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Eva de la Caridad Méndez (, ; born March 5, 1974), known professionally as Eva Mendes, is a retired American actress. Her acting career began in the late 1990s with a series of roles in films such as (1998) and (2000).
Mendes' 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), (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, Morgan and Peek & Cloppenburg. She has designed for New York & Company and was the creative director of CIRCA Beauty, a makeup line sold at Walgreens.
Mendes appeared in the Steven Seagal action thriller Exit Wounds (2001), which made over US$73 million worldwide. According to Mendes, her voice was dubbed in the editing after a producer told her she "didn't sound intelligent enough". Her breakthrough came later in 2001 with her performance as the mistress of a corrupt cop in Antoine Fuqua's crime thriller Training Day alongside Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. She described her role as pivotal in her career, motivating her to keep going as an actress after she had become bored doing "terrible, cheesy horrible films." Training Day was a box office hit, grossing US$104.5 million.
Mendes reunited with Denzel Washington for the thriller Out of Time, in which she played the soon-to-be ex-wife of a well-respected chief of police. The film was a moderate commercial success, and Roger Ebert, in his review for the film, described Mendes' role as a "curiously forgiving character, who feels little rancor for the straying husband and apparently still likes him; maybe there would have been more suspense if she were furious with him". Her last 2003 film was the comedy Stuck on You, with Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear, in which she played an aspiring actress.
She starred as the love interest of a professional dating consultant (Will Smith), in her next film, Hitch (2005), USA Today described it as "her best screen role to date", and Detroit Free Press remarked: "Smith and Mendes are terrific together. He brings her game up so high you'd think she has had as many good parts as Smith." Hitch made US$368.1 million in its global theatrical run. In 2005, Mendes also starred in the little-seen films The Wendell Baker Story and Guilty Hearts.
In the romantic comedy Trust the Man (2006), Mendes starred with David Duchovny, Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore, and Maggie Gyllenhaal, playing what The A.V. Club described as a "vapid sexpot". The much criticized Ghost Rider (2007), based on the Marvel Comics character, featured Mendes as the love interest of the titular character (Nicolas Cage). The film fared well commercially, opening atop at the North American box office, with earnings of more than US$45 million; it eventually made over US$228 million worldwide. She starred opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg in the thriller We Own the Night (also 2007), as the girlfriend of an NYPD captain's brother. Critic Peter Travers found the film to be "defiantly, refreshingly unhip" and noted that "sizzle comes naturally" from Mendes. In 2007, she also starred in the films Live! and Cleaner, both of which went unnoticed by audiences, and made an uncredited cameo appearance in the comedy Knocked Up.
In 2008, Mendes took on the role of a perfume salesgirl in Saks Fifth Avenue in the all-female comedy The Women, opposite Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Debra Messing, and Jada Pinkett Smith. Though a commercial success, The Women was panned by critics, with Mendes earning a nomination for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performance. She also played the femme fatale Sand Saref in 2008's The Spirit, based on the newspaper comic strip of the same name by Will Eisner. It received lackluster reviews from critics, who deemed it melodramatic, unoriginal, and sexist. Her only 2009 film release was the crime drama , which reunited her with Nicolas Cage, playing a prostitute, and again, his love interest. While the film found a limited audience in theaters, it garnered acclaim, appearing on many top ten lists of the year.
In 2011, Mendes appeared in an uncredited cameo in Fast Five, reprising her role from 2 Fast 2 Furious. In 2012, she starred in the dramedy Girl in Progress, as a single mom raising her fourteen-year-old daughter, and in the art fantasy drama Holy Motors, as Kay M, a role originally written for Kate Moss. While Girl in Progress earned Mendes an ALMA Award nomination for Favorite Movie Actress, she described Holy Motors as "the coolest, most creative thing I've ever done".
In The Place Beyond the Pines (also 2012), a drama directed by Derek Cianfrance and alongside Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, Starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, Set for Release on March 29, 2013 | Collider | Page 203904 . Collider. Mendes portrayed the former lover of a motorcycle stuntman. The film was a moderate commercial success, and Entertainment Weekly, in its review, described her performance as "quietly heartbreaking". She also visited Sierra Leone and was featured in the PBS documentary , which aired in October 2012.
In 2013, Mendes appeared in the HBO comedy film Clear History as a formerly heavy-set woman, and in 2014, she starred as a cabaret show performer in Ryan Gosling's directorial debut Lost River, which competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.Creepy, Uncle. (December 13, 2012) "Ben Mendelsohn Illustrates How to Catch a Monster" . Dreadcentral.com. Thereafter, she retired from the film industry. Speaking of her retirement in 2022, Mendes said:
In 2005, Mendes was employed by Revlon as an international spokesperson, and participated in their campaign to raise funds for breast cancer research. In December 2007, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) used a nude photo of Mendes for their anti-fur campaign. Mendes was a spokesmodel for the 2008 Campari calendar. She also appeared nude in a 2008 print advertisement for Calvin Klein's Secret Obsession perfume, an ad that United States network executives found too risqué for broadcasting.
