{"id":2431922,"date":"2026-05-25T23:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2431922"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:24:20","slug":"eva-longoria-reveals-the-secret-corporate-side-hustle-she-ran-from-her-dressing-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/eva-longoria-reveals-the-secret-corporate-side-hustle-she-ran-from-her-dressing-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Eva Longoria Reveals the Secret Corporate Side Hustle She Ran From Her Dressing Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eva Longoria<\/strong> worked as a part-time headhunter because she refused to be a struggling actress. The 51-year-old entertainer landed a role at a temp agency when she arrived in Los Angeles from Texas to make ends meet while she tried to chase her dream of becoming a Hollywood star.<\/p>\n

Eva recalled to Fortune magazine, “The first day I landed in LA, I got a job. I was like,\u00a0‘I\u2019m not going to be a struggling actor. I\u2019m going to figure this out.'”<\/strong><\/p>\n

She still screened talent, figured out salaries and closed placement deals during downtime on her first big acting job, The Young and the Restless, in which she played Isabella Brana<\/strong> from 2001 until 2003.<\/p>\n

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\"American\u00a9 Mondadori Portfolio<\/span><\/div>\n

American actress Eva Longoria at Histoires De La Nuit (The Birthday Party) Red Carpet during Cannes Film Festival 2026 <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Latina powerhouse remembered, “In my dressing room, I was doing the headhunting. I was negotiating 401(k)s and salaries, interviewing and reading resumes and placing people. And then they would be like, ‘Eva, ready on set.'”<\/p>\n

She gave up her headhunting gig when she received a financially viable pay rise during her third year on the CBS soap opera. “I knew I could always go back to corporate America if acting didn\u2019t work out.”<\/p>\n

In 2004, the actress scored her breakout role as Gabrielle Solis on ABC’s Desperate Housewives, appearing in all eight seasons that ended in 2012. Then, Eva went on to star in the likes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/strong>, John Wick,<\/strong> make her feature-length directorial debut with 2023’s Flamin’ Hot.<\/p>\n

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\"Eva\u00a9 Arnold Jerocki<\/span><\/div>\n

Eva Longoria is seen at the Hotel Martinez during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2026 in Cannes<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

She even stepped into business, launching TV and film firm UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, and luxury tequila brand Casa Del Sol. Eva, who has an estimated net worth of $80 million, always thought she would be a success.<\/p>\n

In March, the star explained to People, “So many people have guided me in my life. I have nine aunts, three sisters and 18 female cousins. I was surrounded by smart, independent and successful women.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Coco\u00a9 Colby Tallia\/amfAR<\/span><\/div>\n

Coco Rocha, Heidi Klum, Brooks Nader, Mary Holland Nader, Eva Longoria, Grace Ann Nader and Sarah Jane Nader attend the amfAR Gala Cannes 2026 presented by Chopard at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 21, 2026 in Cap d’Antibes, France. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“I didn\u2019t have to look far to see the woman I wanted to be. I was like, ‘Oh, I\u2019m going to be like my sisters. I\u2019m going to be like my mom.’ That instilled in me this idea that I always knew I would be successful. I didn\u2019t know what I was going to do – whether I would be a dentist or a lawyer – but I knew I\u2019d be successful. And that came from the community around me.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hola.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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