Dana Delany Desperate

[Brian Damage]

Desperate Housewives star Dana Delaney is keen to become a real-life desperate housewife for the first time - at 51. The actress insists she has been more than happy leading the single life, despite romances with actors Treat Williams and Henry Czerny, but now she's ready to wed.

She tells More magazine, "Marriage has never been a big deal for me, but I think I'm ready now. Before, I wanted adventures. I feel like, in some ways, I was smarter than anybody - I got to have all the fun in the world, to experience a lot of people, and figure out what I really like. I got to evolve. Now I know what makes me happy."

But Delany won't be rushing up the aisle with the next guy she falls for - she has a Mr. Right in mind.

She explains, "I like people who are still actively creating in their life, who aren't set. I don't feel like I'm set."

And she's convinced she's a good catch: "I don't have any baggage, for better or worse. I don't have any plants or pets or kids. I can lock the door and go. I need to be with somebody for whom that's OK."