock Exchange. She is the host of several highly acclaimed show to her name. With more than twenty years of experience in the field of journalism, Maria Bartiromo played an important role in the establishment of the television channel CNBC to become one of the most prominent in economic and business coverage. A highly successful journalist, her work proves she was always meant to pursue a career in the field. As a teenager, Maria struggled to decide which career she wanted. She would dream of being a singer one day and become an interior designer in the next. The excitement of journalism was just too compelling for her not to take it seriously. She is not only a great journalist, but an example to women looking to make it in a society dominated by men. The first woman to be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame, being named one of fifty Faces Who Shaped Decade. She also is an author and a columnist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American actor in the field of film and television as well as a theatre actress. She has been a professional actor for the past 27 years. She began her career in 1990 in an off Broadway show called The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. The Perfect Tribute was her debut TV role a year after. In 1992, she earned her big break by being a part of the film Basic Instinct as a secondary character. The Firm marked her first performance as a leading female actress, opposite Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Over the course of the 90s Gwyneth was a co-star alongside Hugh Grant on Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews for Relative Values. In the past, she played Dr. Alex Blake in the internationally famous crime drama that is a police procedural Criminal Minds.