Eva Longoria

Appeared in stage productions while attending Texas A&M University, Kingsville. Named Miss Corpus Christi USA in 1998. Was signed by an agent after entering a talent contest that brought her to Los Angeles after college. Won ALMA Awards in 2002 (for the role of Isabella Brana Williams in The Young and the Restless) and 2006 (for Person of the Year). Made her professional theatrical debut in 2003 in What the Rabbi Saw. Coproduces and has appeared in Hot Tamales Live, a sketch-comedy show in L.A.… Show more Told NBC's Stone Phillips in a 2005 interview, "I grew up as the ugly duckling. They used to call me 'la prieta fay,' which means 'the ugly dark one.'" ~ Rovi

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