Eva Longoria Parker is an American actress mostly famous for her role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series "Desperate Housewives". Eva Longoria first became known for her part on television in the soap opera "The Young and the Restless".
Eva Longoria founded Eva's Heroes, a charity which helps developmentally disabled children in 2006 and also she is the national spokesperson for PADRES Contra El Cancer.
After relatively brief appearances on The Young and the Restless and L.A. Dragnet (the modern remake of the classic drama), Eva scored big as hot Gabrielle Solis on ABC's Desperate Housewives. The prime-time soap opera-style series rocketed to the top of the ratings, and those who had never seen Eva before began taking notice. A "hot new face" according to USA Today, Variety and TV Guide, Longoria is one of the finest women to have made it to the top in 2004.