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Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón is an American actress, producer, director, and businesswoman. After several guest roles on television, she gained popularity for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless (2001–2003). Her breakthrough role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012) earned her two Screen Actors Guild…
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entertainment · American actress (born 1979) · television actor · film actor · restaurateur · beauty pageant contestant · model · nightclub owner · television director · television producer · film director · actor · also Eva Longoria, Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón, Eva Longoria Christopher, Longoria
Born 15 March 1975 · Q163263
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“We are living in a time right now with COVID-19 that we need entertainment and a release of the stress that we hold from this pandemic and what better way than sports and football, of course,”
“We want to bring up a professional women”
“It was her idea. I think my favourite female soccer player of all time would be Abby Wambach. She is just an amazing player but also an amazing human being. She is super philanthropic, she is very engaged in pay equity for women.”
“For me, I felt like sports also helps women to empower themselves.”
In March 2024, Longoria was granted $50-million Courage and Civility Award by Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez in recognition of her charity work through the Eva Longoria Foundation supports programs for Latinas.
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Awarded Crystal Award (2023).
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Amid a controversy into the authenticity of the subject matter
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The company was acquired by Hyphenate Media Group, a production company co-founded by Longoria and Cris Abrego
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Following the October 7 attacks, Longoria condemned Hamas and expressed support for Israel
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Won National Medal of Arts (2022).
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Longoria participated in a VoteRiders textbanking event with America Ferrera to help educate Latina voters regarding the state's voter ID laws
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Longoria was working with Kenya Barris to develop a possible new television series Brown-ish about a Latino family
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Mexican football Club Necaxa received a high-profile investment from NX Football USA, LLC, which acquired a 50 percent ownership stake
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Claimed: ““Vice President Biden and President Obama assembled a pandemic playbook to make sure that America was prepared and protected. The Trump administration disbanded the pandemic response team that was given to them.”” — rated Largely correct by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: ““Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.”” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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“s Soccer League team she is involved with than she ever did about her own film and television work. Known for her role in the hit TV series”
Joined the ownership group of Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League
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Assisted the San Antonio Food Bank with their COVID-relief efforts
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Longoria attended the premiere for her new film, Dog Days with co-stars Vanessa Hudgens (Tara) and Nina Dobrev (Elizabeth) on August 5, 2018
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Longoria endorsed Beto O'Rourke for Senate against Senator Ted Cruz, as well as Colin Allred for Texas's 32nd congressional district against then-incumbent Rep
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It was reported that Longoria was pregnant with her first child
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Longoria directed the season three finale episode of the ABC comedy Black-ish
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Also starred in the fourth season, in the episode "Once More Unto the Bleach"
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Longoria reported her engagement to Mexican businessman José Antonio "Pepe" Bastón Patiño, then the president of Televisa, the largest media company in Latin America
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Awarded Ohtli Award (2015).
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NBC announced plans for a sitcom called Telenovela in which Longoria starred as a popular telenovela actress
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“s apparel collection, set to launch Fall 2016. In March 2017, Longoria launched her clothing line website on her official site. In December 2023, she was a guest narrator at Disney”
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Longoria announced that she had teamed up with sportswear manufacturer Sunrise Brands to create a women's apparel collection, set to launch Fall 2016
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Awarded Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award (2014).
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Had a recurring role in the TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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Longoria endorsed Marianne Williamson for California's 33rd congressional district
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Longoria professed that she was a "cat lady", and appeared as a spokesperson for Sheba Cat Food
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Longoria was one of seven Californians named to the post of co-chair of Barack Obama's reelection campaign
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And 2013, Longoria paired with Iron Chef Michael Symon for a promotion for PepsiCo's Lay's potato chips contest called "Do Us A Flavor"
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Snopes rated the claim “A video shows Tampa Bay infielder Evan Longoria making an amazing bare-handed catch during an interview.” False.
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The same day Longoria's lawyer filed papers to dismiss her Los Angeles petition
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The corporation Beso LLC, owner of the Vegas restaurant-and-nightclub venture, with listed assets of about $2
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Longoria filed for divorce from Parker in Los Angeles, citing "irreconcilable differences"
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Longoria appeared on an episode of Dr
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Longoria told her friend Mario Lopez that she had discovered hundreds of text messages from another woman on her husband's phone
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By Harvard professor and Faces of America host Henry Louis Gates Jr
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Longoria enrolled in a Master's program in Chicano studies and political science at Cal State University, Northridge
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Longoria and various investor-partners opened a Beso restaurant, with a nightclub called Eve above it, in the Crystals retail and entertainment district of CityCenter in Las Vegas
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By The Hollywood Reporter for her commitment to Latino causes and giving back to the community
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Helping attract more than €20,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation
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Investing in businesses and films such as John Wick (2014), and publishing a cookbook
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Became engaged, and married in a civil service on July 6, 2007, at a Paris city hall
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Was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, along with her co-stars in Desperate Housewives
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In 2006, Longoria founded Eva's Heroes, a charity which helps young adults with developmental disabilities.
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Was featured on a 75-by-110-foot (23 by 34 m) vinyl mesh replica of its January 2005 cover located in a Clark County, Nevada desert
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Longoria founded Eva's Heroes, a charity which helps young adults with developmental disabilities
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Longoria founded UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, a film and television production company
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And was still being featured in L'Oréal TV commercials and print ads as of 2016
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Longoria was cast as Gabrielle Solis in the ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives
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Born 1975-03-15.
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The youngest of the four daughters of her Tejano parents Ella Eva (née Mireles) and Enrique Longoria Jr
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