Marcia Cross Biography

Marcia Cross, Actress

Birthdate: March 25, 1962

Birthplace: Marlborough, Massachusetts

Sign: Aries

Marcia Anne Cross was born March 25, 1962 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. A Juilliard School graduate, she began her TV career in 1984 on the CBS soap opera "The Edge of Night." From 1986 to 1987, she worked on another soap, ABC's "One Life to Live," playing Kate Sanders.

In 1992, she took up the role as the unbalanced Dr. Kimberly Shaw. Shaw was easily one of the most popular characters on the show, and Cross held on to the role until 1997. She has guested on several popular shows like "Seinfeld," "Cheers," "Boy Meets World," "Ally McBeal," "Spin City," "King of Queens" and others. In 2004, she landed the role she is probably best known for - Bree Hodge on the hit "Desperate Housewives." She has been nominated for several Golden Globe and SAG Awards for the role.

Cross, who has a master's degree in psychology from LA's Antioch University, is very passionate about psychology and therapy, and in Nov. 2005 appeared on the cover of the UK's Psychologies magazine. Cross' experienced the death of long-time companion Richard Jordan in 1993, when he died of a brain tumor. In 2006, Cross married stock broker Tom Mahoney. In 2007, the couple gave birth to fraternal twin girls, Eden and Savannah. The twins, a product of in vitro fertilization, were baptized at Trinity Episcopal Church.