Eva Mendes

Who is Eva Mendes?

Eva Mendes is an American actress, model, singer, and homeware and clothing designer. She began acting in the late 1990s, and after a series of roles in B movies such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror and Urban Legends: Final Cut, she broke into the Hollywood mainstream with an appearance in Training Day. She has since starred in many films, including All About The Benjamins; 2 Fast 2 Furious, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Out of Time and Stuck on You; Hitch; Ghost Rider and We Own the Night; The Spirit; The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans; The Other Guys and Last Night; Holy Motors and Girl in Progress and The Place Beyond the Pines.

Mendes has worked as a spokesmodel for Cocio chocolate milk, Magnum ice cream, Revlon make-up, Calvin Klein underwear and perfume, Cartier jewellery, Thierry Mugler perfume, Reebok trainers, Campari apéritif, Pantene shampoo, Morgan clothes and Peek & Cloppenburg clothes. Mendes is the creator of a home decor line, Vida, sold exclusively at Macy's. She launched a bedding collection in 2008 and a dinnerware collection in 2010. Mendes is a singer: she has recorded a version of The Windmills of Your Mind and has collaborated with Cee Lo Green on a song entitled Pimps Don't Cry. She lives in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.