Eva Mendes
Born: 1974-03-05 in Miami, Florida, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2024
- Bluey Book Reads as Reader
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018
- Bluey as Yoga Instructor (voice)
2015
- Lost River as Cat
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Mr. X as Self
2013
- The Place Beyond the Pines as Romina Gutierrez
- Clear History as Jennifer
- DRIVE IN Holy Motors as Self
2012
- Holy Motors as Kay M
- Radioman as Self
- Girl in Progress as Grace
- George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You as Self
- Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide as Self
2011
- Fast Five as Monica Fuentes (uncredited)
- California Romanza ... (Director)
2010
- Conan as Self - Guest
- The Other Guys as Sheila Gamble
- Last Night as Laura
- With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self
- I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later as Self (archival footage)
- The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Herself
2009
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Frankie Donnenfield
2008
- The Women as Crystal Allen
- The Spirit as Sand Saref
2007
- Ghost Rider as Roxanne Simpson
- Knocked Up as Self (uncredited)
- Cleaner as Ann Norcut
- We Own the Night as Amada Juarez
- Live! as Katy
- Guilty Hearts as Gabriella
- Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider as Self
2006
- The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
2005
- Hitch as Sara
- Trippin' as Self
- Trust the Man as Faith Faison
- The Wendell Baker Story as Doreen
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico as CIA Agent Ajedrez
- Out of Time as Alex Diaz Whitlock
- Stuck on You as April
- 2 Fast 2 Furious as Monica Fuentes
- The Osbourne Family Christmas Special as Self
2002
- The Osbournes as Self
- All About the Benjamins as Gina
2001
- Good Day Live as Self
- Training Day as Sara
- Exit Wounds as Trish
2000
- Urban Legends: Final Cut as Vanessa
1999
- The Early Show as Self
- My Brother the Pig as Matilda
- The Disciples as Maria Serranco
1998
- V.I.P. as Esmeralda
- Mortal Kombat: Conquest as Hanna
- A Night at the Roxbury as Bridesmaid
- Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror as Kir
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
1996
- The Daily Show as Self - Guest
1994
- ER as Donna
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
- This Morning as Self
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
1952
- Today as Self