Having gained serial immortality on the small screen as the long-suffering Dr. Maria Santos Grey on the popular daytime soap, “All My Children” (AMC, 1970- ) charming actress Eva LaRue made the rare, successful leap to primetime, starring as Natalia Boa Vista on “CSI: Miami” (CBS, 2002- ).

Born just two days after Christmas in 1966, Eva Maria LaRuy (later LaRue) was born and raised in Southern California. The oldest of three children, LaRue’s exotic beauty and vaguely indeterminate ethnicity were the result of a potpourri mixture of Puerto Rican, Dutch, Scottish, and French ancestry. LaRue