Eva Mendes

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Eva Mendes
Birth name Eva Mendes
Born March 5, 1974
Age 35
Origin Miami, Florida, U.S.

Eva Mendes was born on March, 5th, 1974 in Miami, Florida. Eva Mendes was born in Miami in a family of Cuban immigrants, but grew up in Los Angeles, California. She went to Hoover High School in Glendale, then studied in California State University, Northridge as a designer of interiors but gave up studying for the sake of actor’s career. Mendes began with shootings in advertising, video clips (she in clips “Hole In My Soul” of Aerosmith and “Miami” of Will Smith) and played bit parts in teleserial and films with low budget. Her actor’s career went up after the film “Training Day” where she played the leading woman’s role. The film received some awards and was warmly met by critics, and Mendes was remembered also for appearing in the film completely naked.
Great responsibility was assigned to her by directors of the film “All About the Benjamins”. After the release of this film many said that Eva appeared to be a rather talented and very attractive Latin American actress. By that time she had many admirers who hoped that once Eva will get a chance to become a world known star. After that the actress was invited to serious projects with strong actor’s cast: the comedies “Stuck on You” and “Hitch”, thriller “Exit Wounds”, actions  “2 Fast 2 Furious” and “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” (for the latter Mendes received a nomination on Teen Choice Awards). In February, 2007 the film “Ghost Rider” in which she has played the girlfriend of the protagonist, the illusive racer, appeared on the screen. Mendes is a model advertising the production of “Revlon”. In 2006 magazine Maxim gave her the 27 line of rating Hot 100.