Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes was born on March 5, 1974, Miami, Florida, U.S.

Birth name: Eva Mendes

Education: Started attending Cal State Northridge, but dropped out to pursue an acting career.

Occupation: Actress, Model, Restaurateur

Nationality: American

Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Hair color: Dark brown

Eye color: Brown

Weight: 110 lbs or 49.9 kg

Shoe size: 10

Favorite Music: Belle and Sebastian, The Strokes, The Stone Roses, Saint Etienne, Oasis, The Ocean Blue, The Smiths, and Nortec Collective.

Fan sites: 1, 2, 3, 4,

Official site: Here

Pictures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

Filmography:

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
My Brother the Pig (1999)
The Disciples (2000) (TV)
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Exit Wounds (2001)
Training Day (2001)
All About the Benjamins (2002)
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Out of Time (2003)
Stuck on You (2003)
Hitch (2005)
The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
3 & 3 (2005)
Trust the Man (2005)
Knocked Up (2007)
Ghost Rider (2007)
We Own the Night (2007)
Cleaner (2007)
The Women (2008)
The Spirit (2009)

Biography:

Eva Mendes was raised in Los Angeles of Cuban-American heritage. In college she began acting, studying underneath acting coach Ivana Chubbuck. This led to her desire to appear in feature films. Though taking many smaller roles in movies, she was little known until playing the girlfriend of Denzel Washington's character in Training Day (2001). Since then she has been featured in a wider range of roles, from comedic to dramatic. These gave her the ability to work with many highly regarded directors, such as Robert Rodriguez (Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)), Carl Franklin (Out of Time (2003/I)), John Singleton (2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)), Antoine Fuqua (Training Day (2001)) and the Farrelly Bros. (Stuck on You (2003)).Most recently Eva has co-starred in an independent film, The Wendell Baker Story (2005) with Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson and Will Ferrell, with Luke Wilson directing. Before that, her biggest movie was Hitch (2005/I), a romantic comedy that had her playing opposite Will Smith.Eva is currently (2005) working on the sci-fi/comic book adaptation of Ghost Rider (2007), starring Nicolas Cage, directed by Mark Steven Johnson and planned for release in 2006.Along with acting, Eva is employed by Revlon Cosmetics as an international spokeswoman. She joins such elite actresses and models as Julianne Moore, Halle Berry and Cindy Crawford, who appear in Revlon's television and print ads. She is also a passionate supporter and active participant in Revlon's fight against breast cancer.Eva's goals are to improve her acting skills by working with such contemporary directors/filmmakers as Steven Soderbergh, Spike Jonze and Pedro Almodóvar, and learning from such renowned directors as Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni.

Trivia:

Joked that teen pregnancy was an 'epidemic,' adding she hoped she didn't catch it. (December 2007)
Is set to star alongside Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson and Gabriel Macht in upcoming flick THE SPIRIT, to be directed by Frank Miller. (August 22, 2007)
Was so scared of doing nude scenes that she had to have a drink to get through a love scene with actor Joaquin Phoenix in the movie WE OWN THE NIGHT. (May 2007)
Denied that she is having an affair with her WE OWN THE NIGHT co-star Joaquin Phoenix. (March 6, 2007)
Endured countless sleepless nights while making comic book movie GHOST RIDER, because the creepy film kept giving her nightmares.
Has been spotted looking cozy with actor Joaquin Phoenix - fuelling rumors the pair are an item. (March 16, 2006)
Was cast as Will Smith's love interest in HITCH to avoid upsetting race groups. Movie bosses feared handing a Smith a black leading lady would alienate white audiences and a white actress would upset African American film-goers - so they settled on a Latina. (2005)
Mendes says she enjoyed filming her action scenes in ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO but at times felt really challenged by them -- I'm really klutzy so getting it right felt really good. Coordinating all that stuff is really tough. It's like dance, she says. (September 17, 2003)
Sometimes credited as: Eva Mendez
Is Cuban-American.
Appeared in an American Express credit card commercial which featured the Sheryl Crow song Soak Up The Sun. (April 2002)
Appeared in Aerosmith's Hole In My Soul video as the girl in American flag bikini.
Is writing a book titled Crazy Leggs Beshee, inspired by her nieces and nephews, that introduces vocabulary, art, history and values through a medium kids understand.
Loves interior designing and would undertake this profession if not acting.
Hobbies: are music, sports (hiking, biking, skiing, and mountain climbing) and interior design.
Her favorite horror movie is THE SHINING.