Maya peoples
People of southern Mexico and northern Central America
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| 2025 | Nominated for Iris Awards Best Actress for Land of Women and wins Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for Only Murders in the Building |
| 2024 | Guest-stars on the Hulu mystery comedy-drama series Only Murders in the Building, winning her third Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. |
| 2024 | Speculated as a potential top Democratic contender for the Texas Senate election. |
| November 2024 | Longoria revealed that she moved out of the United States with her family, splitting time between Mexico and Spain. |
| August 22 2024 | Spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. |
| June 2024 | The Los Angeles Times featured Longoria in its 'L.A. Influential' series, recognizing her as a notable creator making an impact in Los Angeles. |
| March 2024 | Granted $50-million Courage and Civility Award by Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez in recognition of her charity work through the Eva Longoria Foundation. |
| 2023 | Her production company UnbeliEVAble Entertainment is acquired by Hyphenate Media Group. Directs the Oscar-nominated film Flamin' Hot. |
| 2023 | Wins multiple awards for Flamin' Hot, including Celebration of Cinema and Television Breakthrough Director, Imagen Awards Best Feature Film and Best Director, and receives Directors to Watch Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival |
| December 2023 | Longoria served as a guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World. |
| 2022 | Nominated for Miami Film Festival Best Documentary for La Guerra Civil |
| 2022 | Release of 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever', an adventure film sequel featuring a storyline about a superhuman Maya tribe with ancestors from the Mesoamerican jungle. |
| 2021 | Nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing Team for Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love |
| 2021 | Longoria was working with Kenya Barris to develop a potential new television series called Brown-ish about a Latino family. |
| January 2 2021 | Participated in a VoteRiders textbanking event with America Ferrera to educate Latina voters about Georgia's voter ID laws. |
| 2020 | Directs the television series Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love, earning a Daytime Creative Arts Emmys nomination. |
| 2020 | After being approached by Natalie Portman, Longoria joined the ownership group of Angel City FC in the National Women's Soccer League. |
| 2020 | Assisted the San Antonio Food Bank with their COVID-relief efforts. |
| September 2020 | UnbeliEVAble Entertainment renewed a three-year first-look deal with 20th Television. |
| August 2020 | Hosted the first night of the Democratic National Convention, held remotely due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Release of 'La Llorona', a horror film addressing the genocide of the Maya in Guatemala. |
| August 2019 | Eva Longoria was announced as the director of the biopic Flamin' Hot, marking her feature-length directorial debut. |
| July 2019 | Supported the Special Olympics Texas Summer Games hosted by Toyota Field and Morgan's Wonderland in San Antonio, Texas. |
| 2018 | Receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
| 2018 | Endorsed Beto O'Rourke for Senate against Senator Ted Cruz, and Colin Allred for Texas's 32nd congressional district. |
| 2018 | Eva Longoria wins ALMA Awards Special Achievement in Film and Imagen Awards Best Actress - Film for Overboard |
| 2018 | Longoria gave birth to a son. |
| August 5 2018 | Attended the premiere of her film Dog Days alongside co-stars Vanessa Hudgens and Nina Dobrev. |
| April 1 2018 | Ríos Montt dies of a heart attack, ending the legal proceedings against him for the Maya genocide. |
| 2017 | Directed the season three finale episode of ABC comedy Black-ish and was attached to a pilot for a workplace comedy called Type-A. |
| December 19 2017 | Longoria was reported to be pregnant with her first child. |
| March 2017 | Longoria launched her clothing line website on her official site. |
| March 2017 | Included at No. 42 on Richtopia's list of 200 Most Influential Philanthropists and Social Entrepreneurs Worldwide. |
| August 2016 | Her production company UnbeliEVAble Entertainment signed a two-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures. |
| July 26 2016 | Spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. |
| May 21 2016 | Longoria married José Antonio Bastón in Mexico. |
| 2015 | Starred in NBC sitcom Telenovela about a popular telenovela actress, which ran for one season. |
| 2015 | Longoria announced a partnership with Sunrise Brands to create a women's apparel collection, set to launch in Fall 2016. |
| 2015 | Release of 'Ixcanul', the first movie entirely produced in the Kaqchikel Maya language, depicting the life of a young woman in a traditional Maya village. |
| December 13 2015 | Longoria reported her engagement to Mexican businessman José Antonio 'Pepe' Bastón Patiño. |
| August 25 2015 | A court deliberates that a re-trial of the 2013 proceedings could potentially find Ríos Montt guilty or not guilty, with any sentence to be suspended. |
| January 5 2015 | Ríos Montt appears in court again amid protests from his lawyers about his health conditions. |
| 2014 | Longoria provided $6 million in funding for the film John Wick just before production, later doubling her investment within 10 years. |
| 2014 | Endorsed Marianne Williamson for California's 33rd congressional district. |
| May 2014 | Initiated the Latino Victory Project to raise funds for candidates and voter mobilization efforts. |
| 2013 | Became a spokesperson for Sheba Cat Food and began serving as an executive producer of Devious Maids, directing the season two premiere episode. |
| May 2013 | Graduated with a master's degree in Chicano studies from Cal State University, Northridge. |
| May 20 2013 | The constitutional court overturns Ríos Montt's genocide conviction due to alleged procedural irregularities. |
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