Eva LaRue

 Eva Maria LaRue, /l@'ruborn on 27 December, 1966), is an American actress. She is well-known for her roles as Maria Santos on All My Children and as Det. Natalia Boa Vista is a Miami-based actress. Natalia LaRue was born to Marcie LaRue and Luis LaRue in Long Beach, California. She has three siblings, twins Nika and Lara and a brother, Luis Jr. She is a member of the Baha'i Faith.LaRue began acting at the age of six and then became a teenage beauty queen. At the 1984 state pageant held in Irvine, California, Danfranc Productions Miss California Empire title was presented to her. After graduating high school in Norco, she began modeling. She began her modeling career with Frederick's Hollywood and then with the Judith Fontaine Agency. From 1991 to 1992, she was co-host and announcer on Candid Camera. LaRue was the Dr. Maria Santos Grey from 1993 to 1997 and again in 2002 to 2005. For All My Children, she was nominated for an Daytime Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actress in the category of Drama Series". She also received a nomination in 2004 in the category of "Outstanding Original Song" for composing the track "Dance Again with You", which was used as a backdrop to the love-making scene that followed the third marriage of the characters Edmund and Maria in June of 2003.