Eva Jacqueline Longoria (born March 15, 1975) is an American actress, producer, director, activist and businesswoman.
Longoria's breakout role was that of Isabella Braa on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, which she played from 2001 to 2003. From 2004 through 2012, she starred as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. For her work on Desperate Housewives, she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and five Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, winning two. She has also starred in films such as Harsh Times (2005), The Sentinel (2006), and Over Her Dead Body (2008). She starred as Ana Sofia Caldern in NBC's Telenovela, and currently serves as Executive Producer for Lifetime's Devious Maids.