I use as high SPF as I can get, and I live under a hat like a mushroom all the time. Someone said they're worried about their kids getting older and doing drugs, and I got this look of horror on my face and thought, 'What if my girls don't wear hats?' But at 13 months old, they could say 'hat.'

She is one of three daughters of Janet a teacher and Mark Cross a personnel manager. Her film credits include independent movies Bad Influence (1990) Always Say Goodbye (1996) Just Peck (2009) and Bringing Up Bobby (2011). In 1992 Cross won the role Dr.

Kimberly Shaw on Fox soap opera Melrose Place (1992–1997) and Bree Van de Kamp on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012).