Eva Mendes
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.
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Full filmography
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- ER (1994) as Donna
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Guest
- Bluey (2018) as Yoga Instructor (voice)
- The View (1997) as Self - Guest
- Conan (2010) as Self - Guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- V.I.P. (1998) as Esmeralda
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Good Day Live (2001) as Self
- MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) as Self - Presenter
- The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009) as Self - Guest
- Ghost Rider (2007) as Roxanne Simpson
- The Megan Mullally Show (2006) as Self - Guest
- Training Day (2001) as Sara
- Knocked Up (2007) as Self (uncredited)