Gabrielle Solis - Trivia

Trivia

• Roselyn Sánchez auditioned for the role also but the producers thought she wasn't right for the role because of her heavy Puerto Rican accent. Sanchez did make a cameo in the series finale as the new gardener Carlos hires for their house.
• Laura Harring also auditioned for the role of Gabrielle.
• Gabrielle is the first of all main characters, we see in the pilot episode.
• When Marc Cherry was casting, he asked Eva, "Do you like the script?" She said, "not meaning to be conceited, but I only read my part," then he thought "she's Gaby."
• Gabrielle is one of two housewives to cheat on their husbands with the other being Bree.
• Gabrielle is the youngest of the housewives from the main four, but Angie is the youngest housewife from all ten.
• Gabrielle is allergic to lilies, likes to dance salsa and drink merlot.
• Gabrielle and Carlos have O+ blood group.
• Gabrielle is the only main housewife to not have a step child:
  • Zach Young is Susan's stepson.
  • Kayla Huntington Scavo is Lynette's stepdaughter.
  • Sam Allen is Bree's stepson.
• Gabrielle has experienced the loss of a child four times:
  • her first pregnancy ended in miscarriage when she fell down a flight of stairs,
  • Libby Collins, biological mother of her adopted daughter Lily, decided to take her back,
  • the surrogate experiment ended in failure,
  • and she let go of her biological daughter Grace Sanchez.
• She is also the only main housewife who is not a grandmother by the series finale.