LaRueExcitedAboutNewSeasonon‘CSI:Miami’
Role earned her first primetime Alma Award nomination
Eva LaRue returns for Season 8 of “CSI: Miami” as DNA analyst Natalia Boa Vista. The season premiere is Sept. 21 on CBS.
Actress Eva LaRue remembers what it was like for Latinas in the television industry when she started her career back in the late 80s.
“Twenty years ago when I first got into the business there was literally no Latinas working in primetime television unless they were the odd recurring role as the maid or the hooker,” LaRue told EXTRA during an interview to promote the new season of “CSI: Miami,” which airs on Sept. 21. “It was pretty pathetic. Now, it has come so far.”
From actresses like América Ferrera to Roselyn Sánchez to Sara Ramírez, LaRue, who is part Puerto Rican, says she is proud to be one of the many Latina actresses currently making their mark on primetime television. Like Ferrera, Sánchez, and Ramírez, LaRue is also getting noticed. As DNA analyst Natalia Boa Vista on “CSI: Miami,” which she began in 2005, she was recently nominated for an Alma Award for Best Actress in a Drama.
The NCLR Alma Awards air on ABC Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. The season premiere of “CSI: Miami” airs on CBS Monday, Sept. 21 at 9 p.m.
EXTRA: Where were you when you got the news of your Alma Award nomination?
I got the news while my daughter and I were on vacation in the Bahamas. We squeezed in one last vacation before school started again. We had a blast. [My publicist] called to tell me I got the nomination. It was unexpected and awesome. I love the Alma Awards.
Eva LaRue: I know you’ve won a couple of Alma Awards for your work on daytime TV. Are accolades like this important to you as an actress?
If you make them important it’s probably a big
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