Eva Longoria

Actor

Eva Longoria is known to TV viewers as Gabrielle Solis, the perpetually unsatisfied sexpot from the series Desperate Housewives (also starring Teri Hatcher and Felicity Huffman). Longoria's acting career started in 2000, with guest roles on daytime and primetime soap operas, including Beverly Hills, 90210. From 20012003 she was a regular cast member of TV's The Young and the Restless, and in 2003 she starred in the shortlived series Dragnet. The success of Desperate Housewives catapulted Longoria to mainstream celebrity status and led to a multitude of magazine covers and TV appearances, as well as to Longoria being cast in the feature films Harsh Times (with Christian Bale) and The Sentinel (with Michael Douglas).

Extra credit: Longoria became a spokeswoman for L'Oreal beauty products in 2005... She became engaged to Tony Parker, a guard for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, in November of 2006.

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