List of roles and awards of Marcia Cross

American actress Marcia Cross has appeared in a variety of television and film productions, most notably as Bree Van de Kamp in the ABC soap opera Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she twice consecutive won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and was also nominated for an Emmy, three Golden Globes and two Satellite Awards.

Cross in 2014

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The Edge of Night	Liz Correll	Daytime soap opera
1986	Tales from the Darkside	Marie Alcott	Episode: "Strange Love"
	Another World	Tanya	Daytime soap opera
1986–1988	One Life to Live	Kate Sanders	Daytime soap opera, series regular
1988	Almost Grown	Lesley Foley	Episode: "Pilot"
1989	Cheers	Susan Howe	Episode: "Sisterly Love"
	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Christine	Episode: "Ruth's Place"
	Booker	Sherrie Binford	Episode: "Razing Arrizola"
	Who's the Boss?	Kelly	Episode: "Mother and Child Disunion"
	Doctor Doctor	Lesley North	Episode: "Bachelor Doctor"
1990	Quantum Leap	Stephanie Heywood	Episode: "Good Night, Dear Heart"
1991	Jake and the Fatman	Marci Terrel	Episode: "You Don't Know Me"
	Pros and Cons	Lynn	Episode: "Murder Most Perfect"
1991–1992	Knots Landing	Victoria Broyelard	7 episodes
1992	Herman's Head	Princess Gillian	Episode: "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
	Murder, She Wrote	Marci Bowman	Episode: "Ever After"
1992–1997	Melrose Place	Kimberly Shaw	Recurring in seasons 1-3, series regular in 4 and 5, 114 episodes
1993	Raven	Carla Dellatory	Episode: "Death Games"
1995	Burke's Law	Leslie Dolan	Episode: "Who Killed the Highest Bidder?"
1997	Seinfeld	Dr. Sara Sitarides	Episode: "The Slicer"
	Ned & Stacey	Diana Huntley	3 episodes
1999	Touched by an Angel	Lauren Bradley	Episode: "The Whole Truth and Nothing But"
	Boy Meets World	Rhiannon Lawrence	3 episodes
	The Outer Limits	Kate Woods	Episode: "Summit"
2000	Profiler	Pamela Martin	Episode: "Proteus"
	Spin City	Joan	Episode: "Hello Charlie"
	Ally McBeal	Myra Robbins	Episode: "Girls' Night Out"
2001	Strong Medicine	Linda Loren	Episode: "Impaired"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Julia Fairmont	Episode: "Organ Grinder"
2002–2003	The King of Queens	Debi	Episodes: "Window Pain" and "Golden Moldy"
2003–2004	Everwood	Dr. Linda Abbott	Regular role, 18 episodes
2004–2012	Desperate Housewives	Bree Van de Kamp	Lead role
2005	Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List	Herself	Episode: "Out & About"
2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Charmaine Briggs	Episode: "December Solstice"
2015–2017	Quantico	Claire Haas	Recurring role
2018	Youth & Consequences	Principal Cowher	Web series, recurring role
2019	This Close	Blythe	Episode: "No Place Like Home"
	Soundtrack	Gigi's Mom	Episode: "Track 8: Gigi and Jean"
	The Edge of Sleep	Tracy	Web series, 5 episodes
	Jane the Novela	Renata	Unaired television series
2021	You	Jean Peck	Episodes: "W.O.M.B" and "Red Flag"
2022	Monarch	Skyler Samms	3 episodes

TV films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Brass	Victoria Willis	CBS television movie
1986	George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation	Anne Bingham
	The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James[1]	Sarah Hite	NBC television movie
1989	Just Temporary	Amy	Television movie
1990	Storm and Sorrow	Marty Hoey	Lifetime television movie
1994	M.A.N.T.I.S.	Lila McEwan	Fox television movie
1995	Mother's Day	Denise	Television movie
1996	All She Ever Wanted	Rachel Stockman	ABC television movie
1998	Target Earth	Karen Mackaphe
2000	Dancing in September	Lydia Gleason	HBO television movie
2001	Living in Fear	Rebecca Hausman	Lifetime television movie
	Bad News Mr. Swanson	Doctor Knoll	Unsold television pilot
2002	Eastwick	Jane Spofford

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Stephen King's Golden Tales	Marie Alcott
1990	Bad Influence	Ruth Fielding
1996	Ripple	Ali	Short film
	Always Say Goodbye	Anne Kidwell	Direct-to-video
	Female Perversions	Beth Stephens
2002	Bank	American Actress	Unfinished film
2003	The Wind Effect	Molly	Short film
2009	Just Peck	Cheryl Peck	Direct-to-video
2011	Bringing Up Bobby	Mary
2014	Fatrick	Arlene	Short film
2016	All the Way to the Ocean	Narrator
2020	The Secret of Karma	Goddess

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Golden Globe Awards	2005	Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy	Desperate Housewives	Nominated	[2]
	2006			Nominated
	2007			Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards	2005	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated
Satellite Awards	2005	Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy)		Nominated
	2006			Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2005	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Won
	2006			Won
	2007			Nominated
	2008			Nominated
	2009			Nominated
TCA Awards	2005	Individual Achievement in Comedy		Nominated