Desperate Housewives: Gaby's Daughter's All Grown Up Now, And You Won't Recognize Her
The young actress leaves her chubby childhood behind for a body positive adulthood.
Desperate Housewives first aired in 2004 and was an instant hit with viewers around the world. The show lasted for 8 seasons, ending in 2012 and many people continue watching and re-watching it in reruns and on streaming services.
Even if you’ve only seen the show once, you are bound to remember both the major and minor characters, such as Gaby’s daughter.
Gabrielle and Carlos Solis’ eldest daughter Gaby was portrayed by actress Madison De La Garza. You probably remember her as a cute chubby girl, who could never stop eating sweets. It could be that one of the reasons audiences loved her so much was because of how relatable she was for many.
Madison started acting in Desperate Housewives when she was just seven. By the time the show ended, Madison was a real star and continued to appear in movies and TV series. She was never able to repeat her success in Desperate Housewives, though, only ever appearing in minor supporting roles.
As she pretty much fell off the radar, many fans have little idea what she looks like today.
Madison is in her 20s now. She has pretty much given up on her dream of becoming a major actress, but she still wants to work in the film industry. She is studying screenwriting at Chapman University and believe it or not, there are quite a few Desperate Housewives fans out there who are eagerly anticipating new scripts from Gaby’s daughter.
In interviews, Madison says she was often bullied while she was filming for Desperate Housewives on account of her chubbiness. Naturally, she ended up developing a whole host of issues and inhibitions about her body image and when she hit her teens she went through a phase where she was constantly experimenting with various diets, but whatever weight she ever lost always came back with a vengeance.
Eventually, Madison decided to go the body positive way. She was just too tired of constantly fighting a losing battle against her own body and instead chose to accept herself the way nature created her. She now wears her pounds with pride and shares photos of herself wearing bikinis on social media.