Eva Mendes
- Acting
- March 5, 1974 · Miami, Florida, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Bluey Book Reads · Reader
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Bluey · Yoga Instructor (Voice)
- Lost River · Cat
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Mr. X · Self
- Clear History · Jennifer
- The Place Beyond the Pines · Romina Gutierrez
- DRIVE IN Holy Motors · Self
- Radioman · Self
- Half the Sky · Self
- George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You · Self
- Holy Motors · Kay M
- Girl in Progress · Grace
- Fast Five · Monica Fuentes (uncredited)
- California Romanza · Director
- Conan · Self
- Last Night · Laura
- The Other Guys · Sheila Gamble
- With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story · Self
- I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later · Self
- The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans · Self
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans · Frankie Donnenfield
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien · Self
- The Spirit · Sand Saref
- The Women · Crystal Allen
- Live! · Katy
- We Own the Night · Amada Juarez
- Cleaner · Ann Norcut
- Guilty Hearts · Gabriella
- Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider · Self
- Knocked Up · Self
- Ghost Rider · Roxanne Simpson
- The Megan Mullally Show · Self
- Trust the Man · Faith Faison
- The Wendell Baker Story · Doreen
- Trippin' · Self
- Hitch · Sara
- The Tony Danza Show · Self
- The Osbourne Family Christmas Special · Self
- Stuck on You · April
- Out of Time · Alex Diaz Whitlock
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico · CIA Agent Ajedrez
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- 2 Fast 2 Furious · Monica Fuentes
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- All About the Benjamins · Gina
- The Osbournes · Self
- Training Day · Sara
- Good Day Live · Self
- Exit Wounds · Trish
- Urban Legends: Final Cut · Vanessa
- The Early Show · Self
- The Disciples · Maria Serranco
- My Brother the Pig · Matilda
- Mortal Kombat: Conquest · Hanna
- A Night at the Roxbury · Bridesmaid
- V.I.P. · Esmeralda
- Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror · Kir
- The View · Self
- The Daily Show · Self
- ER · Donna
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Late Show with David Letterman · Self
- MTV Movie & TV Awards · Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · Self
- This Morning · Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark · Self
- Wetten, dass..? · Self
- Today · Self
- The Making of We Own the Night · Self