1. - Eva Longoria Parker, Desperate Housewives, TV, 2004-08. Among the sultry actresses auditioned by creator Marc Cherry for the sultry Gabrielle. He had a good eye. Roselyn soon won her own hit series with Without A Trace

2. - Mia Maestro, Cutthroat, TV, 2010. Alias star was a last-minute change of mind for the ABC dramedy pilot about an upscale Beverly Hills widow and soccer mom... running a drug cartel. The Argentinean-born Maestro became a name due to 24, 2004-06, and the Puerto Rican Sanchez because of her FBI work in Without A Trace, 2005-09.