Eva LaRue

 Eva Maria LaRue (/l@'ru:/; born December 27, 1966)is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles as Maria Santos on All My Children and as Det. Natalia Boa Vista on CSI: Miami.LaRue was born in Long Beach, California to Marcie and Luis LaRue. She has three siblings: sisters Nika and Lara and a brother, Luis Jr. She is a Baha'i member. Faith.LaRue began acting at the age of six and later became a teenager beauty queen. She won Danfranc Productions Miss California Empire 1984 title at the state pageant held in Irvine, California. In 1985, she graduated from Norco High SchoolLaRue began modeling shortly after graduating from high school. She began working for the Judith Fontaine Agency and eventually working with Frederick's of Hollywood.She was featured in infomercials about Zumba fitness class as well as Sheer Cover Studio mineral makeup. From 1991 to 1992 she was a co-host and announcer of Candid Camera. LaRue was Dr. Maria Santos Grey from 1997 to 1993 and she was back in 2002 and 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". In 2004 she was nominated for the category of "Outstanding Original Song" because of her composition of the song "Dance Again with You" which was used as a backdrop for the love scene that entailed Maria and Edmund in June 2003.