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Eva Mendes
Miami, Florida, USA
Eva de la Caridad Méndez (born March 5, 1974), known professionally as Eva Mendes, is an American retired actress. Her acting career began in the late 1990s with a series of roles…
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Eva de la Caridad Méndez (born March 5, 1974), known professionally as Eva Mendes, is an American retired actress. Her acting career began in the late 1990s with a series of roles in films such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut(2000). Mendes's 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), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans(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, and Peek & Cloppenburg. She has designed for New York & Company and is the creative director of CIRCA Beauty, a makeup line sold at Walgreens.
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2024
Bluey Book Reads
TV show Reader
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2018
Bluey
TV show Yoga Instructor (voice)
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2015
Lost River
Movie Cat
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2014
Mr. X
Movie Self
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2013
Clear History
Movie Jennifer
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2013
The Place Beyond the Pines
Movie Romina Gutierrez
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2013
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
Movie Self
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2012
Radioman
Movie Self
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2012
Half the Sky
TV show Self
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2012
George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You
Movie Self
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2012
Holy Motors
Movie Kay M
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2012
Girl in Progress
Movie Grace
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2011
Fast Five
Movie Monica Fuentes (uncredited)
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2011
California Romanza
Movie Director
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2010
Conan
TV show Self - Guest
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2010
Last Night
Movie Laura
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2010
The Other Guys
Movie Sheila Gamble
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2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Movie Self
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2010
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Movie Self (archival footage)
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2010
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Movie Herself
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2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Movie Frankie Donnenfield
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2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV show Self - Guest
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2008
The Spirit
Movie Sand Saref
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2008
The Women
Movie Crystal Allen
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2007
Live!
Movie Katy
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2007
We Own the Night
Movie Amada Juarez
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2007
Cleaner
Movie Ann Norcut
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2007
Guilty Hearts
Movie Gabriella
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2007
Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider
Movie Self
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2007
Knocked Up
Movie Self (uncredited)
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2007
Ghost Rider
Movie Roxanne Simpson
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2006
The Megan Mullally Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2005
Trust the Man
Movie Faith Faison
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2005
The Wendell Baker Story
Movie Doreen
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2005
Trippin'
TV show Self
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2005
Hitch
Movie Sara
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2004
The Tony Danza Show
TV show Self
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2003
The Osbourne Family Christmas Special
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