who played bree van de kamp in desperate housewives
Marcia Cross
title: Bree Van de Kamp text: Bree Van de Kamp Bree Weston (née Mason, previously Van de Kamp and Hodge) is a fictional character and one of the four protagonists on the ABC television series "Desperate Housewives". She is played by actress Marcia Cross, who has received multiple awards and nominations for her portrayal, including an Emmy Award nomination, three Golden Globe Award nominations, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Cross' portrayal of Bree has been widely praised by critics and fans. Cross originally auditioned for the role of Mary Alice Young, but series creator Marc Cherry thought she was better suited for the role of title: Bree Van de Kamp text: dolls of the series' main characters, including Bree. Bree Van de Kamp Bree Weston (née Mason, previously Van de Kamp and Hodge) is a fictional character and one of the four protagonists on the ABC television series "Desperate Housewives". She is played by actress Marcia Cross, who has received multiple awards and nominations for her portrayal, including an Emmy Award nomination, three Golden Globe Award nominations, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Cross' portrayal of Bree has been widely praised by critics and fans. Cross originally auditioned for the role of Mary Alice Young, but series creator Marc Cherry thought title: Bree Van de Kamp text: Bree. Dana Delany, who eventually was cast as Katherine Mayfair, was originally chosen for the role but turned it down, saying it was too similar to her role in "Pasadena". Bree's main struggle throughout the series has been her attempts to maintain a perfect life despite various obstacles such as widowhood, divorce, and alcoholism hindering her. She has been married three times; to Rex Van de Kamp (Steven Culp), Orson Hodge (Kyle MacLachlan), and Trip Weston (Scott Bakula). Bree Van de Kamp is one of the four main protagonists in "Desperate Housewives". Bree grew up in Rhode Island when her title: Pilot (Desperate Housewives) text: the role include Courteney Cox, Calista Flockhart, Mary-Louise Parker, and Sela Ward. Julia Louis-Dreyfus also expressed interest in the role, but network executives felt she was not right for the part. Cherry offered the role of Bree Van de Kamp, a "perfect homemaker" reminiscent of "The Stepford Wives", to Dana Delany three times. Delany rejected the role, as it was too similar to her character on "Pasadena", but would later join the series in its fourth season as Katherine Mayfair. Marcia Cross was later cast as Bree. Roma Downey, Jeri Ryan, and Stacey Travis were also considered for the role, title: Dana Delany text: the actress worked on a nationwide nurse recruitment program in 1990 called the McMurphy project. In 2007, Delany appeared in the films "A Beautiful Life", "Camp Hope", and "Multiple Sarcasms". Delany initially declined the offer to play one of the four "Desperate Housewives" principal characters, Bree Van De Kamp, saying it was too similar to her role on "Pasadena". The show became a popular prime-time soap opera with substantial ratings. But in 2007 she was again offered a role by producer Marc Cherry, this time as a supporting housewife, and she joined the cast of the well-established series for the