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 television journalist to broadcast live at the New York Stock Exchange. An experienced broadcaster with more than two decades of experience in covering economics and business, she played an integral role in the establishment of television channel CNBC as being among top-rated on the market in the economy and business segment. It is easy to see the fact that her life of success being a reporter was destined to be for women. Maria was a bit unsure when choosing which career path to take as an adult woman. She would dream of being singing one day, then become an interior designer in the next. Once she discovered the thrilling and exciting opportunities that journalism brings, there was nothing she could do but go. This feisty woman is not only a great journalist, she's also an example for other women who strive to succeed in a men-dominated field. The first journalist of female gender to be selected as one of 50 Faces that Shaped the Decade. As well as a writer and columnist Sheila is also one of the 50 faces that shaped The Decade.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn (born Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn) is an American actor who works in both film, television and the theater. From the age 27 she has been a professionally active thespian. Her first appearance on the stage in a 1990 production of The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) in off-Broadway. The Perfect Tribute was her debut TV role a year after. In 1992, she was a supporting character in the film Basic Instinct, her career took off. The Firm is where she made her debut as a female actor in the film alongside Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. In the 90s, she worked alongside some of the top actors in Hollywood, like Gwyneth Paltrow as well as Hugh Grant. She was the role of Dr. Alex Blake on the popular international police procedural drama Criminal Minds.