Eva LaRue

Eva Maria LaRue is an American actress and model. She is best known for her television roles as Dr. Maria Santos Grey on the daytime soap opera All My Children and Detective Natalia Boa Vista on the police procedural series CSI: Miami.

LaRue was born on December 27, 1966, in Long Beach, California, to Marcie and Luis LaRue. She grew up with three siblings: sisters Nika and Lara, and brother Luis Jr. She is a member of the Baháʼí Faith. LaRue began acting at six years old and later participated in beauty pageants as a teenager, winning the Danfranc Productions Miss California Empire 1984 title in Irvine, California. In 1985, she graduated from Norco High School.

After high school, LaRue began modeling, initially working with the Judith Fontaine Agency and later with Frederick's of Hollywood. In addition to appearing on magazine covers such as LA Direct, Vivmag, Orange Coast, InStyle Weddings, Woman's World, and Latina, she appeared in infomercials for the Zumba fitness workout and Sheer Cover Studio mineral makeup.

LaRue moved into television hosting as a co-host and announcer on Candid Camera from 1991 to 1992. In 1993, she joined the cast of All My Children as Dr. Maria Santos Grey, remaining until 1997 and returning from 2002 to 2005. Her character was half of the show's Edmund and Maria supercouple. LaRue received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, as well as a 2004 nomination for Outstanding Original Song for composing "Dance Again with You." She reprised her role for the show's 40th anniversary in 2010 and returned again in 2011.

During her career, LaRue appeared in television movies, starring as Annette Funicello in a biographical movie and as Princess Serena in an adaptation of Danielle Steel's Remembrance. In 2005, she played Linda Lorenzo on the sitcom George Lopez before joining CSI: Miami as Natalia Boa Vista, becoming a full-time cast member starting in season five.

LaRue continued to perform in various television series, guest-starring as Agent Tanya Mays on Criminal Minds in 2013 and appearing as Teri Tanner on Fuller House in 2016. She also played the Admirable on Mack & Moxy and joined The Young and the Restless as Celeste Rosales in 2019. In February 2024, she was cast as Natalia Rogers-Ramirez on General Hospital, making her debut that month and concluding her run in July 2025.

In her personal life, LaRue was married to actor John O'Hurley until 1994. She married All My Children co-star John Callahan in 1996; the couple co-hosted the 1997 Miss America pageant, had a daughter named Kaya McKenna Callahan in 2001, and divorced in 2005. She was later married to businessman Joe Cappucio from 2010 to 2015. LaRue is a close friend of Kelly Ripa and the godmother of Michael Consuelos.