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.
Acting
Movie
Fast Five
as Monica Fuentes (uncredited)
2011
Movie
2 Fast 2 Furious
as Monica Fuentes
2003
Movie
Training Day
as Sara
2001
Movie
Ghost Rider
as Roxanne Simpson
2007
Movie
Hitch
as Sara
2005
Movie
The Place Beyond the Pines
as Romina Gutierrez
2013
Movie
The Other Guys
as Sheila Gamble
2010
Movie
Knocked Up
as Self (uncredited)
2007
Movie
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as CIA Agent Ajedrez
2003
Movie
We Own the Night
as Amada Juarez
2007
Movie
Out of Time
as Alex Diaz Whitlock
2003
Movie
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Frankie Donnenfield
2009
Movie
Holy Motors
as Kay M
2012
Movie
The Spirit
as Sand Saref
2008
Movie
A Night at the Roxbury
as Bridesmaid
1998
Movie
Cleaner
as Ann Norcut
2007
TV
ER
as Donna
1994
Movie
Last Night
as Laura
2010
Movie
Stuck on You
as April
2003
TV
Bluey
as Yoga Instructor (voice)
2018
Movie
Lost River
as Cat
2015
TV
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
1996
Movie
Exit Wounds
as Trish
2001
Movie
Urban Legends: Final Cut
as Vanessa
2000
