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Marcia Anne Cross is an American actress. She began her career on daytime soap operas such as The Edge of Night, Another World, and One Life to Live before moving to primetime television with a recurring role on Knots Landing. From 1992 to 1997, she starred as Dr. Kimberly Shaw on Melrose Place. Cross played the role of the conservative housewife Bree Van de Kamp on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives (2004–12), for which she was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, and a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also recurred as President Claire Haas on the ABC series Quantico.
Birth Name
Marcia Anne Cross
Born
Sunday, 25 March 1962
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Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Monarch | Skyler Samms | 2022 |
| CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | Self | 2021 |
| Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 2021 |
| The Secret of Karma | Goddess / The Boss | 2020 |
| Soundtrack | Gigi's Mom | 2019 |
| Jane the Novela | Renata | 2019 |
| You | Jean Peck | 2018 |
| 25 Words or Less | Self - Contestant | 2018 |
| Youth & Consequences | Principal Cowher | 2018 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Monarch | Skyler Samms | 2022 |
| CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | Self | 2021 |
| Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 2021 |
| The Secret of Karma | Goddess / The Boss | 2020 |
| Soundtrack | Gigi's Mom | 2019 |
| Jane the Novela | Renata | 2019 |
| You | Jean Peck | 2018 |
| 25 Words or Less | Self - Contestant | 2018 |
| Youth & Consequences | Principal Cowher | 2018 |
| This Close | Blythe | 2018 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | Self | 2016 |
| Quantico | Claire Haas / President Claire Haas | 2015 |
| Bringing Up Bobby | Mary | 2011 |
| The Nate Berkus Show | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Just Peck | Cheryl Peck | 2009 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | 2008 | |
| Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| The Megan Mullally Show | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Infanity | Self | 2005 |
| Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Self | 2005 |
| The 59th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2005 |
| Desperate Housewives | Bree Van de Kamp / Bree Hodge | 2004 |
| The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Herself - Guest | 2003 |
| Dr. Phil | Self - Guest | 2002 |
| Everwood | Dr. Linda Abbott / Linda Abbott | 2002 |
| Dancing in September | Lydia Gleason | 2001 |
| Living in Fear | 2000 | |
| Living in Fear | Rebecca Haussman / Rebecca Hausman | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Julia Fairmont | 2000 |
| Strong Medicine | Linda Loren | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Charmaine Briggs | 1999 |
| The King of Queens | Debi Ross / Debi Haller | 1998 |
| Target Earth | Karen Mackaphe | 1998 |
| Ally McBeal | Myra Robbins | 1997 |
| The View | Herself - Guest | 1997 |
| Always Say Goodbye | Anne Kidwell | 1997 |
| Female Perversions | Beth Stephens | 1996 |
| Profiler | Pamela Martin | 1996 |
| Spin City | Joan Calvin | 1996 |
| All She Ever Wanted | Rachel Stockman / Rachel Scottman | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Herself / Self | 1996 |
| Ned and Stacey | Diana Huntley | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Katherine Woods | 1995 |
| Touched by an Angel | Lauren Bradley | 1994 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Burke's Law | Leslie Dolan | 1994 |
| Boy Meets World | Rhiannon Lawrence | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest / Herself - Guest | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Guest / Herself - Guest | 1993 |
| Melrose Place | Dr. Kimberly Shaw / Kimberly Shaw / Dr. Kimberly Shaw Mancini / Betsy Jones / Rita / Betsy Johnson | 1992 |
| Raven | Carla Dellatory | 1992 |
| Pros and Cons | Lynn | 1991 |
| Herman's Head | Princess Gillian | 1991 |
| Storm and Sorrow | Marty Hoy | 1990 |
| Bad Influence | Ruth Fielding | 1990 |
| Booker | Sherrie Binford | 1989 |
| Seinfeld | Dr. Sara Sitarides | 1989 |
| Doctor Doctor | Lesley North | 1989 |
| Quantum Leap | Stephanie Heywood | 1989 |
| Almost Grown | Lesley Foley | 1988 |
| Jake and the Fatman | Marci Terrel | 1987 |
| George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation | Anne Bingham | 1986 |
| It's Garry Shandling's Show. | Christine | 1986 |
| The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | Sarah Hite | 1986 |
| Brass | Victoria Willis | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Marci Bowman | 1984 |
| Who's the Boss? | Kelly | 1984 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Marie Alcott | 1983 |
| Cheers | Susan Howe | 1982 |
| Knots Landing | Victoria Broyelard / Victoria Broyard | 1979 |
| The Edge of Night | Liz Correll / Liz Corell | 1956 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2007 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 2006 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 2005 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 2005 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
