Eva Longoria Trivia | 60 facts about the famous actress

Eva Longoria is an American actress, producer, and director. Except acting she also holds modeling contracts with L’Oréal and New York & Co, among others.

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1. Her full name is Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón.
2. Close friends with Mario Lopez since 1992. He escorted her mother down the aisle at Eva’s wedding to Tony Parker.
3. Was a dancer with The Pussycat Dolls.
4. Is the only one among her parents’ children to have dark skin, dark eyes and dark hair. Her three sisters all have fair hair, blue eyes and lighter skin color. Eva thought for a long time that she was adopted because of her features.
5. Godmother of Mario Lopez’s daughter, Gia Lopez (Gia Francesca Lopez).
6. Contrary to popular belief, is not related to Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria. However, after the Rays won the 2008 American League Championship Series, she sent Evan a bottle of champagne and a note thanking him for doing such a great job holding up the family name.
7. Her parents are both of Mexican ancestry. A DNA test performed on the show Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2010) found her to be of 70% European, 27% Asian/Indigenous, and 3% African, ancestry.
8. When she was young, she worked at a Wendy’s and an automotive repair shop.
9. Attended Texas A&M University-Kingsville, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology (the study of anatomy, physiology and body movement).
10. Longtime best friend and fashion icon Victoria Beckham designed Eva’s wedding dress for her marriage to José Bastón.
11. (May 21, 2016) Married her fiancé of 5 months, José Bastón in a sunset ceremony in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, a lakeside town roughly 88 miles from Mexico City. According to previous reports, the couple hosted roughly 200 guests at a private residence and planned to finish off the big day with fireworks. This is her third marriage.
12. Is the only woman to be ranked #1 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 Women list twice (2005 and 2006).
13. Was Miss Corpus Christi USA 1998
14. Her surname, Longoria, comes from the old Asturian (Spanish) noble surname; de Longoria, from a branch settled on Nueva España, now Mexico, in the 17th century, becoming rich farmers.
15. Following French law, she first married Tony Parker in a civil ceremony, held by Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoë, on 6 July 2007 before exchanging vows in a religious ceremony at the Eglise Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois in Paris one day later.
16. The wedding reception was held at the Vaux-le-Vicomte castle, with about 200 guests including the San Antonio Spurs team, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Thierry Henry, Felicity Huffman, Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross and Nicollette Sheridan, Denzel Washington and Victoria Beckham.
17. Her wedding dress for her civil ceremony was designed by Karl Lagerfeld.
18. Godmother of Victoria Beckham and David Beckham’s daughter Harper Beckham.
19. While doing a genealogy show, Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2010), with Henry Louis Gates Jr., she discovered that she is related to cellist Yo-Yo Ma. It turned out that Eva is 7% Asian and shares a common ancestor with Ma in the last 250 years.
20. (August 18, 2005) Accidentally hit on the head by a falling pole on the set of her series Desperate Housewives (2004) and was unconscious for four minutes. Taken to a hospital, treated for a bump on the head and released.
21. Has 4 stepchildren: stepdaughters, Natalia Bastón (b. February 21, 1996) & Mariana Bastón and stepsons, José Antonio Bastón Jr. (b. November 17, 2003) & Sebastian Bastón (November 17, 2003 – November 19, 2003) with husband, José Bastón.
22. She is considered a fluent Spanish speaker, though when interviewed in English by Spanish television, she was not able to answer fluently in Spanish.
23. Thierry Henry served as a witness at Longoria’s wedding to Tony Parker.
24. Her father was a hunter and she has been practicing shooting her entire life.
25. Signed up to be the L’Oréal image for 1 million pounds (2005).
26. Signed on as celebrity spokesmodel for Heineken beer. (July 2009)
27. Of the four leading actresses of Desperate Housewives (2004), she is the only one not to receive an Emmy Award nomination for her performance on the series.
28. She has 3 big sisters: Elizabeth Judina Longoria (b. October 11, 1966), Emilia Jeannette “Emily” Longoria (b. August 19, 1969, formerly Mrs. David Brown, now Mrs. Dennis Blevins), and Esmeralda Josephina Longoria (b. November 7, 1972); and two nieces: Briella Megan Blevins and Bethany Mikaela Blevins.
29. An essay she wrote titled “Latinas and the Educational Crisis” is included in the book Latinos and Latinas at Risk: Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice. She also contributed to The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From the Brink with her essay “Empowering Latinas” from the 2014 edition.
30. Was among the guests at Marcia Cross’ wedding to Tom Mahoney
31. Signed on as celebrity spokesmodel for Magnum Icecream (2008).
32. Wax statue of her was unveiled in her “Beso” restaurant and will be displayed at Madame Tussand’s in Las Vegas, Nevada.
33. Has a son: Santiago Enrique Baston (b. June 19, 2018) with husband, José Bastón.
34. Co-owner, with Todd English, of “Beso”, Latin-style steakhouses in Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
35. Her Las Vegas restaurant, “Beso”, is under bankruptcy protection. (July 2011)
36. Daughter of Enrique Longoria Jr. (born in Rachal, Brooks County, Texas) and Ella Eva Mireles, married in Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas.
37. Ranked #38 in FHM magazine’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005” special supplement.
38. Part of owners group (with Mia Hamm, Jennifer Garner and Natalie Portman) which is launching the National Women’s Soccer League franchise in Los Angeles, California in 2022.
39. She fell down some stairs on the set of Despreate Housewives (2004). Her ribs were very bruised. (October 2006)
40. Celebrity spokesmodel for Hanes (2005).
41. Planned to open her own restaurant called Por Fin, meaning At Last, sometime between October and November 2006.
42. Was chosen by Australian men’s magazine Zoo weekly as one of the “Top 50 Hottest Babes Ever”. (March 2006)
43. Ranked #1 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 Women of 2006 list.
44. Ranked #9 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 Women of 2007 list.
45. Among the guests at her Silvester party 2004/2005 was her then-boyfriend JC Chasez
46. Was named one of the “50 mas bellos” (50 most beautiful people) by People en Español (2005).
47. Ranked #13 in FHM magazine’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006” supplement.
48. Ranked #3 on E!’s “50 Steamiest Southern Stars”.
49. She was July on FHM magazine’s 2005 pinup calendar.
50. Ranked #4 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 Women of 2008 list.
51. Ranked #13 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 Women of 2014 list.
52. Currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
53. Guacamole reminds her of home.
54. Ranked #1 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 Women of 2005 list.
55. Was on the cover of the 100th edition of Maxim magazine. (September 2006)
56. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6906 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 16, 2018.
57. Former husband Tony Parker became European champion in basketball for France (2013).
58. Was engaged to Tony Parker in November 2006. The wedding was set for the summer of 2007 in Paris, France.
59. Advisor to the Latino Media Network (LMN), a media content company.
60. One of her cousins works at a post office in New Jersey.