Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo has been praised for her role as an American TV journalist. Her shows are very popular and she is the first journalist to live report from the New York Stock Exchange. A broadcasting veteran with over twenty years of experience covering economics and business, she played an integral role in the establishment of television channel CNBC as being among the most prestigious in the business and economy segment. The success of her journalistic work makes one believe that the lady was destined for this particular field. Maria was a bit unsure when picking a path she wanted to pursue as an adult woman. One day she would want to be a singer one day she would want to be or an interior designer. Her interest was drawn by the exciting world of journalism, and has never looked at her back. This feisty woman is not only a great journalist, she's also an example for other women who strive to be successful in a masculine-dominated industry. As well as being listed as one of the fifty women who defined the decade, she's the first journalist of female descent to be a part of the Cable Hall of Fame. Along with being a columnist and author, Sheila is among the 50 faces that shaped The Decade.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been an American actress in the film industry, TV and stage since the end of the 1970s. She's been an professional actor for 27 years. Her first appearance on stage as a character in the production The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) on Broadway off-Broadway. In the following year she was offered her first television role, The Perfect Tribute. Her biggest break for her career was in 1992 when she was a character in the film Basic Instinct. It was in the movie The Firm however that she was cast as the female lead for the very first time, and this was also against famous actors such as Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. The 1990s saw her professional career was a collaboration with Hollywood's top stars such as Gwyneth in Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews Relative Values. In the international hit crime procedural Crime Minds the character of Dr. Alex Blake was recently as played by her.