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