Eva Longoria – Isabella Braña

Before she was making waves on ABC’s Desperate Housewives, Eva Longoria was the first Latina to join the cast of The Young and the Restless. From 2001 to 2003, Longoria played Isabella Braña, an unhinged woman who has an affair (and later, a love child) with Paul Williams, husband of Christine Blair. Isabella was later committed to a mental hospital, but Eva’s career only took off from there; the actress went on to star in Housewives for eight years, later making cameos on network hits like Brooklyn Nine Nine and The Simpsons. Eva Longoria also pursued a brief career as a restaurateur, although her Vegas dining spot Beso filed for bankruptcy in 2011.