When she became Miss Corpus Christi USA in 1998, her life shifted somewhat, which confirmed her determination to seek a career in acting. She was discovered and signed by a theater agent when Eva arrived in L.A., who got her an audition in a satirical play named “What the Rabbi Saw” in which she was admitted. She later performed minor parts in several television shows, including “The Bold and the Beautiful”; “General Hospital”; and “Beverly Hills 90210.”. By entering the cast of “The Young and the Restless” in 2001, this beautiful actress made a great jump in her career. In the series, her acting as Isabella Brana Williams led her to receive an ALMA award in a Daytime Drama for Outstanding Actress.
In 2003, she quit “The Young and the Restless” and starred in “Snitch’d” (2003), “Dragnet” (2003), and the “Senorita Justice” television series (2004). In addition to these, Eva co-starred and co-produced “Hot Tamales Live: Spicy, Hot, and Hilarious,” a comedy/variety show that has been critically praised and has become a success. However, when it was released in October 2004, it was ABC’s TV series “Desperate Housewives” that took her to a considerable achievement. Starred in the mega success as adulteress Gabrielle Solis, seen by more than 27 million people per week, her name was directly made popular nationally. Eva started to grow her acting career, aside from “Desperate Housewives,” “The Dead Will Tell”The Dead Will Tell”Carlita’s Secret”Carlita’s Secret (2004). Her next films, together with Michael Douglas, Kim Basinger, and Kiefer Sutherland, were the movies ‘Harsh Days,’ being in the same scene with Christian Bale, and ‘The Sentinel.’ In 2006, both movies reached theaters.
As for her private life, on January 20, 2002, Eva first married the “General Hospital” star Tyler Christopher, but later agreed to go different ways and finalized their divorce papers on January 19, 2004. She has since dated JC Chasez before eventually embarking on a relationship with the basketball player Tony Parker, San Antonio Spurs, who happens to be her junior for 7 years. The pair managed to do so and become involved in November 2006, amid the numerous negative stories about their friendship and the ups and downs they had to face. They made their way to the altar after months of planning, made it legal in a low-key civil ceremony in Paris on July 6, 2007, accompanied by a lavish party that took place the next day at the Eglise Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois in Paris, a church opposite the Louvre Museum that is normally used to serve French royals. Singer Sheryl Crow, “Desperate Housewives” actors Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy, Marcia Cross and Nicollette Sheridan, were among the celebrity guests.