FACTS

      The most important facts from her life and career


Birthday: March 15, 1975
Birth Name : Eva Jacqueline Longoria
Place of Birth : Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Height : 5' 3 (1.57 m)
Nationality : American
Profession : actor
Claim to Fame : TV Series: Desperate Housewives
Sometimes credited as : Eva Longoria Christopher
How to pronounce her name: Lon-GORE-ia , not Lon-go-RIA.

TRIVIA

• Attended Texas A&M, Kingsville where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology
• Was Miss Corpus Christi USA 1998
• Favorite basketball team: The San Antonio Spurs. Favorite player: Tony Parker.
• Is of Mexican descent.
• Signed up to be the new L'Oreal image for 1 million pounds. [2005]
• Is the only one among her parents children to have a darker skin, dark eyes and dark hair. Her three sisters all have fair hair, blue eyes and Caucasian skin color. Eva thought for a long time that she was adopted because of her features.
• Named #1 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
• Was named one of the "50 mas bellos" (50 most beautiful people) by People en Espanol (2005).
• Was a dancer with the famous Pussycat Dolls.
• #3 on E!'s "50 Steamiest Southern Stars"
• Her father was a hunter and she has been practicing shooting her entire life.
• Spokesmodel for Hanes (2005)
• Accidentally hit on the head by a falling pole on the set of her series "Desperate Housewives" (2004) and was unconscious for four minutes. Taken to a hospital, treated for a bump on the head and released. [August 18, 2005]
• Lives in L.A.
• Was on the cover of the 100th edition of Maxim magazine [April 2006]
• Named #38 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
• Speaks fluent Spanish.
• Daughter of Enrique Longoria Jr. and Ella Eva Mireles
• She has three sisters, Elizabeth, Emily and Esmerald