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Celebrity Feature: Eva Longoria

Monday, March 30, 2009 | Labels: , | |

Eva Longoria in Desperate Housewives tv showEva Longoria is definitely one of the hottest actresses of today. Before catapulting to stardom via the hit series Desperate Housewives, she first appeared in several tv shows such as The Young and the Restless, Beverly Hills, and General Hospital.

Born in Brooks County, Texas, Eva is of Mexican and American descent and her family lived and worked on farmland. She started getting television roles in 2000. Her big break came on the popular American soap opera The Young and the Restless. In 2004, she was cast in Desperate Housewives, which became a worldwide hit and established her as one of the hottest tv stars of today. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy and has appeared in films such as The Sentinel (2006), Harsh Times (2006), and Over Her Dead Body (2008).

Eva holds the record as the first woman to top Maxim’s Hottest Female Stars list in two consecutive years (2005 and 2006). And because of the success of Desperate Housewives, she and her co-stars reportedly renewed their contracts for four years, worth $40 million.

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