Marcia Cross

Soap operas on American TV brought fame to this actress. The heroines of Marcia Cross are most often women with a far from angelic character, a difficult fate, and not faceless, dull characters. For this reason, the producers of the Melrose Place series saw Marcia as an ideal candidate for the role of Kimberly Shaw, which brought the actress fame. And the next was the main role - Bree Van de Kamp in the TV series "Desperate Housewives", after which Cross overtook an avalanche of world popularity.

Marcia Ann Cross was born on March 25, 1962 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Father Mark Cross worked as a HR manager, mother Janet Cross is a teacher. All 3 daughters of the couple - Susan, Marcia and Ellen - received a rigorous Catholic education.

Marcia - the middle of three sisters - became interested in acting at school. In the 6th grade she played in the production of "The Witch of Blackbird Pond". The girl's teacher, seeing her abilities, began to encourage the development of the student's acting talent and convinced her to continue her education in this direction.

After graduating from high school in 1980, Marcia moved to New York and enrolled in the Juilliard School, one of America's largest higher education institutions in the arts and music. After 4 years, she received a bachelor's degree and went to storm the castings.

Almost immediately, the aspiring artist managed to enter the world of television. In 1984, she was cast as Liz Correll in CBS's long-running project At the Threshold of Night. The series has been on American TV since 1956 and has become a launching pad for such stars as John Travolta, Julianne Moore, Kate Capshaw, Mark Rydell, and others.

After the closure of the project on "On the Threshold of the Night", Cross in search of new opportunities moved to Los Angeles, closer to the world of big cinema. Here the girl played the role of Victoria Willis in the detective series "Brass" (1985). Another project was a reason for great joy - Marcia got her first leading role in the series "Pros and Cons" (1986), appearing before the audience in the form of Lynn Erskine.

In the same year, the girl was invited to the popular TV drama "One Life to Live", which is a continuation of the once famous TV series "Dallas". Sometimes in the filmography of the actress flicker and film works, for example, the role of Ruth Fielding in the thriller by Curtis Hanson "Bad Influence" (1990).

Tired of a series of small roles, the actress in 1992 thanks heaven for unexpected luck. Marcia was approved for the well-known prime-time project Melrose Place. Cross's heroine, Dr. Kimberly Shaw, appeared in Episode 11 of Season 1 and immediately grabbed the attention of viewers with both her flamboyant hair color and her eccentric behavior.

Kim - the lover of the protagonist Michael Mancini - goes through incredible plot conflicts. This is adultery, and the abduction of a child, and a terrible car accident, and a coma, after which a woman develops a mental disorder, a split personality. In her madness, Kimberly begins to take revenge, blows up the same mansion in Melrose Place, she herself becomes a victim of a kidnapping. In the end, the heroine of Marcia dies of a brain disease, having played 5 seasons brilliantly.

The success of the Melrose Place series in the 90s was incredible, the project was purchased and translated for dozens of other countries. It is no wonder that it became a turning point in the careers of many of the participating actors. Among them was Marcia Cross. Interrupted by rare roles in episodes, after the role of Kimberly Shaw, the actress became a real TV star.

However, after a successful project, the artist's career did not immediately take off. There was a period of some creative lull, which Cross used for personal development. In 1997 she went to study psychology at the University of Los Angeles - Antioch. Meanwhile, Marcia continued to act. Played an episode in several TV series ("Ned and Stacy", "Touched by an Angel", "Beyond the Possible").

In 2003, the actress received a psychology diploma and at the same time an invitation to a new project - "Widower's Love". Cross played Dr. Linda Abbott for 18 seasons. Well, the next step in her creative biography is the starring role in the TV series Desperate Housewives.

The plot of the new TV drama focuses on the lives of 4 American housewives living in a prestigious neighborhood on Wisteria Lane. The heroine of Marcia Cross - Bree Van de Kamp - is obsessed with perfectionism. She is an excellent hostess and cook, always well-groomed and welcoming. The husband is a successful businessman, the children are smart and beautiful. According to Bree, she managed to create that very ideal family. However, soon the “rainbow” picture fades: the husband is a pervert, the son is gay, and the daughter is a future single mother. With all this, Bree will have to cope and find her personal happiness.

The series ran on American TV with incredible success for 8 seasons: from 2004 to 2010. For her role in Desperate Housewives, Marcia Cross was nominated three times for the prestigious Golden Globe Awards.

After the series, Marcia Cross and her co-stars Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman and Teri Hatcher became superstars and style icons. Marcia was more than once suspected of abusing plastic, but the actress admitted that the secret of her beauty is in proper nutrition and sports.

Since 1985, Marcia has lived in a civil marriage with the American theater and film actor Richard Jordan, who was 25 years her senior. The man died in 1993 from a brain tumor.

For a long time, nothing was known about the actress's personal life. But in 2006, fans were pleasantly pleased with the unexpected news: Marcia married stock broker Tom Mahoney. And in 2007, after the IVF procedure, the couple had twin daughters Eden and Savannah. Pregnancy and childbirth did not affect the artist's luxurious figure (height 174 cm, weight 67 kg).

In 2010, the husband of the actress was diagnosed with cancer, but the man was cured. And in September 2018, Marcia herself informed fans about a similar illness by posting a photo without hair on Instagram. Later, the actress wrote that the disease had receded, but the road to recovery was difficult.

Now, when the actress is recovering from a serious illness, her acting schedule is not as busy as in her youth.

According to sources, Marcia Cross is involved in the television projects Youth & Consequences and So Close.

1985 - "One Life to Live" 1989 - "Gay Company" 1992 - "Quiet Wharf" 1992-1997 - "Melrose Place" 1997 - "Ned and Stacy" 1999 - "Beyond the Possible" 2003-2004 - "Widower's Love "2004-2012 -" Desperate Housewives "2015-2018 -" Quantico "

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Marcia cross Net Worth 2021

Marcia cross 's revenue is $1.3M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Marcia cross and could vary in the range between $585.8K - $1.8M.

Marcia cross Net Worth 2020

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Marcia cross Net Worth 2019

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Marcia cross Net Worth 2018

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Marcia cross Net Worth 2017

Marcia cross 's revenue is $1.5M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Marcia cross and could vary in the range between $672.3K - $1.5M.

Marcia cross Net Worth 2016

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Marcia cross Net Worth 2015

Marcia cross 's revenue is $1.8M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Marcia cross and could vary in the range between $960.9K - $1.4M.

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