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Eva Longoria was born on March 15, 1975, in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is the youngest of Four sisters.Eva shockingly was considered "the ugly duckiling" of the family,her sisters teased her for being the only one in the family with dark skin, dark eyes and dark hair.

She felt drawn to acting but still kept up her studies in high school. After graduating high school she attended Texas A&M University-Kingsville and earned her Bachelor of Science in kinesiology.

Eva was discovered in 1998, when she entered the Miss Corpus Christi contest and won. She was spotted by a theatrical agent who signed her immediately.She moved to LA to try her hand at acting.

Her first acting gig was in a play called " What the Rabbi Saw", after this she landed a guest role on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 2000.

Her first big break was on The Young and the Restless, as Isabella Brana Williams in 2001. She was on the show for two years, Eva won an ALMA (American Latino Media Arts) Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama.

She then starred in the movie "Snitch'd" in 2003, a bomb about two rival gangs in Santa Ana, California.Eva starred in and co-produced the hit live show, Hot Tamales Live: Spicy, Hot and Hilarious. The variety show, which also aired on pay-per-view, was a hit.

Eva married fellow soap opera star Tyler Christopher (of General Hospital fame) in 2002, only to divorce in 2004.

In 2003, she landed the role of Detective Gloria Duran in Dick Wolf's L.A. Dragnet. Unfortunately, the show was short-lived, but its cancelation only opened the door to bigger and better things for her.

In october 2004 she landed the role on desperate housewives.During the show's first successful season in 2004, Eva divorced Tyler Christopher and hooked up with former 'N Sync star JC Chasez.

Eva Longoria also 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 and her rolein the film Harsh Times, co-starring Christian Bale released 2006.

It looks like things can only keep getting better for Eva!

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