Eva Longoria is set to receive the prestigious Platino Honor Award at this year’s annual ceremony in Madrid.
The actor-director-producer will pick up the prize on April 27 in Municipal Palace at the 12th Platino Awards, considered the Oscars of Ibero-America, in recognition of her “outstanding audiovisual career and her representation of the Latino community in the American industry.”
Longoria’s guest actress appearances on U.S. television began in 2000, but it was 2004 when she achieved became internationally known as Gabrielle Solis in ABC’s Desperate Housewives.
Other appearances of Longoria’s include in Empire, Devious Maids, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, BoJack Horseman and Jane the Virgin, before founding her own production company, UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, where she was involved behind the camera on a myriad of projects including TV series Grand Hotel.
In 2023, Longoria made her directorial debut with Flamin’ Hot, a biopic about Richard Montañez, the janitor who claims to have invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, landing Searchlight Pictures’ most-watched streaming release ever and an Academy Award nomination for best original song for “The Fire Inside,” written by Diane Warren and performed by Becky G. The film was screened at the White House alongside President Joe Biden, becoming the first film to feature there focusing on Latinx characters.
In March 2023, the docuseries Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico premiered and in May last year, it was confirmed CNN would revive the series with Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain, releasing in spring 2025.
The actress recently appeared on the big screen in the Apple TV+’s Tierra de Mujeres, which she executive produced and starred in alongside Carmen Maura.
With the award, the star succeeds Cecilia Roth, the last recipient of the honor, after previous editions of this recognition received by such prominent figures from the Ibero-American world as Benicio del Toro (2023), Carmen Maura (2022), Diego Luna (2021), José Sacristán (2020) and Raphael (2019).
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