• Tweet

MOBILISING VOTERS: Eva Longoria of Desperate Housewives

The 37-year-old actress was named a national co-chair for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign in February, and she's bidding farewell to her sassy, model-turned-housewife character Gabrielle Solis on the ABC drama's May 13 finale.

But making the leap from the domestic affairs of the Housewives to a national political campaign hasn't been an easy transition.

"People go, 'Who cares about your opinion, you're just pretty,'" Longoria said. "And it's like, 'Why can't I have an intellectual argument about immigration or health care reform just because I'm pretty?'"

The Mexican-American actress is also developing a dating reality series titled All About Love for NBC and is co-producing ABC's upcoming telenovela-style TV drama Devious Maids, about the scandalous lives of the hired help.

"With any minority community, whether you're female, Latino or black, there are limited roles out there in Hollywood because we need more people behind the camera," Longoria said during a recent interview for the launch of a new soft drink.

"So if we women want to reflect ourselves in TV or film more then we have to write the stories, we have to produce the stories, we have to direct the stories, we have to get behind the scenes to actually make that happen," she said.

Longoria, who is working on her master's degree in Mexican-American studies at Cal State University, Northridge, said her biggest accomplishment will be making a difference at the voting booth in November.

"(I'm) doing my civic engagement by mobilising voters and making sure they're educated on the issues and know that if you want to change something you have the power to do that as a citizen. Those are probably the things I'm most proud of."

Comments

• Sign in or sign up to comment

Tue May 21 21:57:17 SAST 2013 ::

Apr 12, 2012

SKIZOBANTWANA

1st Black President in the US.. Mr Barak Obama

Americans should ensure that he's getting his second term,and ensure that being black doesn't mean failure.

Viva OBAMANIA Viva !!! it all about change''
Report Abuse

Apr 13, 2012

Ntjapeli

@SKIZOBANTWANA
1st Black President in the US.. Mr Barak Obama

Americans should ensure that he's getting his second term,and ensure that being black doesn't mean failure.

Viva OBAMANIA Viva !!! it all about change''
................................................................
You're such a RACIST
BLACKMan. What makes you
think Obama was elected because
he is BLACK? Obama was elected
by WALL STREET BUSINESSMEN
Boet.
Report Abuse

Apr 13, 2012

CheeseBoy

@SKIZOBANTWANA
wake up man. barrack Obama was only CHOSEN by wall street and war mongers to infiltrate Africa and fool the world into believing there will be CHANGE. what do you think the world would have done if it was George Bush invading Africa via Lybia? your race based blinkers are blinding you chief.
Report Abuse

Read all 3 comments