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Gabrielle "Gabby" Solis (née Marquez, previously Lang) is a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is portrayed by Eva Longoria Parker.
Early Life
Gabrielle was born into a small town in Mexico, where her family was very poor. When she was a child, her father was diagnosed with cancer, to which he died. When she was 15 years old, she was sexually assaulted by her step-father, Alejandro, which provoked her to run away.
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Gabrielle "Gabby" Solis (née Marquez, previously Lang) is a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is portrayed by Eva Longoria Parker.
Early Life
Gabrielle was born into a small town in Mexico, where her family was very poor. When she was a child, her father was diagnosed with cancer, to which he died. When she was 15 years old, she was sexually assaulted by her step-father, Alejandro, which provoked her to run away. Five years later, she seduced a fashion photographer and became a model.
Season 1
The families of Gabrielle and Carlos Solis are from the Mexican city of Guadalajara. Gabrielle, a retired model in her late 20s, married Carlos Solis for love, but found satisfaction with John Rowland, her teenage gardener. She questioned her relationship with Carlos, commenting once that she loved him and all her teenage fantasies had been fulfilled, yet she still wasn't happy.
Gabrielle's affair with John was nearly revealed when Carlos's suspicious mother, Juanita, came for an unannounced visit. Juanita photographed Gabrielle in her final tryst with John, but was struck by a car driven by Andrew Van de Kamp (who was drunk) in an incident that eventually led to her death. Gabrielle confessed to John's mother, Helen, about the affair after Helen mistakenly believed that John had been sleeping with Susan Mayer.
Towards the end of the season, Gabrielle learned that she was pregnant, as a result of her husband replacing her birth control pills with sugar pills. She almost left Carlos after finding out the truth about her birth control pills, but eventually decided to blackmail him into taking complete care of the baby in return for her testimony in his gay hate crime allegations. Just as the trial is about to end however, John tells Carlos about the entire affair. In a fit of rage, Carlos goes after John, and he is convicted for the hate crimes, leaving Gabrielle in an uncertain situation.
Season 2
Season 2 focused on Gabrielle's desire to have a child. Gabrielle lost her first baby after falling down stairs whilst being pursued when her house was broken into by Caleb Applewhite. Believing Gabrielle to be in pain from her loss, Carlos sent a former inmate, Hector Ramos, to help her deal with it. Through Hector, Gabrielle began to realize that she was more deeply affected by the loss of the baby than she would at first admit. Gabrielle wanted to try for another baby, but discovered she could not become pregnant again because of the injuries she suffered when she miscarried.
She and Carlos tried to adopt, but John Rowland's mother worked for the adoption agency, and as a measure of revenge for Gaby sleeping with John, told them she would ensure they would never be able to adopt a child. Next the couple tried to adopt pole-dancer Libby Collins' daughter, but Libby eventually changed her mind and took the child back. Finally they asked their new maid, Xiao-Mei, to be a surrogate mother through in-vitro fertilization. Xiao-Mei got pregnant but Gabrielle found out that she was also carrying on an affair with Carlos. Following this, she surprisingly did not blow up at Carlos; instead, she ordered that Xiao-Mei help her throw Carlos's belongings out of the house.
The sexual abuse Gabrielle suffered as a teenager at the hands of her stepfather is also lightly touched upon. Her mother makes an appearance, and blames the abuse on Gabrielle seducing her stepfather. This shocks Carlos, whom up until then wanted a child with his DNA, but after this says he is willing to adopt, as "blood isn't everything".
Season 3
Xiao-Mei's baby was born black and the doctor revealed that the wrong baby was put in Xiao-Mei. As a result of this and other happenings, Carlos and Gabrielle divorced amicably and Gabrielle changed her last name back to Marquez. She decided to try to return to modeling but discovered she was no longer young enough, and instead began to mentor young girls in beauty pageantry. She also returned to the dating scene, first dating the father of one of the pageant girls, and then discovering that she had a stalker (Zach Young). Later in the season she met mayoral candidate Victor Lang, who pursued her despite her assertions that she was not interested. She eventually accepted his proposal, and they married in the season finale, although shortly afterwards she overheard Victor saying that he married her because she would be good for the "Latino vote" in the upcoming election for governor, and, distraught, ran to Carlos for comfort (who, in the meantime, had been dating Edie Britt).
Season 4
Gabrielle and Carlos planned to run away together, however, Edie staged a suicide attempt and Carlos felt that he could not leave her though continued the affair behind her back. They were discovered when Edie hired a private detective to take photos, and showed the photos to Victor. He took Gabrielle out on a boat trip, where she presumed he was going to murder her, so she hit him over the head with an oar and called Carlos for help. They fought Victor and he fell overboard, nowhere to be seen and presumed dead, but later washed up on shore pretending to have amnesia to all but Gabrielle. She decided, after Victor threatened her, to leave town with Carlos, but this turned out not to be necessary as Victor was killed by a flying gigantic wooden shrapnel during the tornado which hit Wisteria Lane. In the aftermath of the tornado (which also blinded Carlos) Gabrielle and Carlos remarried.
Also in season 4 it is revealed that Gabrielle's father died of cancer when she was five. Her mother told her not to cry so as not to upset her dying father. He wanted Gabrielle to be perpetually smiling, and so (she admits to Lynette) that's the way she's been ever since. She feels uncomfortable around cancer patients because of her father.
Season 5
Five years after Gabrielle and Carlos found thousands of dollars in their ex-roommate's teddy bear, Gabrielle has two little girls, Juanita Solis and Celia Solis, gained some weight, and no longer her glamorous self (but Juanita and Celia makes it unfair by using and "ruining" their mother's dresses). Both pregnancies were unintentional, and while Gabrielle was upset as she'd been told she could not conceive, Carlos saw both as blessings. Her eldest daughter Juanita is overweight and falls short of the former model's beauty standards (She also puts on makeup at the very end of Season 4 finale), who relentlessly tries to control Juanita's weight.
Gabrielle and Carlos see their lives very differently. Carlos is content with it and happy for having a good job, a nice house, a beautiful wife and two adorable daughters. Gabrielle is upset for having lost her looks, money and spot on the social ladder.
Wondering what sex must be like for Carlos as a blind man, Gabrielle decides to have sex blind-folded. She later regrets the experiment, when Juanita walks in on them quietly. The incident forces the "birds and bees talk", and that doesn't go over well. Gabrielle fears she may be pregnant again, then feels lucky when her period arrives.
Although it was revealed that Gaby was hesitant upon learning of both pregnancies, she is very protective of her daughters. Two pregnancies, a blind husband and the role of "head of the household" has taken it's toll on Gaby over the five year period between Seasons 4 and 5. Gaby has lost her looks and youthful figure but her personality - though more mature - has not changed.
Gabby recently went to a "Boot Camp" with Edie Britt, after Carlos regained his sight, and job, gaining her youthful figure and lifestyle back eventually.
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