Eva Mendes
1 FOLLOWER • 27 CREDITS • MAR 5, 1974 • 50
Biography
Eva Mendes (born March 5, 1974, height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) is an American actress, model, singer, and homeware and fashion designer. She began acting in the late 1990s, and after a series of roles in B movies such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), she broke into the Hollywood mainstream with an appearance in Training Day (2001).
She has since starred in many films including All About The Benjamins (2002); 2 Fast 2 Furious, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Out of Time and Stuck on You (2003); Hitch (2005); Ghost Rider and We Own the Night (both 2007); The Spirit (2008); The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009); The Other Guys and Last Night (both 2010), Girl in Progress (2012).
Mendes has worked as a spokesmodel for Cocio chocolate milk, Magnum ice cream, Revlon make-up, Calvin Klein underwear and perfume, Cartier jewelry, Thierry Mugler perfume, Reebok trainers, Campari apéritif, Pantene shampoo, Morgan clothes and Peek & Cloppenburg clothes.
Mendes is the creator of a home decor line, Vida, sold exclusively at Macy's. She launched a bedding collection in 2008 and a dinnerware collection in 2010.
Mendes is a singer: she has recorded a version of The Windmills of Your Mind and has collaborated with Cee Lo Green on a song entitled Pimps Don't Cry.
She lives in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
ER
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Today
The Daily Show
The Early Show
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Bluey
Knocked Up
Fast Five
A Night at the Roxbury
Training Day
Exit Wounds
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
The Disciples
Lost River
Cleaner
We Own the Night
2 Fast 2 Furious
The Other Guys
The Place Beyond the Pines
Ghost Rider
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Hitch
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Girl in Progress
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