Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

Maria Bartiromo - the American television journalist and broadcaster who was among the first to broadcast live directly from the New York Stock Exchange - is known for several of her highly successful shows. An experienced broadcaster who has more than twenty years of experience in covering business and the economy, she played a key role in helping CNBC to become one of the leading channels in business and the economy. One can only conclude that this lady is destined to be a journalist after her successful career. Yet as a young woman Maria was unsure of which career path to choose. One day she thought that she would become an interior designer. Once she discovered the thrills and excitement journalistic work, she had no stopping her. This feisty woman is not only a great journalist, she's also a role model to other women who are trying to make it in the masculine-dominated industry. Hers was the first journalist of female gender to be selected as one of fifty Faces who Shaped this Decade. As well as a writer and columnist Sheila is one of fifty faces who shaped The Decade.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn, an American actress who has worked in TV and film in theatre as well as film and television. An accomplished thespian, she is active in the professional world for her early teens for the past 27 years. Her career began in 1990 in an off Broadway show called The Big Funk, by John Patrick Shanley. The Perfect Tribute was her first TV appearance one year later. In 1992, she got her first role as a supporting character in Basic Instinct. It was the beginning of her successful profession. The Firm is where she began her career as the female star in the film alongside Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman. Through the 1990s, Gwyneth was a co-star alongside Hugh Grant on Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews for Relative Values. In the internationally acclaimed police procedural Crime Minds the character Alex Blake, the doctor. Alex Blake was recently as played by her.