Multi-talented Eva Longoria – actress, model, entrepreneur. The Latina beauty, who worked tirelessly for her Tinseltown break, is now a fully minted member of the A-list since her lead role in the US show Desperate Housewives made her a household name, and her hard graft and ambition have certainly paid off.
Eva aspires to be a model but gets rejected from fashion agencies for being 5″2 — too short to walk runways. She wasn’t even a standard-issue beauty, either. The ugly duckling, if you will — a phrase I truly detest. Of her childhood on a Texas farm as the youngest of four sisters, Elizabeth Judina, Emily Jeannette, and Esmeralda Josephina, she said: ‘Me decían la prieta fea, which is Spanish for the ugly dark one.
Eva Longoria Career
But when quirky US comedy drama Desperate Housewives first made its way onto the world stage in 2004, there was one particularly spiky character who bowled over hearts around the globe. The affair between the sultry Gabrielle Solis and the toyboy gardener certainly set tongues wagging in all the right places throughout the first season of the show, quickly making actress Eva Longoria a-list fame and fortune.
The sultry beauty had been somewhat of a household name before she became a global sensation with the hit ABC show, although many didn’t know who the star was before her role as Gabrielle. The star’s first TV role came in a 2000 episode of the teen drama Beverly Hills 90210, which led to her landing a regular spot in soap The Young And The Restless — and she said: “The overnight sensation thing makes me laugh.
After Desperate Housewives came to an end in 2012, Eva has had several films and shows since then. The actress found work from guest-starring roles on shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Jane the Virgin to appearances in films like Frontera and Lowriders. Longoria even hosts her own travel and food docu-series, Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico.
Eva Longoria’s Personal life
Snowy Eva, a gawky teenager turned all-woman Hollywood bombshell, secured the transformation by scoring a hunky, A-list boyfriend in French-born basketball star Tony Parker. Engaged in 2006, they exchanged vows a year later in her groom’s hometown of Paris, the city of love.
Eva, who was eight years older than Tony, added: “What’s not to love. His energy, for one! Just his outlook on love and relationships is so naive, but I think that is the best. He’s just more receptive to everything possible. I feel like women, in general, are a bit more wary about pursuing a relationship”.
She once declared her plans to move to France with her husband after Desperate Housewives ended. But would it entail hearing the pitter-patter of tiny feet? At some point, I definitely want to have a family.
Revealed, “I also want to adopt.” In response to the nudge: “Well, — as we know — there are loads around, “I don’t feel pressured to have children because I know lots of them exist,”
The plan went on the back burner when their relationship hit choppy waters – and in December 2010, it was revealed the couple were separating – amid allegations of infidelity and Eva discovering texts from her husband’s teammate’s girlfriend on his mobile.
A friend of Eva’s revealed, “She is just heartbroken. “She truly hopes nothing but the best for Tony. She just wants this all to be as amicable as possible. He is a decent guy deep down, and wishes the best for him in life.” Tony, however, confirmed that the actress had filed for divorce, saying: ‘This is very much a tough time for me and Eva right now.
They separated in 2009, filing for divorce in 2010, citing “discord or conflict of personalities.” They were divorced by 2011.
However, Eva didn’t give up on love, as she married Mexican businessman José Antonio “Pepe” Bastón Patiño, the president of Televisa — the largest media company in Latin America — in 2016. Eva had her fairytale ending, welcoming the birth of a son in 2018. Eva opened a Mexican restaurant, Beso, in West Hollywood, and started a charity, Eva’s Heroes, which supports disabled kids.