Mendes has been a spokesperson for Calvin Klein, Magnum, and the chocolate milk brand Cocio. She also promoted Thierry Mugler's Angel fragrance, Reebok shoes, and Pantene shampoo. In 2011, Mendes appeared in a Peek & Cloppenburg clothing catalog.
Mendes ranked 54th, 12th, 7th, 7th, and 11th in Maxim magazine's Hot 100 issue in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2010 respectively, and appeared several times on the cover. She also ranked 80th, 23rd and 44th in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" supplement in 2004, 2005, 2006. She was voted number four in the 2008 edition, and number one in the 2009 edition, of AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women. People also named her one of 2011's Most Beautiful at Every Age.
In 2008, she entered the Cirque Lodge Rehabilitation Centre in Utah to address a dependency problem related to drugs including alcohol.
In September 2011, she began dating Ryan Gosling, shortly after they filmed The Place Beyond the Pines together. They have two daughters, born in 2014 and 2016.Joey Nolfi, "Eva Mendes hopes to return to acting but 'won't do violence' or sexuality", EW.com, May 10, 2022. When asked in a 2022 interview if she and Gosling had married, Mendes said that "I like to keep it all mysterious".
Mendes is a Pescetarianism for ethical and health reasons. She also practices Transcendental Meditation.
| 1998 | Kir | Direct-to-video | |
| A Night at the Roxbury | Bridesmaid | ||
| 1999 | My Brother the Pig | Matilda | |
| 2000 | Vanessa Valdeon | ||
| 2001 | Exit Wounds | Trish | |
| Training Day | Sara | ||
| 2002 | All About the Benjamins | Gina | |
| 2003 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | Monica Fuentes | |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Ajedrez Barillo | ||
| Out of Time | Alex Díaz Whitlock | ||
| Stuck on You | April Mercedes | ||
| 2005 | Hitch | Sara Melas | |
| The Wendell Baker Story | Doreen | ||
| Guilty Hearts | Gabriella | ||
| 2006 | Trust the Man | Faith Faison | |
| 2007 | Ghost Rider | Roxanne Simpson | |
| Knocked Up | Herself | Uncredited cameo | |
| We Own the Night | Amada Juarez | ||
| Live! | Katy Courbet | Executive producer | |
| Cleaner | Ann Norcut | ||
| 2008 | The Women | Crystal Allen | |
| The Spirit | Sand Saref | ||
| 2009 | Frankie Donnenfeld | ||
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Dr. Sheila Gamble | |
| Last Night | Laura Nunez | ||
| 2011 | Fast Five | Monica Fuentes | uncredited |
| 2012 | Holy Motors | Kay M. | |
| Girl in Progress | Grace Gutierrez | ||
| The Place Beyond the Pines | Romina | ||
| 2014 | Lost River | Cat |
| 1998 | ER | Donna | Episode: "Exodus" |
| Hanna | Episode: "Thicker Than Blood" | ||
| 1999 | V.I.P. | Esmeralda | Episode: "Val the Hard Way" |
| 2000 | The Disciples | Maria Serranco | Television film |
| 2012 | Herself | Documentary | |
| 2013 | Clear History | Jennifer | Television film |
| 2021 | Bluey | Yoga Instructor | Episode: "Born Yesterday"; Voice role |
| 1996 | Pet Shop Boys | "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" |
| 1997 | Aerosmith | "Hole in My Soul" |
| 1998 | Will Smith | "Miami" |
| 2003 | Ludacris | "Act a Fool" |
| 2004 | The Strokes | "The End Has No End" |
| 2005 | Tony Yayo | "I Know You Don't Love Me" Feat. G-Unit |
| 2002 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Training Day | ||
| 2004 | Teen Choice Awards | |||
| 2005 | Capri Hollywood Awards | Capri Global Award | ||
| Teen Choice Awards | Hitch | |||
| 2006 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | |||
| 2007 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Trust the Man | ||
| Imagen Awards | Best Actress – Feature Film | Ghost Rider | ||
| 2009 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | The Women and The Spirit | ||
| Giffoni Film Festival | Giffoni Award | |||
| 2011 | Favorite Movie Actress – Comedy/Musical | The Other Guys | ||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actress – Comedy | |||
| 2012 | Imagen Awards | Best Actress – Feature Film | Girl in Progress | |
| Favorite Movie Actress – Drama/Adventure | ||||
| 2013 | Imagen Awards | Best Actress – Feature Film | The Place Beyond the Pines | |
| 2016 | Premios Juventud | Actriz Que Se Roba La Pantalla |
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