Eva Mendes
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 (26)
Lost River
The Place Beyond the Pines
Clear History
Holy Motors
Fast Five
The Other Guys
Last Night
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
The Spirit
The Women
Ghost Rider
Knocked Up
Live!
Cleaner
We Own the Night
Hitch
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2 Fast 2 Furious
Stuck on You
Out of Time
All About the Benjamins
Training Day
Exit Wounds
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
