Eva Longoria
Biography
Eva Longoria
is on the fast track to stardom with her return to primetime as
the star of the new ABC series Desperate Housewives, where she portrays
Latin sexpot Gabrielle Solis. Just voted by Variety as one of the
"Ten New Faces to Watch" this Fall, as well as one of
USA Today's "Fall TV's Hot 11" and TV Guide's "New
Faces of Fall," Longoria also co-stars in the recent CBS movie-of-the-week
The Dead Will Tell. Last season she starred on L.A. Dragnet, Emmy
Award-winning producer Dick Wolf's modern-day take on the classic
police drama. Voted one of Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100"
for 2004 (and part of Maxim's 2005 calendar), one of People en Espanol's
"25 Most Beautiful People," and winner of an ALMA Award
for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama, this Young and the Restless
alum proves that talent and versatility pave the way to success.
On Desperate
Housewives, Longoria plays a glamorous, former runway model married
to the handsome, sexy Carlos. In this dark comedy that looks at
the sexy, insidious and incredibly secretive lives of the inhabitants
of a neighborhood cul-de-sac, Gabrielle is "desperate"
because all of her teenage dreams did come true and yet she still
hates her life. She has learned too late that what she wanted and
what she got are not the ingredients to happiness, and she deals
with her husband's cold disapproval by having a fling with their
17-year old gardener.
In The
Dead Will Tell, which aired in October, Longoria played a quirky
psychic named Jenny, whose mental abilities play an intricate part
in resolving a long overdue, unsolved murder. On the critically
acclaimed L.A. Dragnet, she played Detective Gloria Duran, a keen
observer, well trained in psychology. "I was so excited to
work opposite veteran actor Ed O'Neill and to have the opportunity
to portray a detective who not only exhibits a tough exterior, but
shows her sexy, feminine strength at the same time," Longoria
acknowledges.
Longoria
also flexes her comedic muscles in Hot Tamales Live, a critically
lauded comedy/variety show in which she both stars and co-produces.
Hot Tamales Live performs regularly at The Comedy Store and consistently
sells out its performances whenever they perform across the country.
Hot Tamales Live is available on DVD/videocassette and pay-per-view.
Previously she celebrated her theatre debut in the popular comedy
farce, What the Rabbi Saw. Acknowledging her "comedic flair,"
Back Stage West proclaimed "Eva Longoria is sensational."
The youngest
of four sisters who grew up on a ranch in Corpus Christi, Texas,
Longoria attended Texas A&M-Kingsville, where she received a
Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. After graduating from
college, she entered a talent contest that brought her to Los Angeles,
where she was spotted and subsequently signed by a theatrical agent.
Her timing couldn't have been better, and she was determined to
see where her acting dreams would take her.
Eva Longoria Filmography
The Sentinel (2006)
Harsh Times (2006)
"Desperate Housewives" (2004) TV Series .... Gabrielle
Solis (2004-)
Carlita's Secret (2004) .... Carlita
The Dead Will Tell (2004) (TV) .... Jeanie
"Off Topic with Carlos Watson" (2004) TV Series
Señorita Justice (2004) (V)
"Dragnet" (2003) TV Series .... Det. Gloria Duran (2003)
... aka L.A. Dragnet (USA: new title)
Snitch'd (2003) (V) .... Gabby
"The Young and the Restless" (1973) TV Series .... Isabella
Braña Williams (2001-2003)
... aka Y&R (USA: promotional abbreviation) |
