Marcia Cross
Biography
Marcia Cross is an American actress. She grew up in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and studied at Juilliard. Her first screen work came in the 1980s on daytime serials such as One Life to Live, The Edge of Night and Another World. She went on to primetime soap roles in Knots Landing and Melrose Place, playing Kimberly Shaw in the latter. Her films include Bad Influence (1990), Bringing Up Bobby (2011) and Just Peck (2009). Cross became widely known for playing Bree Van de Kamp on Desperate Housewives from 2004 to 2012. That part earned her a Satellite Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, along with three Golden Globe nominations and an Emmy nomination. She later took the recurring part of President Claire Haas on Quantico, appearing from 2015 to 2017.
64years old
Turns 65 on March 25in 134 days
- Born Marlborough
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Marcia Anne Cross
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 25 years1986 to 2011
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Early training
Cross finished at Marlborough High School in 1980 and got a half-scholarship to Juilliard. In 1984 she earned a B.F.A. in Acting, completing college.
A change of course
In 1997 Cross went back to school, and in 2003 she earned a psychology master's degree from Antioch University Los Angeles.
Marcia Cross movies on Netflix
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Worked with
Marcia Cross made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Kris Kristofferson's page
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Frances Fisher's page
John C. McGinley's page
All films by Curtis Hanson
Susan StreitfeldDirector, 1 film, 1996
All films by Susan Streitfeld
All films by Famke Janssen
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