Eva Mendes - Actresses
Summary
"Eva Mendes" (born March 5, 1975Age 32 as of 10/07 according to November 2007 issue of Latina Magazine, although sometimes 1978 is listed, for instance at (AskMen.com) and as mentioned on "Entertainment Tonight" on March 5, 2007.) is an American actress. She began acting in the late 1990s, and became known after a series of roles in several major Hollywood films, including "2 Fast 2 Furious" and "Hitch".
Biography
Early life
Mendes was born in Miami, Florida to 'lower-middle-class' Cuban-American parents and was raised in Los Angeles 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. Her father is a car salesman and her mother, Eva, is now an elementary school principal. She had a Catholic upbringing and aspired to be a nun.http://fametastic.co.uk/archive/20070621/6508/eva-mendes-catholic-upbringing-made-sex-scene-tough/ As a child, Mendes was teased about her 'buck teeth'. She went to Hoover High School in Glendale, California and later attended California State University, Northridge to study Marketing but dropped out to seek an acting career. She studied with Ivana Chubbuck.
Career
Mendes worked her way up through commercials to music videos (including an appearance in Will Smith's video 'Miami' and a Pet Shop Boys music video in 1996) to guest roles in television soap operas and supporting film roles. She received her first big-screen break when she appeared in the award-winning and critically-acclaimed "Training Day". That performance led to roles in "Stuck on You", "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", and as the female lead in the comedy "Hitch" opposite Will Smith. Her role in "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" also gave her a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards. Mendes costarred in "Ghost Rider" with Nicolas Cage, and most recently she starred alongside Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, and Robert Duvall in the film "We Own the Night".
Mendes is a spokesmodel for Revlon. She has also worked in interior design and has written children's books.
"Maxim" ranked her #7 in its 2007 Hot 100 issue. Mendes also made her second Maxim cover in the November 2007 issue.
Eva Mendes is a spokesmodel for the 2008 Calender of Campari, inspired in fairy tales, by photographer Marino Parisotto (Calender Pictures)
External links
(Eva Mendes video interview with stv.tv/movies) for "Ghost Rider"
(Eva Mendes' Maxim November Cover)
Credit
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