Eva Longoria - Biography, Profile

Eva Jacqueline Longoria Parker is a American film and television actress. She was born Eva Jacqueline Longoria in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 15, 1975 and she has three older sisters: Elizabeth, Emily, and Esmeralda.

Longoria landed her first television role in 2000, guest-starring in an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 .

Longoria was married to General Hospital star Tyler Christopher from 2002 to 2004. On November 30, 2006, she became engaged to Spurs point guard Tony Parker , she married him in 2007.

She now plays Gabrielle Solis in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives .

In January 2007, Longoria was chosen to be the first face of Bebe Sport. She appeared in the Spring/Summer 2007 campaign, photographed by Greg Kadel. The actress also holds model contracts with L’Oreal and Hanes, New York & Co, and Magnum Ice-Cream.

She has also become a nationally recognized model after appearing in several high-profile advertising campaigns and numerous men’s magazines, reaching #14 in the FHM “Sexiest Women 2008” poll and ranked #1 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2006 list.

Eva Longoria had us with one gaze from her big hazelnut eyes and a smile from her delicate mouth. It doesn’t help that her legs perfectly bronzed, of course are to die for, and that she has a body that makes her role as a former model believable.

She starred as a psychic in the 2004 made-for-TV movie The Dead Will Tell, and was cast as the lead in the 2004 film Carlita’s Secret. In 2006, Eva Longoria starred in Harsh Times with Christian Bale . She was also Nominated for Golden Globe Award .