Lesley Ann Brandt and Maria Bartiromo

Lesley Ann Brandt was a South African model and actress born on December 2nd 1981. Her most prominent role is in TV and films. Brandt started out her acting in the New Zealand comedy Diplomatic Immunity. Then, she landed her first American part as Naevia in Spartacus: Blood and Sand as Naevia. The actress has appeared on numerous television series over the course of the last decade, such as Spartacus: Gods of the Arena CSI: NY Single Ladies, and The Librarians. Brandt is currently playing Mazikeen, a character in Tom Ellis Lauren German Kevin Alejandro's urban fantasy Lucifer. Brandt was was raised in Cape Town South Africa and then moved to Auckland New Zealand with her family when she was in her teens. She began her career as a model, appearing in print advertisements and commercials. Prior to when she was a model with a protracted career she worked as a salesperson working in retail and an information-technology recruitment consultant. In the New Zealand sitcom Diplomatic Immunity in which she played Leilani F'auigaese in 2009, her first major role was taken on. The first time she appeared on screen was in 2021 when she played the part of a slave girl Naevia in the Starz series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Naevia's role is also reprised by her in the Spartacus miniseries Spartacus Gods of the Arena. Craig Parker starred alongside her on three shows that aired on television: Diplomatic Immunity (2009), Spartacus (2010), and Legend of the Seeker (2008). She also began playing an enigmatic bounty hunter called Mazikeen on the Netflix series Lucifer. The role is her most prominent so far. In the show, she is co-starring with Tom Ellis Lauren German Kevin Alejandro as well as D. B. Woodside.

Maria Bartiromo - the American television journalist who was the first broadcaster to broadcast live at the New York Stock Exchange - is well known and has many very well-loved programs. With over twenty years experience as a journalist, Bartiromo was instrumental in setting up the TV channel CNBC to be one of leading companies in economic and business reportage. It's clear the fact that her remarkable profession as a journalist was destined for her. Yet as a young woman Maria was unsure of the best career choice. She had dreams of becoming a singer one day and an interior designer the next. But when she discovered the excitement that journalism has to offer, she had no intention of going at her. She is a renowned journalist, and an inspiration to women trying to make it in a male-dominated world. She was the first female journalist to be named in the list of fifty Faces who Shaped this Decade. She's also a writer and columnist.