Maria Bartiromo and Jeanne Tripplehorn bio

First person to broadcast live from the floors of the New York Stock Exchange Maria Bartiromo is an internationally acclaimed American television journalist, with several highly popular shows under her belt. Broadcasting veteran with more than twenty years of experience reporting about business and economy she was instrumental in the establishment of television channel CNBC as being among top-rated within the economic and business segment. Highly successful as a journalist, her career is proof that she was always destined to be a journalist in this field. As a teenager, Maria was unable to determine what career path she would like to pursue. She was then tempted to be an interior decorator. Her interest was drawn by the excitement of journalism and didn't look back. She is not only a brilliant journalist but she also serves as an inspiration for women looking to pursue a career in an industry which is predominantly male-dominated. Hers was the first female journalist ever to be selected among the 50 Faces which Shaped in the Decade. Aside from her work as a columnist, author and a broadcaster she is a journalist, author and broadcaster. Ayala also works as an freelance journalist.

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American film television and theatre actress. Thespian Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn has worked as a professional actor for 27 years. Her first appearance on stage as a character in a 1990 production of The Big Funk (John Patrick Shanley) in off-Broadway. Then, in The Perfect Tribute, she had her debut TV role one year later. Her breakthrough in her career came about in 1992, as she acted as a support character in the film Basic Instinct. The Firm was the film where she became the leading lady for the first and sole moment. The film was in competition with Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and others. Through the 1990s she collaborated with some of the top names in the field, such as Gwyneth Paltrow on Sliding Doors, Hugh Grant in Mickey Blue Eyes and Julie Andrews in Relative Values. Recenty, she played Dr Alex Blake (a police procedural-crime drama) in Criminal Minds.