Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes appeared nude in an ad for Calvin Klein's Secret Obsession perfume. The ad was banned from airing in the United States

Eva Mendes(born March 5, 1974) is an American actress and model. She began acting in the late 1990s, and after a series of minor roles and performances in several smaller films.

Eva Mendes was born in Miami, Florida, to Cuban parents, and was raised in the suburb of Glendale by her mother after her parents’ divorce; Mendes has said that her mother “suffered so much to make my life OK” during her early years.Mendes was raised a Roman Catholic and aspired to be a nun. As a child, Mendes was teased about her buck teeth.

Eva Mendes appeared nude in an ad for Calvin Klein's Secret Obsession perfume. The ad was banned from airing in the United States

Eva Mendes appeared nude in an ad for Calvin Klein’s Secret Obsession perfume. The ad was banned from airing in the United States

Eva Mendes never saw herself as an actress while she was young and pursued other interests. She attended Hoover High School in Glendale and later attended California State University, Northridge to study marketing, but dropped out after wanting to begin an acting career. She studied acting under the acting teacher, Ivana Chubbuck.

Eva Mendes caught the eye of an agent who convinced her to pursue acting more steadily. She appeared in Will Smith’s video “Miami” and the Pet Shop Boys’ music video for “Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)” in 1996 and Aerosmith’s video “Hole in My Soul” in 1997, to guest roles in soap operas and supporting film roles. Her first film appearance was in the direct-to-video Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror.

Mendes received her first big-screen break when she appeared in Training Day. That performance led to roles in Stuck on You, Once Upon a Time in , and as the female lead in the comedy Hitch opposite Will Smith. Her role in Once Upon a Time in Mexico also earned her a nomination at the . Eva Mendes costarred in with , who she was to work with again in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call in 2009, and also starred alongside , , and Robert Duvall in the film We Own the Night.

Eva Mendes was announced as the international face of ‘s 30 Days of Fashion & Beauty event in July 2008. She made guest appearances in that country at the month-long festival in September.

In early 2008, Mendes entered a rehabilitation facility in Utah for several weeks for substance abuse problems. In a statement, her representative said that she had been “working hard for the past year and made a positive decision to take some much-needed time off to proactively attend to some personal issues that, while not critical, she felt deserved some outside professional support.”

Eva Mendes Filmography

2014 Lost River
2012 The Place Beyond the Pines
2012 Girl in Progress
2012 Holy Motors
2011 Fast Five
2010 Last Night
2009 The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans
2008 The Spirit
2008 The Women
2007 Cleaner
2007 We Own the Night
2007 Live!
2007 Ghost Rider
2006 Guilty Hearts
2005 Trust the Man
2005 The Wendell Baker Story
2005 Hitch
2003 Stuck on You
2003 Out of Time
2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 2 Fast 2 Furious
2002 All About the Benjamins
2001 Training Day
2001 Exit Wounds
2000 Urban Legends: Final Cut
1999 My Brother the Pig
1998 A Night at the Roxbury
1998 Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (video)

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