Marcia Cross Image Collection
by Abbey on Aug.16, 2010, under Actress, Gallery, updates
Marcia Cross (born March 25, 1962) is an American actress best known for her role as Bree Van de Kamp on Desperate Housewives as well as Dr. Kimberly Shaw on Melrose Place.
Marcia graduated from the Juilliard School in New York, and earned a master’s degree in psychology at Antioch University Los Angeles. Marcia began her television career in 1984 on the soap opera The Edge of Night. Cross then moved from New York to Los Angeles, and soon landed roles in television movies such as The Last Days of Frank and Jessie James, co-starring with Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. In 1986 Marcia joined the cast of the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live, where she played Kate Sanders, until 1987.
Marcia guest-starred on the 13th season of Knots Landing as the wife of Pierce Lawton (Bruce Greenwood). Cross spent a lot of her screen-time on the show confronting Paige Matheson, played by her future Desperate Housewives co-star Nicollette Sheridan.
Marcia was cast as Dr. Kimberly Shaw on the FOX drama series Melrose Place in 1992. Initially cast for one episode, she so impressed the producers that they kept bringing her back for more episodes. Although starring in every episode from the end series 2 onwards until her departure from the show, she wasn’t billed in the opening credits until series 4. Cross’ character started off as a love interest for the character of Dr. Michael Mancini, but gradually became more and more mentally unbalanced, providing some of the show’s most memorable moments, which included blowing up the apartment building, trying to kill Michael, and stealing her neighbor Jo’s baby. Marcia left the show in 1997, after five seasons, with her character dying.
Source: Wikipedia
