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Aliases: Eva de la Caridad Méndez , اوا مندس

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Miami, Florida, USA

Homepage: http://www.evamendes.com/

Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

Biography

Eva de la Caridad Méndez (/ˈmɛndɛz/, Spanish:[ˈeβa ðe la kaɾiˈðað ˈmendes]; 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eva Mendes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Good Day Live
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3

Good Day Live

(2001) Self
Training Day
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8

Training Day

(2001) Sara
Ghost Rider
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6

Ghost Rider

(2007) Roxanne Simpson
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
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6

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

(2003) CIA Agent Ajedrez
We Own the Night
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7

We Own the Night

(2007) Amada Juarez
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
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6
Holy Motors
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7

Holy Motors

(2012) Kay M
Out of Time
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6

Out of Time

(2003) Alex Diaz Whitlock

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Reader
2018 Yoga Instructor (voice)
2015 Cat
2014 Jennifer
Self
Self
2013 Romina Gutierrez
Self
2012 Self
Self
Herself
Kay M
Grace
2011 Monica Fuentes (uncredited)
2010 Self
Laura
Sheila Gamble
Self
Self (archival footage)
Herself
2009 Frankie Donnenfield
2008 Sand Saref
Crystal Allen
2007 Katy
Amada Juarez
Ann Norcut
Self (uncredited)
Roxanne Simpson
2006 Self - Guest
Gabriella
2005 Faith Faison
Doreen
Self
Sara Melas
2004 Self
2003 April
Alex Diaz Whitlock
CIA Agent Ajedrez
Monica Fuentes
2002 Gina
2001 Sara
Self
Trish
2000 Vanessa
1999 Self
Maria Serranco
Matilda
1998 Hanna
Bridesmaid
Esmeralda
Kir
1997 Self - Guest
1996 Self
1994 Donna
1993 Self - Guest
1992 Self - Presenter
N/A
1988 Self
N/A
1981 Self
1952 Self
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2011 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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