Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

The first broadcaster to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Maria Bartiromo is an acclaimed American television journalist, with several highly popular shows under her belt. She's a veteran broadcaster with more than 20 years of reporting experience about the business world and economics. Her contribution was vital in making CNBC one of the top channels within this field. Her highly successful journalistic career can be said to suggest that the woman was meant to be in this field. Yet as a young woman Maria was very confused about which career path to choose. In the beginning, Maria would have liked to sing. Then she switched to interior designer. Once she discovered the excitement and thrills that journalism brings, there was nothing she could do but go. Not only is she a great journalist however she serves as an example to women who are looking for a job within an industry that is heavily which is predominantly male-dominated. First woman ever to enter the Cable Hall of Fame, and named as one of fifty Faces who Shaped Decade. Apart from being writer, columnist and broadcaster, Ms. Ayala is also an freelance journalist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has been an American actress in the film industry as well as on stage since the latter part of 1970. A gifted thespian, she has been actively involved in professional theatre for the last 27 years. The first time she appeared on the stage as a character in the production The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) in off-Broadway. As a character in The Perfect Tribute, she had her debut TV role the following year. The big break in her professional career happened in 1992, as she played a supporting character in Basic Instinct. It was in the movie The Firm however that she was cast as the leading female character for the very first time and that too opposite stars like Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. In the 90s, her work was a collaboration with Hollywood's top actors like Gwyneth as in Sliding doors Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes as well as Julie Andrews Relative Values. She recently played Dr. Alex Blake in the internationally famous crime drama that is a police procedural Criminal Minds.