Eva Longoria is one of Hollywood's top A listers as she continues her success with one of the most watched shows on television, Desperate Housewives. Eva Longoria was born on March
15, 1975 in Corpus Christi, Texas to
Enrique Longoria Jr. and Ella Eva Mireles, both Mexican-American parents. She grew up in a Catholic oriented family with three older sisters, Elizabeth, Emily, and Esmeralda. She graduated from Roy Miller High School and went on to Texas A&M University at Kingsville to study and receive her Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. Not only doing very well in her studies, Eva was also very involved in beauty pageants and contest and in 1998, she was crowned "Miss Corpus Christi, USA". After finishing her degree in Kinesiology, Eva entered a talent contest which won her a trip to Los Angeles where she was spotted because of her stunning beauty and acting ability and signed by a theatre agent.
In 2000, Eva got her first television guest roll on the very popular series, Beverly Hills 90210. Although it was a brief appearance, Eva landed another guest appearance on the already popular soap opera General Hospital. After the initial performance on General Hospital, producers noticed her talent and she later in the year got a starring roll in the popular american soap opera, The Young and the Restless. In the show, Eva played a psychotic character named Isabella Brana Williams.
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