Eva de la Caridad Méndez, known professionally as Eva Mendes , is an American actress and businesswoman. Her acting career began in the late 1990s, with a series of roles in B films such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror and Urban Legends: Final Cut .
Mendes's performance in Training Day marked a turning point in her career, and led to parts in the commercially successful films 2 Fast 2 Furious and Hitch . She starred in Ghost Rider and The Spirit , both film adaptations of comics, and ventured into more dramatic territory with We Own the Night , Bad Lieutenant , Last Night , and The Place Beyond the Pines . Her other films include Out of Time , The Women , The Other Guys , and Girl in Progress .
Mendes has appeared in several music videos for artists like 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 is the creative director of CIRCA Beauty, a makeup line sold at Walgreens. Wikipedia
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