March 15, 1975—Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón (born Longoria).
is a director, producer, and actor who is American. Following a number of cameo appearances on various television series,
Her performance as Isabella Braa on the CBS daytime soap series The Young and the Restless earned her recognition.
that she acted in from 2001 to 2003. In the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, she played the character Gabrielle Solis, for which she is most known.
which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for and which aired from 2004 through 2012.
She has acted in the films Over Her Dead Body (2005) and The Sentinel (2006). (2008)
Frontera (2014), Lowriders (2016), ForGreaterGlory (2012), and Overboard (2018).
and served as executive producer for the Devious Maids television series on Lifetime.
As an executive producer, she has worked on social problem documentaries like Food Chains and The Harvest.