Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1974-03-05 (Age: 52)
Place of Birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Eva Mendes
Biography
Eva de la Caridad Méndez (born March 5, 1974), known professionally as Eva Mendes, is an American retired actress. Her acting career began in the late 1990s with a series of roles in films such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut(2000). Mendes's performance in Training Day (2001) marked a turning point in her career and led to parts in the commercially successful films 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and Hitch (2005). She starred in Ghost Rider (2007) and The Spirit (2008), both film adaptations of comics, and ventured into more dramatic territory with We Own the Night(2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans(2009), Last Night (2010), and The Place Beyond the Pines (2012). Her other films include Out of Time (2003), The Women (2008), The Other Guys (2010), and Girl in Progress (2012). Mendes has appeared in several music videos for artists such as Will Smith and has also been an ambassador for brands including Calvin Klein, Cartier, Reebok, Pantene shampoo, and Peek & Cloppenburg. She has designed for New York & Company and is the creative director of CIRCA Beauty, a makeup line sold at Walgreens.
Filmography (42)
Lost River
2015
Mr. X
2014
Clear History
2013
The Place Beyond the Pines
2013
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013
Radioman
2012
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
2012
George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You
2012
Holy Motors
2012
Girl in Progress
2012
Fast Five
2011
Last Night
2010
The Other Guys
2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010