Last Updated on Friday, 16 October 2009 00:34

Eva Mendes

Short Bio

Eva Mendes was born at Houston, Texas, USA Eva is (36) old and her birth sign is Pisces

Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
Mini biography
Eva Mendes was born in Miami, Florida, and raised in Los Angeles of Cuban-American heritage. In college she began acting, studying underneath acting coach Ivana Chubbuck. 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's character in Training Day (2001). 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 (Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)), Carl Franklin (Out of Time (2003/I)), John Singleton (2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)), Antoine Fuqua (Training Day (2001)) and the Farrelly Bros. (Stuck on You (2003)).
Most recently Eva has co-starred in an independent film, The Wendell Baker Story (2005) with Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson and Will Ferrell, with Luke Wilson directing. Before that, her biggest movie was Hitch (2005/I), a romantic comedy that had her playing opposite Will Smith.
Eva is currently (2005) working on the sci-fi/comic book adaptation of Ghost Rider (2007), starring Nicolas Cage, directed by Mark Steven Johnson and planned for release in 2006.
Along with acting, Eva is employed by Revlon Cosmetics as an international spokeswoman. She joins such elite actresses and models as Julianne Moore, Halle Berry and Cindy Crawford, 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, Spike Jonze and Pedro Almodovar, and learning from such renowned directors as Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni.
Trivia
Born in Miami but raised in Los Angeles.
Was a marketing major at California State University Northridge where she dropped out to pursue acting.
Is Cuban-American.
Appeared in an American Express credit card commercial which featured the Sheryl Crow song "Soak Up The Sun". [April 2002]
Is writing a book titled "Crazy Leggs Beshee", inspired by her nieces and nephews, that introduces vocabulary, art, history and values through a medium kids understand.
Loves interior designing and would undertake this profession if not acting.
Her hobbies are music, sports (hiking, biking, skiing, and mountain climbing) and interior design.
Graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, California. John Cho and Alex Kalognomos were also students there.
Has a sister named Janet living in Los Angeles.
Has played Denzel Washington's wife/girlfriend twice, first in Training Day (2001) and again in Out of Time (2003/I).
Favourite films are The Shining (1980) and Blowup (1966)
Named #12 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Was among the guests at Jessica Simpson's 25th birthday party.
Ranked as #53 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.
2005)
Was featured as #54 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002)
Ranked as #80 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2004" special supplement. (2004)
Named #44 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
Personal quotes
". . . I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman."
"It's fun to be a woman. It's fun to flirt and wear makeup and have boobs."
"The celebrity world can be so ugly. Everyone seems to have slept with everyone else and it's some sort of strange weird cycle. I don't want to get into that."
"I don't go to premieres. I attend film openings I'm in, and that's about it. Fame and celebrity doesn't matter to me. The longevity of my career does."