Marcia Cross was born to Mark and Janet Cross in Marlborough, Massachusetts, on March 25, 1962. She showed early promise as an actress and even studied at Julliard.

In the early years of her acting career, Marcia became a staple on soap operas. She starred in such shows as The Edge of Night, Knots Landing, and One life to Live.

Her career really took off when she was cast as Dr. Kimberly Shaw on the hit series Melrose Place. Her character started off as a little disturbed, but after six years on the television show, her character had turned psychotic. Marcia had to pull from the inner depths of her acting ability in order to play one of the roles of a lifetime.

After Melrose Place, in 1997, Marcia took some time off from major television series and guest starred on such television shows as Seinfeld.

At the same time she studied for her Master’s Degree in Psychology at Antioch University in Los Angeles.

She spent a single year on the hit television show Everwood before she was offered the role of a life time as Bree Van De Kamp on Desperate Housewives (2004). Marcia plays the woman trying to be the perfect housewife, constantly baking, cleaning, and taking care of her family. Her image is more important to her than anything and this can get her into some trouble. She has helped make Desperate Housewives one of the premier shows in America.

Along with Desperate Housewives, Marcia Cross has received nominations for such awards as the Emmy, Golden Globe, Golden Satellite Award, and the Television Critics’ Association Award. In 2005 she won the Screen Actors Guild Award.

The best thing to happen to Marcia is possibly the marriage to her husband, Tom Mahoney and the birth of twin daughters Savannah and Eden on February 20, 2007.