Eva Longoria Wiki, Biography, Age, Net Worth, Contact & Informations

Eva Longoria
Wiki, Biography, Age, Net Worth, Contact & Informations

Here you can learn about Eva Longoria’s career and private life curiosities, read the latest news, find all the awards she has won and watch photos and videos.

PERSONAL DATA OF EVA LONGORIA

Age: 46 years old
Height: 157 cm
Born in: Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Born on: 15/03/1975

BIOGRAPHY OF EVA LONGORIA

Eva Longoria was born on March 15, 1975 in Corpus Christi, Texas. During her adolescence she embarked on a modeling career, despite her height of 157 cm and in 1998 she won the title of Miss Corpus Christi USA. After college with a degree in kinesiology, she entered a competition for young talent and that’s how she landed in Los Angeles, where she was spotted by a theatrical agent. However, he does not stop studying, in fact while attempting several auditions, he obtains a master’s degree in Chicano Studies at California State University.

Eva’s first role is an extra in an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 in 1999 and in these years they will be mostly all minor roles until 2003, when he joins the cast of the revival series Dragnet as Detective Gloria Duran. In the same year he made his film debut with Snitch’d (2003), to which it follows Señorita Justice (2004), a low-budget film where she once again finds herself playing a detective.

The turning point in Longoria’s career came in 2004, when she was cast for the character of Gabrielle Solis, one of the protagonists of the successful series Desperate Housewives, which will keep her busy for eight seasons until 2012. The role of desperate housewife allows her to win a Teen Choice Award, a People’s Choice Awards and a Golden Globe nomination. Meanwhile, performances on the big screen increase with the thriller The Sentinel (2006) and as an antagonist in the comedy The ghost bride (2008). For most of her career, Longoria, given her facial features, played characters of South American origins, such as Tulita in the Mexican Cristiada (2012) or Celeste in The Baytown Outlaws (2012).

In 2015 he resumed his place on TV as the protagonist in the series Hot & Bothered, in which she is Anna Sofia, star of a Spanish soap opera without knowing a word in Spanish; this aspect reflects the life of Longoria herself who, despite being the daughter of Mexican-American parents, did not learn the Spanish language until 2009. In 2018 she is the best friend of Anna Faris in comedy Overboard, while the following year she plays the role of Eva, mother of Dora, in the live-action Dora and the lost city (2019), adaptation of the animated series Dora the explorer.

The actress is known for her philanthropic activity and in 2006 founded Eva’s Heroes, an organization aimed at helping disabled children, but also supports other associations that deal with abused children. He also has the Eva Longoria Foundation to his credit, aimed at bridging the educational gap that afflicts and faces Latin civilizations in misery. She is also active on the political front especially with regard to immigration and to combat political discrimination she has started the Latino Victory Project to collect votes for South American candidates.