Marcia Cross

Marcia is an American veteran actress who has been in the industry since 1984 when she was in her early twenties. Though she started acting professionally in 1984, she started acting since she was a kid. Marcia is best known by her work in soap operas like One Life to Live, The Edge of Night and Another World. After several years working as a soap star, she moved to primetime television where she got roles in TV series like Desperate Housewives. Her work in television has earned her several awards nominations a testament to her impressive work.

Well, how well do you know about Marcia Cross? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Marcia Cross’s net worth in 2021, her age, height, weight, boyfriend, husband, kids, biography and complete details about her life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Marcia Cross to date.

Biography and Early Life

Marci Ann Cross was born on 25^th March 1962 in Massachusetts, U.S. Her father Mr. Mark Cross worked as a personnel manager while her mother Janet used to work as a teacher. She is one of the three daughters to her parents who raised them in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Besides their names, nothing much is known about her sisters Ellen Cross and Susan Cross. Marcia’s parents are of Irish and English descent making her of the same descent. Marlborough is an industrial city in the US and most of people who lived and worked there were middle income earners just like Marcia’s parents.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Marcia Cross in 2021 and what is her height and weight? Well, Marcia Cross’s age is 59 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 25 March 1962. Though, she is 5′ 8″ in feet and inches and 178 cm in Centimetres tall, she weighs about 132 lbs in Pound and 60kg in Kilograms. Her eye color is Green and hair color is Blonde.

Education

Being born and raised in Marlborough, she got her early education there and later joined Marlborough High School. She graduated from Marlborough High School in 1980 and luckily, she received a half-scholarship to The Juilliard School. She attended The Juilliard School graduating in 1984 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.

After being in the career world for more than 10 years, she felt she needed to go back to school to upgrade her studies. She did so by joining Antioch University of Los Angeles in 1997 and graduated in 2003 with a master’s degree in psychology.

Marcia loved performing when she was still young and she therefore joined Ceil Sharon School of Dance where she took dance and piano classes. At high school she was the school’s mascot at school games. She started her official drama in the school play titled The Witch of Blackbird Pond.

Personal Life: Dating, Boyfriends, Husband, Kids

Marcia Cross had a long-time relationship with actor Richard Jordan. Although Jordan was 25 years older than her, they had a very lovely bond until Jordan’s demise in 1993 from a brain tumor. This was a big hit for Marcia and it took her time before she could commit herself to another relationship.

In 2006, she finally made up her mind to give love another chance and she tied the knot with stockbroker Tom Mahoney. Soon after their wedding, she underwent in-vitro fertilisation and was blessed with two fraternal twin daughters named Savannah and Eden who were born in 2007. The twins were born a few weeks to her 45^th birthday making them the best birthday present she has every received.

Is Marcia Cross Lesbian?

Marcia Cross is definitely not a lesbian. She has been married to Tom Mahoney for more than 10 years now and before that, she was in a long-time relationship with actor Richard Jordan. This is enough to prove that she is only interested in men.

Professional Career

Her television career debut was on The Edge of Night which was a soap opera aired in 1984. She was cast as Liz Correll which was a recurring role. Later, she relocated to Los Angeles from New York which opened better doors for her in different television roles. These include The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James as a co-star alongside Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash.

In 1986, she was cast on One Life To Live where she appeared as Kate Sanders. This was an ABC day time soap opera that aired from 1986 to 1987. She was later featured in many other shows some of which include; Melrose Place, The King of Queens, Touched by an Angel, SCI, Boy Meets World, Strong Medicine and Who’s the Boss among many others.

Awards

Her work as an actress has been highly celebrated. This is evident in the number of awards and nominations she has received over the years. These include; five Screen Actors Guild Awards winning two of them. To add on these, she has also received three Golden Globe Awards, an Emmy Award and a Satellite Award among others.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Marcia Cross in ’2021’

Cross has been featured in many projects before she became part of Desperate Housewives. However, it seems that she only talks about her earnings on Desperate Housewives per episode which is a whopping $375,000. This has highly increased her current net worth which is approximately $35 million as of 2021.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• In September 2018, she revealed that she was receiving treatment for anal cancer. Few months later, she explained she had decided to confess this as a way of “putting a dent in the stigma”. She also wanted to create awareness about the HPV infection which is known to cause ovary, cervix, throat, anus and penis cancer.

It feels good to be famous and to succeed in your career, but this would not be enough without seeing the fruits of your hard work. For Marcia, she has not only enjoyed great recognition as an actress but she has also earned a great fortune. Therefore, we can comfortably say she is a successful actress.