Eva LaRue - actress; biography; photo wallpapers: Eva LaRue
(born Eva Maria LaRuy on December 27, 1966 in Long Beach, California)
is an American actress. Eva LaRue was a teenage beauty queen. She was
crowned Miss California Empire 1984 in Irvine, CA. She played Dr. Maria
Santos Grey on All My Children from 1993 to 1997 and again from 2002 to
2005. Once married to John O'Hurley, she began romancing John Callahan,
an AMC co-star who played her on-screen husband "Edmund Grey" on All My
Children. Together, they co-hosted both the Miss America pageant and
Lifetime's Television Weddings of a Lifetime before marrying on
November 30, 1996 on the Hawaiian island of Lanai. For many years, she
went by the name Eva LaRue Callahan. They have since divorced. LaRue
and Callahan have one daughter, Kaya McKenna. LaRue received a Daytime
Emmy Award nomination in the category of "Outstanding Supporting
Actress in a Drama Series" for AMC. She also received a nomination in
2004 in the category of " Outstanding Original Song" for composing the
song "Dance Again with You" which was used as her character's theme
song during a storyline in which Edmund became paralyzed from the waist
down. LaRue also performed in television movies over the years,
appearing as Annette Funicello in a biographical movie of the former
Mouseketeer and also in the adaptation of Danielle Steel's Remembrance
as Princess Serena. While on All My Children, LaRue developed a notable
friendship with Sarah Michelle Gellar, who played the role of Kendall
on the soap. In the fall of 2005, LaRue began the role of Natalia Boa
Vista on CSI: Miami. It was revealed in the end of season 4 that Eva's
character Natalia Boa Vista was the mole in the lab reporting back to
the FBI. As of Season 5, La Rue is a full time cast member and her
character is now a trainee CSI under the reluctant tutelage of Ryan
Wolfe. In August 2006, it was revealed that LaRue's sister Nika was one
of the women photographed by convicted serial killer William Richard
Bradford for his collection. She was no. 3 (out of 54 women) on the
poster, created by the LAPD. Bradford would photograph women he met in
bars under the guise that he would assist their modeling careers.