Marcia Cross Biography

Fast Facts

• Became interested in acting when she performed in her first school play, a sixth-grade production titled The Witch of Blackbird Pond
• Guest starred as Rebecca Howe's sexy sister Susan in an episode of Cheers
• Was cast by Aaron Spelling for an un-sold pilot in 1989
• Spelling cast her once again, this time more successfully, in 1992 to play Dr
• Kimberly Shaw on the hit prime-time soap Melrose Place
• Took a break from acting after Melrose Place to earn her Master's Degree in psychology
• Landed a career-revitalizing role in 2004 on ABC's hit Desperate Housewives
• Supports several charitable causes, including the Revlon Run/Walk, which raises money for breast-cancer research