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Marcia Cross

  • Birthplace: Marlborough, Massachusetts
  • Birthday: March 25, 1962

Marcia Cross is one of those classically-trained actors who then find themselves playing delicious, yet hardly Shakespearean, characters on daytime and primetime soap operas, while pursuing more substantial roles on stage. The attractive redhead found herself alternating between repertory work and TV Sturm und Drang almost from the outset of her career. After graduating from Juilliard in the early 1980s, she made her debut on ABC's soap "The Edge of Night" before segueing to the same network's "One Life to Live". She…more

Career Milestones

  • 2004

    Cast as Bree Van De Kamp, the picture-perfect Stepford wife in the ABC series Desperate Housewives ; received Golden Globe (2005, 2006, 2007) and Emmy (2005) nominations for Best Actress in a Comedy Series

  • 2002

    Played Dr. Linda Abbott on the drama Everwood

  • 1992 to 1997

    Played Dr Kimberly Shaw on the Fox primetime soap Melrose Place

  • 1991

    Primetime TV series debut, Knots Landing (CBS)

  • 1990

    Feature film debut as James Spader s fiance in Bad Influence

Awards

  • 2006

    Screen Actors Guild: Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series

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