- Title: FILE: 'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria turns 50 on March 15
- Date: 14th March 2025
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - FEBRUARY 13, 2011) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** LONGORIA WAVING ON GRAMMY AWARDS RED CARPET LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - NOVEMBER 30, 2015) (REUTERS) LONGORIA AND FRIEND, FASHION DESIGNER AND EX-SPICE GIRL, VICTORIA BECKHAM POSING FOR PHOTOS AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL GLOBAL GIFT GALA LOS ANGELES, CA
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- Story Text: Actor Eva Longoria, best known for television drama "Desperate Housewives", turns 50 on Saturday (March 15).
The Texan-born actor played wealthy, spoilt spouse Gabrielle Solis in the award-winning series about a group of suburban housewives and their secrets that ran for eight seasons from 2004 to 2012.
She co-starred with other "Housewives" Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross, as well as Ricardo S.Chavira, who portrayed her long-suffering screen husband Carlos.
In 2005 and 2006, Longoria shared the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series with her fellow "Desperate Housewives" cast members. She also won Choice TV breakout performance - female for the role at the Teen Choice Awards in 2005.
Before Gabrielle, Longoria played Isabella Brana on CBS daytime soap "The Young and the Restless". It won her the ALMA award for outstanding actress in a daytime drama in 2002.
In 2006, Longoria won person of the year at the ALMA awards, and favorite female TV star at the People's Choice Awards a year later.
In recent years, the actor turned director won breakthrough director awards in 2023 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and Critics Choice Awards for "Flamin' Hot". Oscar-nominated in 2024 for best original song for Diane Warren, the biopic follows the true story of Richard Montanez (played by Jesse Garcia), a janitor at Frito-Lay snack food company who inspired a rebrand of crispy snacks with his Mexican heritage.
In 2024, Longoria starred in six episodes of series "Only Murders in the Building" as a version of herself. She shared the outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series SAG award earlier this year.
The actor is also known for movies "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" (2019), "Overboard" (2018), "The Sentinel" (2006) and "Harsh Times" (2005).
Longoria has been a L'Oreal Paris brand ambassador since 2005 for its beauty products. She also launched her first signature eau de parfum 'Eva by Eva Longoria' in 2010 with the Falic Fashion Group, after being "somewhat allergic to all perfumes", she told Women's Wear Daily in December 2009.
Twice married in the past, including to French-American former professional basketball player Tony Parker, Longoria Baston is now married to Mexican businessman Jose Baston. They have a six year-old son called Santiago.
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