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Eva Longoria
ILLUSTRATION BY SEAN McCABE
(MARCH 15): The Desperate Housewives star cares deeply about education, community and food.
DEGREES OF EVA: Longoria has a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M University and a master’s in Chicano studies from Cal State Northridge. “In a parallel universe ... I’d just be a student forever,” she told The Guardian.
$13
million
Her salary topped Forbes’ 2011 TV actress list.
BEHIND THE CAMERA: In 2023, she made her movie directorial debut (Flamin’ Hot).
CHARITY WORK: She founded the nonprofit Eva’s Heroes, which helps enrich the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, and the Eva Longoria Foundation, which works to narrow the opportunity gap for Latinas.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: She has been involved in many food-related projects, including two CNN travel series. —Whitney Matheson
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Eva Longoria primary photo: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images. Clockwise from top: Patrick Harbron/Everett Collection; Kevin Winter/Getty Images; L. Cohen/WireImage/Getty Images; Alamy; Everett Collection; Alamy; CBS/Getty Images. Handler: Paul Morigi/Getty Images; will.i.am.: Ivan Apfel/Getty Images; Rock: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images; Dre: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Parker: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images; Grammer: Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images.
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