Nationality: American
Height: 5' 6"
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown
Born: March 5, 1974 in Houston, Texas, USA.
Discovered: Eva started acting in college, studying underneath acting coach Ivana Chubbuck.
She began in feature films but was unknown until her big break playing the girlfriend of Denzel Washington's character in "Training Day." After that role, she has appeared in many blockbuster movies including Once Upon a Time in Mexico, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and Hitch.
Eva is currently working on the sci-fi comic book adaptation of "Ghost Rider", starring Nicholas Cage.
Aside from acting, Eva is the one of the faces of Revlon Cosmetics (along with Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, and Cindy Crawford).
Resume: Ghost Rider (2006)
Trust the Man (2005)
The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
Hitch (2005)
Stuck On You (2003/I)
Out of Time (2003/I)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
All About the Benjamins (2002)
Training Day (2001)
Exit Wounds (2001)
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
The Disciples (2000)
My Brother the Pig (1999)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
Romance: Dating longtime boyfriend, photographer George Gargurevich.
Quotes: "I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman." - Eva Mendes
"It's fun to be a woman. It's fun to flirt and wear makeup and have boobs." - Eva Mendes
"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." - Eva Mendes
"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." - Eva Mendes
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