Biography
Eva Maria LaRue (born December 27, 1966) is a beautiful American actress and model, age 57.
She has been active in the film industry since 1987 and has appeared in numerous films and television projects.
However, she is best known for her role as Maria Santos on the soap opera All My Children.
She is also known for her role in the popular crime drama CSI: Miami as Detective Natalia Boa Vista.
In addition to being an actress and model, Eva LaRue is also a notable philanthropist and businesswoman.
American actress
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| Full name: | Eva Maria LaRue |
| Stage name: | Eva LaRue |
| Born: | December 27, 1966 (age 57) |
| Place of birth: | Long Beach, California, United States |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| Parents: | Marcie LaRuy, Luis LaRuy |
| The children: | Kaya McKenna Callahan |
| Height: | 1.71 meters |
| Siblings: | Nikka La Rue, Lara LaRuy, Luis LaRuy Jr. |
| Boyfriend • Husband: | Joe Cappuccio (married 2010–2014), John Callahan (married 1996–2005), John O’Hurley (married 1992–1994) |
| Job: | Actor • Model |
| Net worth: | 4 million US dollars |
Early life
Eva LaRue was born in Long Beach, California, on December 27, 1966, to Marcie LaRue (mother) and Luis LaRue (father).
She has three siblings; two sisters named Nikka La Rue and Lara LaRuy and a brother named Luis LaRuy Jr.
She is a devout Bahá’í and is of Puerto Rican, French, Dutch and Scottish descent.
Eva LaRue started acting at the age of six and later became a teenage beauty queen.
She won the 1984 Miss California Empire pageant organized by Danfranc Productions, held at the state-level beauty pageant in Irvine, California.
And before graduating from high school, she had won three beauty pageant titles: Miss California Junior in 1973, Miss Teen USA in 1983, and Miss California Empire in 1984.
Education
Eva LaRue attended Norco High School, where she earned her high school diploma and certificate. She graduated in 1985.
Career
Modeling
After graduating from high school, Eva LaRue began modeling, first working with the Judith Fontaine Modeling Agency and then with Frederick’s of Hollywood.
She has appeared in infomercials for Zumba fitness and Sheer Cover Studio mineral cosmetics. She has also appeared on the covers of numerous magazines, such as LA Direct, Orange Coast, Vivmag, InStyle Weddings, Woman’s World, and Latina.
Acting
Eva LaRue was a co-host and announcer on Candid Camera from 1991 to 1992. She also played Dr. Maria Santos Grey on All My Children from 1993 to 1997 and from 2002 to 2005.
She received a prestigious Daytime Emmy nomination in the category of “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series” for her role on All My Children.
She also received a nomination in 2004 in the category of “Best Original Song” for her composition “Dance Again with You”, which was used as the setting for the love scene after the third marriage of the characters Edmund and Maria in June 2003.
In 2010, Eva LaRue reprised her role as Maria, but on a temporary basis on January 5 for a television series titled All My Children’s 40th anniversary. She also acted in television series over the years, appearing as Annette Funicello in a biopic adaptation of Danielle Steel’s Remembrance as Princess Serena.
In 2005, Eva LaRue played Linda Lorenzo, George Lopez’s “Long Lost” sister, in the television comedy series George Lopez. In late 2005, she began playing Natalia Boa Vista on CSI: Miami. Later, at the end of the fourth season, it was revealed that Eva LaRue’s character, Natalia Boa Vista, was a spy in the lab reporting to the FBI. Starting in the fifth season, Eva LaRue became a full-time member of the cast.
In July and September 2011, she reprised her role as Dr. Maria Santos Grey on the series All My Children, but as a guest star, the show ended its run on ABC. In 2013, she was cast as Special Agent Tanya Mays in the episode “Final Shot” on the television series Criminal Minds.
In July 2015, it was announced that Eva LaRue had been cast in Fuller House, a revival of the sitcom Full House. She plays Teri Tanner, the vivacious wife of Danny Tanner. The series premiered on Netflix in 2016.
Additionally, she played Admirable in three episodes of the popular television series Mack & Moxy. In May 2019, Eva LaRue was cast as Celeste Rosales in the series titled The Young and the Restless.
Social media
Eva LaRue, like most top celebrities, is no stranger to the social media game. She has a massive following of over 197k on Instagram and a few more on her Twitter account.
However, the global superstar actress’s Facebook account has not been verified.
- Instagram: @evalarue
- Twitter: @EvaLaRueDotNet
Personal life
Besides oozing class and great fashion sense, Eva LaRue boasts one of the hottest actresses in the industry. Her beauty is supported by her perfect height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.71 m) and an average weight of 60 kg (132 lbs).
