Personal Information
Real Name: Eva Mendes
Birth : 5 March 1974, USA
Height : 5' 6"
Eva Mendes Biography
Eva Mendes was born in Miami, Florida but raised in Los Angeles of Cuban-American heritage. In college she began acting, studying underneath acting coach 'Ivana Chubbuck' (qv). 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' (qv)'s character in _Training Day (2001)_ (qv). 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 (I)' (qv) (_Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)_ (qv)), 'Carl Franklin (I)' (qv) (_Out of Time (2003/I)_ (qv)), 'John Singleton (I)' (qv) (_2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)_ (qv)), 'Antoine Fuqua' (qv) (_Training Day (2001)_ (qv)) and the Farrelly Bros. (_Stuck on You (2003)_ (qv)). Eva has co-starred in an independent film, _The Wendell Baker Story (2005)_ (qv) with 'Owen Wilson (I)' (qv), 'Luke Wilson (I)' (qv) and 'Will Ferrell' (qv), with Luke Wilson directing. Before that, her biggest movie was _Hitch (2005/I)_ (qv), a romantic comedy that had her playing opposite 'Will Smith (I)' (qv). Along with acting, Eva is employed by Revlon Cosmetics as an international spokeswoman. She joins such elite actresses and models as 'Julianne Moore (I)' (qv), 'Halle Berry' (qv) and 'Cindy Crawford (I)' (qv), 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' (qv), 'Spike Jonze' (qv) and 'Pedro Almod?var' (qv), and learning from such renowned directors as 'Federico Fellini' (qv) and 'Michelangelo Antonioni' (qv).