Eva Jacqueline Longoria was born March 15, 1975 and is a Mexican American actress who has performed in both Film and Television. Eva Longoria may be best known for her role in the ABC Television series Desperate Housewives.


Eva Longoria's Early Life
Eva Longoria was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, to a Mexican American family. As a child, Eva believed she was adopted because she was the only one of all her parents children to have dark features (skin tone and eye color). Eva Longoria received her Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology at Texas A&M, Kingsville. During this time she won the title of Miss Corpus Christi, USA in 1998. After completing college, she entered a talent contest which would lead her to Los Angeles, shortly after she was spotted and signed by a theatrical agent.




Eva Longoria's Career


Eva Longoria landed her first television role in 2000, guest starring in an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. It was a humble beginning, but there would soon be more work. Another guest appearance in General Hospital the same year preceeded her big break in popular American soap The Young and the Restless, in which she played psychotic Isabella Brana Williams from 2001 to 2003 and she was listed in People en Español’s "Most Beautiful People" for 2003. After leaving Y&R, Eva Longoria was seen on the now-canceled Dragnet. Although it lasted only two seasons, the show gave Eva Logoria another leading star credit to her name. Following Dragnet, she starred in two ill-fated productions - Señorita Justice - a poorly received Straight-to-Video film and a TV Movie titled The Dead Will Tell.

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