The movie star has a slim figure with body measurements of 34-25-33 inches; bra/bust size 34D, waist 25 inches, hips 33 inches. Her dress size is 9 (US).
Unless she is playing a unique role, Eva LaRue usually appears with brown hair and brown eyes. Eva LaRue was married to an actor named John O’Hurley for two years until 1994.
She then married All My Children co-star John Callahan in November 1996, but the couple divorced in 2005. However, they have a daughter named Kaya McKenna Callahan, born in December 2001.
Sadly, John Callahan, who played Edmund Grey on the daytime drama, passed away on March 28, 2020, at the age of 66, after suffering a stroke the day before. Prior to his death, he worked with Eva LaRue as a co-host of the 1997 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
However, Eva LaRue remarried to a man named Joe Cappuccio in June 2010, but he filed for divorce in 2014.
In her spare time, Eva enjoys gardening, horseback riding, and Taekwondo. She has two dogs, a Schnauzer/Poodle mix named Bingo and a Pomeranian named Cholula.
Net worth
With her fame and also being an actress, Eva LaRue earns a salary of around $400,000 per email. This has contributed significantly to her total net worth of around $4 million.
List of movies played
Movie
- 1987 The Barbarians as Kara
- 1989 Dangerous Curves as Leslie Cruz
- 1990 Cardiovascular Condition as Peisha
- 1990 Crash and Burn as Parice
- 1991 Legal Currency as Messenger
- 1991 Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College as Erin Riddle
- 1993 Influential Agency as the Fourth Woman
- 1993 RoboCop 3 as Debbie Dix
- 1993 Mirror Images II as Phyllis
- 2000 A Great Guy as Daphne
- 2008 Lakeview Terrace as Lieutenant Morgada
- 2011 Grace in Sara as Dr. Lopez
- 2015 Dancer and Lady as Nicole
- 2015 Liao Chongzhen: A Shining Candle of Humanity as a Storyteller (documentary)
- 2016 WORLD PEACE: The Baha’i Vision as Narrator (documentary)
- 2016 Carole Lombard is the narrator (documentary)
TV show
- 1988 Santa Barbara as Margot Collins (24 episodes)
- 1989 Charles in Charge as Daphne Prentiss (Episode: “Chargin’ Charles”)
- 1989 Perfect Strangers as ‘A’ Student (Episode: “Teacher’s Pest”)
- 1989 Freddy’s Nightmares as Gina (Episode: “The Missing”)
- 1990 Married… with Children as Carrie (Episode: “Rock and Roll Girl”)
- 1990 Dragnet as Nancy Moir (Episode: “Little Miss Nobody”)
- 1991 They Came From Outer Space as Juanita Gillespie (Episode: “Animal Magnetism”)
- 1991 Dallas as DeeDee (Episode: “Win Some, Lose Some”)
- 1991 The New Adam-12 as Maria (Episode: “Missing”)
- Candid Camera 1991
- 1993 Nurses as Cindy (Episode: “Super Bowl”)
- 1993–98, 2002–05, 2010–11 All My Children as Dr. Maria Santos Gray
- 1995 A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story as Annette Funicello
- 1996 In memory of Serena Principessa di San Tibaldo Fullerton
- 1997 Out of Nowhere as Denise Johnson
- 1997 Head Over Heels as Carmen Montaglio
- 1998 Ice as Alison
- Diagnosis 1998: Murder as Kathryn Wately (Episode: “Wrong Phone Number”)
- 1999 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. as Dr. Newman (Episode: “Critical List”)
- 1999 Grown-Ups as Claire (Episode: “J Says”)
- 1999 For Your Love as Fariba (Episode: “The Most Likely Girl…”)
- 2000–01 Seen season 3 as Brooke (9 episodes)
- 2000–01 Soul Food as Josefina Alicante (5 episodes)
- 2003–05 George Lopez as Linda Lorenzo (2 episodes)
- 2005 Modern Girl’s Life Guide (5 volumes)
- 2005–12 CSI: Miami as Natalia Boa Vista (seasons 5–10, 152 episodes)
- 2006 Crying in the Dark as Carrie
- Family Trap 2012 as Veronica
- 2012 Helping Out for the Holidays as Sara Vancamp
- 2013 Criminal Minds as Agent Tanya Mays (Episode: “Final Shot”)
- 2014 Hell’s Kitchen Herself Season 13 Episode 1: “18 Competing Chefs”
- 2015 The Letter That Was Never Sent as Mrs. Sampson
- 2016 Fuller House as Teri Tanner (Episode: “Our First Show, Again”)
- 2019 The Young and the Restless as Celeste Rosales (15 episodes)
- 2020 Finding Love During Quarantine as Amber Russell
