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 (70)
Bluey Book Reads
2024
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Bluey
2018
Lost River
2015
Mr. X
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Place Beyond the Pines
2013
Clear History
2013
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013
Girl in Progress
2012
Holy Motors
2012
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
2012
Radioman
2012
George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You
2012
Fast Five
2011
Last Night
2010
The Other Guys
2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2010
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
2010
Conan
2010
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
The Spirit
2008
The Women
2008
Ghost Rider
2007
We Own the Night
2007
Knocked Up
2007
Live!
2007
Cleaner
2007
Guilty Hearts
2007
Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider
2007
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
Hitch
2005
The Wendell Baker Story
2005
Trust the Man
2005
Trippin'
2005
The Tony Danza Show
2004
2 Fast 2 Furious
2003
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
Out of Time
2003
Stuck on You
2003
The Osbourne Family Christmas Special
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
All About the Benjamins
2002
The Osbournes
2002
Training Day
2001
Exit Wounds
2001
Good Day Live
2001
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
My Brother the Pig
1999
The Disciples
1999
The Early Show
1999
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
1998
Mortal Kombat: Conquest
1998
V.I.P.
1998
The View
1997
The Daily Show
1996
ER
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
This Morning
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Today
1952
The Making of We Own the Night
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