Marcia Cross was born on March 25, 1962, raised in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Marcia Cross is the daughter of parents Mark and Janet, and the sister of siblings Susan and Ellen. She always wanted to be an actress since child days, so she set out to have a career in acting.

Marcia holds a Master's degree in psychology from L.A.'s Antioch University and studied at The Juilliard School, New York, New York as well. On August 30, 1993, Marcia's longtime partner, actor Richard Jordan (born July 19, 1938) died of a brain tumor. Marcia has not dated anyone seriously since his death.

She explored in her career in 1984, when given chanceto be a part of the cast of the daytime soap opera "The Edge of Night" (1956). Has won the Screen Actors Guild Award 2005 in the category "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series", and has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award 2005 and Golden Satellite Award 2005 in the categories - "Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy" and "Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical" respectively, for her outstanding performance in the film "Desperate Housewives". She shares a birthday with Sarah Jessica Parker and "Desperate Housewives" (2004) co-star Brenda Strong.

Part of her most relaxing activities is having sex all day in a cool place. She wants to have sex with her partner in different places like along side beach, swimming pool and inside her car she wants a sex situation that has a adrenaline rush, because for that it doubles her pleasure, this girl want's a adventurous sex life. She also wants to look to herself while having sex because she want's to see her hot sexy body while she is on top of her partner. Cross always want her to be on top because she wants to handle the drive and hold that pressure to reach her climax.