Eva LaRue is an American model and actress who is best known for portraying the role Dr. Mario Santos in ABC soap opera, All My Children. She also played Teri Tanner on the Netflix series Fuller House and Natalia Boa Vista on CSI: Miami.
Eva LaRue is best known for portraying the role of Dr. Mario Santos in ABC soap opera, All My Children. She is also famous for playing Teri Tanner on the Netflix series Fuller House and Natalia Boa Vista on CSI: Miami.
Eva LaRue was born Eva Maria LaRue on December 27, 1966, in Long Beach, California to Marcie LaRuy and Luis LaRue. She was raised along with her three siblings, two sisters, Nika LaRue, and Lara LaRue and a brother, Luis Jr. She is the third cousin of American actress and political activist Jane Fonda. She is an American and belongs to the mixed ethnicity of Puerto Rican, French Dutch, and Scottish. Her faith is Baha'i faith and birth sign is Capricorn
She graduated from Norco High School in 1985. During her high school days, Eva was carving a career for herself as a model and she was crowned with 3 prestigious titles – ‘Little Miss California’ in 1973, ‘Miss American Teenager’ in 1983 and in 1984, she landed the title ‘Miss California Empire’. Soon after her graduation, she started her modeling career. She first worked with the Judith Fontaine Agency and eventually with Frederick's of Hollywood.
Eva LaRue made her acting debut in 1987 with The Barbarians. After that, she appeared in several TV series, Charles in Charge, Perfect Strangers, Freddy's Nightmares, Married...with Children Dragnet in a minor role. LaRue rose to fame after starring in the ABC's soap opera, All My Children. She portrayed the role of Dr. Maria Santos Grey and featured in the show from 1993 to 1997 and again from 2002 to 2005. In 2004, she earned Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" for All My Children.
In 2010, LaRue again reprised her role, Maria on the 40th anniversary of All My Children. Some of her notable screen credit includes Heart Condition, Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College, RoboCop 3, Dancer and the Dame, Head Over Heels, Ice, Third Watch, Modern Girl's Guide to Life, CSI: Miami, Criminal Minds and others.
In 2016, LaRue appeared in the revival series of the sitcom Full House entitled Fuller House where she played the role of Teri Tanner
In May 2019, she landed the role of Celeste Rosales in The Young and the Restless. As of 2019, Eva has performed in more than fifty movies and many television series.
In 2004, she earned Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" for All My Children. In 1984, she landed the title ‘Miss California Empire’.
Eva LaRue has been married thrice. In 1992, she tied the knot with an actor, John O'Hurley but they split after two years in 1994. She then married her fellow co-star of All My Children, John Callahan in 1996. The couple has a daughter, Kaya McKenna Callahan (born on June 26, 2010). They divorced in 2005. On June 26, 2010, LaRue married for the third time with Joe Cappuccio who is a businessman in a private ceremony. However, the couple separated after four years in 2014. She used to model for Fredericks of Hollywood. Used to host Weddings of a Lifetime (1995) with her husband John Callahan. Currently, she is single.
Eva LaRue has an estimated net worth of $3 million. Her main source of income is her acting career. She has been part of several commercially successful movies including the 2008 American crime thriller film, Lakeview Terrace. The movie collected $44.7 million at the box office. In 2015, she sold her Woodland Hills for $2.2 million which she bought in 2009 for $1.8 million. No information is available regarding her house and cars.
She is an average tall woman with a height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 54kg. She has maintained her body measurements of 36-25-36 inches.
Eva has over 97.1k followers on Instagram, 212k on Twitter and 5.3k fans on Facebook.