THE 59TH ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMYS AWARDS

Eva Longoria
Biography
* Birthplace: Corpus Christi, Texas
* Birthday: March 15, 1975
Not one to shy away from her obvious sex appeal, actress Eva Longoria has thrived on playing seductive Latinas throughout her career. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas—an area she has frequently returned to over the years—Longoria was the youngest of four daughters growing up on the family ranch. Though stunning in her adult years, she has described herself as the proverbial ugly duckling as a kid—her family nicknamed her prieta fea—or ‘ugly dark one’—because she was the only daughter with dark hair, dark eyes and dark skin. After blossoming into a fetching young woman, Longoria attended Texas A&M University-Kingsville, where she earned her Baccalaureate in Kinesiology—the study of body movement. When she wasn’t studying, Longoria appeared on stage in university theater productions.