In 1995, she got her first TV role as Regina Crosbie in the serial "Glenroe". She stayed for three years until 1998. She was offered her first feature film in 1997, "All Souls' Day" by Alan Gilsenan. She played a variety of roles in Irish films, including "Drinking Crude" (1997), co-starring Colin Farrell, and TV movie "Miracle at Midnight" (1998), with Mia Farrow. In 2002, Eva appeared in "Sunday", a dramatization of the events of Bloody Sunday written by Jimmy McGovern.