Eva Longoria
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Birthplace:
Corpus Christi, Texas
Opinionated and outspoken Desperate Housewives Latina starlet Eva Longoria is almost as well known for her risqué sense of style as she is for her role as the oversexed nymph on the aforementioned ABC hit, on which she starred opposite television veterans Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman, and Nicollette Sheridan. Crediting her remarkable success in Hollywood to an unwavering determination to succeed and a strong sense of personal discipline, Longoria has enjoyed a steady rise to fame that shows no signs of slowing anytime soon. Considered in her youth as the "ugly duckling" among her three siblings due to her dark complexion, the future sexpot nevertheless had a happy childhood growing up on her family's Corpus Christie ranch, and by the time she earned the title of Miss Corpus Christie in 1998, any insecurities that might have resulted from her unfortunate family title had long faded. Though Longoria had numerous career options after earning her bachelor of science degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M-Kinsville, a new and empowering sense of self-confidence found the aspiring starlet opting instead to try her luck among the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Of course, it didn't take Tinseltown talent agents too long to notice a good thing when it came their way, and after procuring an agent and making her stage debut in a production of What the Rabbit Saw, Longoria was soon cast in a small role on the hit television series Beverly Hills 90210. A subsequent stint on the long-running daytime drama The Young and the Restless found Longoria's steady ascent to stardom perfectly on track, and although her trajectory may have been momentarily derailed due to roles in such forgettable efforts as the small-screen Dragnet revival in 2003 and a pair of throwaway straight-to-video features (Snitch'd and Señorita Justice), 2004 proved the year that everything came together for the determined actress when Desperate Housewives emerged as a surprise hit that revitalized an ailing ABC and setting breakout beauty Longoria back on the fast track to fame. Her role as a glamorous former runway model who is having an affair with her 17-year-old gardener showcased both Longoria's undeniable sensuality as well as her remarkable comedic skills, and fans were further impressed when Longoria took the dual roles of star and producer in the hit comedy/variety show Hot Tamales Live. The same year of her breakout success on Desperate Housewives, Longoria appeared opposite Anne Heche in the made-for-television thriller The Dead Will Tell, with subsequent roles in Carlita's Secret, Harsh Times, and The Sentinel, pointing to a lucrative feature career in addition to her success on the small screen. Briefly married to actor Tyler Christopher from 2002 to 2005, Longoria moved further into the spotlight when she was chosen as the new face of cosmetics powerhouse L'Oréal in April 2005.Her place in Hollywood firmly established, Longoria appeared in the 2006 thriller The Sentinel, alongside Michael Douglas, and then in the Ben Stiller comedy The Heartbreak Kid in 2007. The next year she starred in the comedy Over Her Dead Body, in which she played a woman who is accidentally killed by an ice sculpture on her wedding day and proceeds to haunt her fiancé. Eager to continue to flex her comedic muscle, Longoria then signed on for the family comedy Foodfight!. Over the next few years, Longoria would continue to appear in movies like Without Men and Long Time Gone.Desperate Housewives ended in 2012, and Longoria turned her focus to producing, including the film John Wick and the soapy series Devious Maids. She had a recurring role on Brooklyn Nine-Nine before returning to TV properly in Telenovela, playing a telenovela star that doesn't speak Spanish; Longoria also produced the short-lived series.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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100% | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It |
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— | 2021 |
93% | Sylvie's Love |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | HA Comedy Festival: The Art of Comedy |
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— | 2020 |
85% | Dora and the Lost City of Gold |
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— | 2019 |
62% | Dog Days |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | Un mar de enredos |
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— | 2018 |
24% | Overboard |
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— | 2018 |
88% | Reversing Roe |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | Par amour des chiens |
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— | 2018 |
57% | Lowriders |
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$6.2M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | Decline and Fall |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | The Latin Explosion: A New America |
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— | 2015 |
0% | Any Day |
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— | 2015 |
19% | Visions |
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— | 2015 |
91% | Food Chains |
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— | 2014 |
86% | John Wick |
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— | 2014 |
54% | Frontera |
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$59.8k | 2014 |
92% | In a World... |
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$2.1M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Crazy Kind Of Love |
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— | 2013 |
22% | The Baytown Outlaws |
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— | 2013 |
8% | The Truth (A Dark Truth) |
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$6.2k | 2013 |
20% | For Greater Glory |
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$5.7M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Foodfight! |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | The Latino List |
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— | 2012 |
92% | Arthur Christmas |
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$46.5M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | The Harvest (La Cosecha) |
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$2.7k | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Without Men |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Shalom Sesame: Be Happy, It's Purim! |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Faces Of America |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Lower Learning |
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— | 2008 |
14% | Over Her Dead Body |
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$7.5M | 2008 |
48% | Harsh Times |
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$3.4M | 2006 |
35% | The Sentinel |
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$36.3M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Celebrity News Reels - America's Favorite Housewives |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Carlita's Secret |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | The Dead Will Tell |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Senorita Justice |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Snitch'd |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Hot Tamales Live |
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— | 2002 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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71% |
Flipped
2020
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No Score Yet |
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
2020
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
2015
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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91% |
Decline and Fall
2017
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58% |
The Mick
2016-2018
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92% |
black-ish
2014
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100% |
Jane the Virgin
2014-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
Celebrity Family Feud
2015-2020
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No Score Yet |
Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry
2016-2019
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No Score Yet |
Today
2017-2019
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84% |
Empire
2015-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show
2008-2020
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95% |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013-2020
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No Score Yet |
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
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No Score Yet |
Rachael Ray
2006
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41% |
Chelsea
2016-2017
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No Score Yet |
Hollywood Game Night
2013
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38% |
Maya & Marty
2016
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen
2009
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No Score Yet |
Lip Sync Battle
2015-2019
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64% |
Telenovela
2015-2016
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No Score Yet |
Sesame Street
2014-2019
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No Score Yet |
Devious Maids
2013-2016
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No Score Yet |
The Chew
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
A Path Appears
2015
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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No Score Yet |
Mother Up!
2013-2014
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No Score Yet |
MasterChef
2010-2019
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29% |
Ready for Love
2013
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No Score Yet |
The Dr. Oz Show
2009
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85% |
The Simpsons
1989
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42% |
Welcome to the Family
2013
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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No Score Yet |
Late Show With David Letterman
1993-2015
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No Score Yet |
The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet
2012
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72% |
Desperate Housewives
2004-2012
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8% |
H8R
2011
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No Score Yet |
Lopez Tonight
2009-2011
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No Score Yet |
Children's Hospital
2010-2016
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No Score Yet |
Food Network Star
2005-2018
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No Score Yet |
Sesame Street
1969-2020
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33% |
The Marriage Ref
2010-2011
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No Score Yet |
Project Runway
2004-2020
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No Score Yet |
George Lopez
2002-2007
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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Quotes from Eva Longoria's Characters
Lady X: | But enough about me, let's kill you! |