It is March 15, 1975 that the famous Eva Jacqueline Longoria was born in Corpus Christi, a coastal city in South Texas, in a family of Mexican origin. She grew up on the family ranch, surrounded by her three sisters which sometimes lead a hard life: her dark eyes, black hair and olive skin, exceptional in the family, are still the subject of jokes. At the end of high school, Eva Longoria began studying kinesiology at Texas A & M Kingsville leads it brilliantly. But the way it was drawn by fate is far removed from kinesiology. Attracted by the entertainment, the young woman decides to enter the contest she won Miss Corpus Christi in 1998. Encouraged by this success, she moved and settled in Los Angeles.
During a talent show, an officer's remark, and immediately committed. The roles are linked together easily, and 2000 appears to be of very good sign. Time of an episode, Eva Longoria plays a stewardess in the cult hit Beverly Hills, before getting a small role in General Hospital. She then joined the company 68 Cent Crew to play in the play What The Rabbi Saw. His first major role, she gets into a dinosaur from soap operas, the hit series The Young and the Restless, a role which she keeps for three long years. His remarkable interpretation of the disorder Isabella Braña Williams earned him to receive, in 2002, ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in most Soap Opera category.
The year 2002 was a year of luck for her: January 20, in The Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, she said yes to Tyler Christopher, television star she met on the set of General Hospital. In 2003, the beautiful Texas, leaving the cast of the Restless , and began producing Hot Tamales Live: Spicy, Hot and Hilarious , a satirical and multicultural at the aptly named. It has a small role in Snitch'd , film James Cahill , and is selected to play Detective Gloria Duran in the series LA Dragnet , which, if not hearing, is quickly stopped. Would he be discouraged because of this? No, because, in 2004, without her knowing, the day that Marc Cherry contacted her to offer him the script of a new series with an unpronounceable name, the gates of glory are finally open for her.
Funny story: when the creator of Desperate Housewives asked what she thought of the scenario, the pretty brunette replied, with his natural aplomb, she has no idea, having read the passages involved her character. What other actress could have as easily summarize the character of selfish and narcissistic character proposed? Eva Longoria is Gabrielle Solis , the former model who deceives his terrible temper rich husband without remorse. Although the series recounts the adventures fairly crazy five housewives as sexy as ready for anything, none of the lead actresses is less awareness of the Latin bomb. This sudden popularity allows him to be invited on trays as prestigious as those of Oprah Winfrey and Jay Leno.
But if his career is a triumph, on the chest, nothing works, and his marriage to Tyler Christopher, who degrades slowly to reach a divorce Jan. 19, 2005. The sadness will not be long in order, since that year, she won three awards for his role in the phenomenally successful series: the Screen Actors Guild, the Teen Choice Award, and the Horizon Award. In 2005, she became an ambassador of L'Oreal and life has not stopped him smile. One evening, nice girl, he is a good idea to accompany his father to a match of his favorite basketball team, the Spurs. The result is worthy of a fairy tale. When the match ended, Mr. Longoria and her daughter are invited to meet the players behind the scenes.
During the conversation, the attention of the young woman is challenged by an accent she loves: What's the French who try to English. This is Tony Parker , the team's flagship player from San Antonio, who also charmed by the sight of the beautiful actress, decides to invite him to dinner with his father. A month later, the two young men have their first tryst. But his romance with basketball player does not make him losing his hard work, and in 2006 we see on the big screen alongside Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland in The Sentinel. She married Tony Parker July 7, 2007 in France. Since then she began to learn French.