Eva Longoria
Eva Longoria was born on March 15, 1975 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Enrique Longoria, Jr., and Ella Eva Mireles Longoria. She has three older sisters.
She went to Miller High School in Corpus Christi and attended Texas A&M University-Kingsville, graduating with a degree in Kinesiology.
In 1996, she won the Miss Texas A&M University-Kingsville pageant.
Her first professional acting experience came as a flight attendant on the TV show Beverly Hills 90125, then received the full time part of Isabella Braña Williams the following year in the daytime soap opera Young and the Restless. For her performance, she won the ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama.
In January 2002 she married Tyler Christopher the marriage ended three years later in divorce in July 2005.
Although she has appeared in other movies, television shows and theatre, her big break came in 2004 when she landed the role of Gabrielle Solis in the hit show Desperate Housewives. Herself and the cast of the show won the 2005 Screen Actor’s Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared with Andrea Bowen, Ricardo Chavira, Marcia Cross, Steven Culp, Jamie Denton, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Cody Kasch, Jesse Metcalfe, Mark Moses, Nicollette Sheridan, and Brenda Strong)
In 2004 she also showed her acting talent on the big screen in Carlita’s Secret, for which she was nominated for the DVDX Award for Best Actress.
Eva has been listed at the #1 spot in Maxim’s Top 100 List for 2005. In 2005 she has also been signed as the L’Oreal image girl.
Besides modeling and her role on Desperate Housewives, this busy actress also stars in two movies being released next year, Harsh Times with Christian Bale and The Sentinel with Michael Douglas.
Other interests an hobbies: Salsa dancing and all types of sports.
Filmography :
*The Sentinel (2006)
When a plot to assassinate the President is discovered, a Secret Service agent who’s having an affair with the First Lady becomes the main suspect.
* Foodfight! (2006)
When the lights are turned off and the doors are locked, chaos reigns supreme for the products in this grocery store.
*Harsh Times (2006)
A tough-minded drama about two friends in South Central Los Angeles and the violence the comes between them.
*Carlita’s Secret (2004)
Eva Longoria (DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) stars as the title character in this steamy thriller. A young, beautiful, and talented woman, Carlita stands a good chance of fulfilling her ambition of being a Broadway star, until one fateful night in a Miami club when both her innocence and her dreams are shattered. Caught in the crossfire of a gunfight she had nothing to do with, Carlita is wrongly accused of murder and forced underground by both the police and the culprits. Changing her name and identity, she becomes the most popular entertainer in South Beach; she waits for the moment when she can clear her name without risking death or imprisonment. Playboy Playmate Alejandra Gutierrez also stars.
*Desperate Housewives (2004)
[TV-Series 2004-????]
Out of nowhere, suburban housewife Mary Alice Young takes her own life, then narrates the events that follow for us. The focus is on her four friends; there’s man-hungry single mother Susan Mayer, ex-career woman and now mother of four Lynette Scarvo, Martha Stewart-on-steroids Bree Van De Kamp, and Gabrielle Solis, who has everything she’s ever wanted but still can’t find happiness. From her heavenly perch, Mary Alice sees all and offers her own twisted take on the weekly goings-on.
*Seסorita Justice (2003)
Anna Rios (Eva Longoria) took herself from a tough neighborhood to the life of a big-time attorney. After suffering a personal tragedy, however, she changed careers to become a member of the Miami police department—all in the name of revenge. Now, using her sex appeal and deadly feminine wiles, no crook is going to escape her clutches.
*The Young and the Restless (1973)
[TV-Series 1973-????]
Set in Genoa City, Wisconsin, The Young And The Restless is the thirty-year-old soap that centres on the saga between two wealthy families (the Newmans and the Abbotts) in the cosmetics industry. Head of the Newman clan is Victor Newman, the arrogant, cavorting billionaire and his wife Nikki; and running the Abbott show is Jack Abbott, the irresponsible, playboy CEO and his sister Ashley. Most of the show is centred on the competition between the two companies: Victor’s Newman Enterprises and the Abbotts’ Jabot.
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