Golden Globe nominee and two-time ALMA Award-winning actress Eva Longoria Parker stars as Gabrielle Solis on the hit ABC show Desperate Housewives. However, this isn’t the talented actress’ first appearance on television.

After landing roles on The Bold And The Beautiful, General Hospital and Beverly Hills, 90210, she went on to win the role of Isabella on the US soap opera The Young And The Restless. Longoria Parker is also no stranger to the big screen with leading roles in movies such as The Sentinel – opposite Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland and Kim Basinger – and Over My Dead Body, with Paul Rudd and Jason Biggs.

With the season five DVD of Desperate Housewives about to be released, the glamorous actress talks about her not-so-glamorous character in the show, her love of DVDs and the five year jump at the start of the new season…

Why do you think Desperate Housewives is so addictive to fans around the world?

Eva Longoria Parker will never be a desperate housewife now she’s mastered the stripper pole.

The actress showed off her sexy skills as a guest on comedian George Lopez’s new show – following through on a promise she made her pal if his pilot got picked up.

But sexy Eva wasn’t about to show George and America all her twirls and pearls on a pole set up in the studio, wearing a tight, sequined mini-dress.

She reserves that ‘act’ for husband Tony Parker in the confines of their bedroom – and hopes she can pull off the sexy moves better than she did on Valentine’s Day.

She recalls, “I got on it to swing and I went `whack’ and I fell.”

Hmmm, that might actually turn some men on!