Marcia Cross

 Marcia Anne Cross was born on the 25th of March 1962. She was a part of daytime soap operas such as The Edge of Night, Another World, and One Life to Live prior to moving into primetime television, with a recurring role on Knots Landing. She was a part of Melrose Place as Kimberly Shaw from 1992 until 1997. Cross was the housewife Bree Van de Kamp in the ABC series Desperate Housewives, which ran from 2004 to 2012. She received three Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in the field of Comedy Series. Cross played a frequent role in the role of the President Claire Haas in the ABC series Quantico. She is an English-Irish and was born in Marlborough. Janet Cross is a teacher, and Mark J Cross (1923-2021) are her parents. Cross was raised Catholic. She graduated from Marlborough High School, 1980. She also received the Juilliard half-scholarship. Cross finished college in 1984, earning the degree of B.F.A. in Acting.Cross returned to Juilliard in 1997 and earned a master's degree in psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles in 2003.