Eva Mendes

Biography

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

ER

Late Show with David Letterman

Conan

The View

Bluey

All Movies (43)

• Lost River2015 · as Cat
• Mr. X2014 · as Self
• Clear History2013 · as Jennifer
• The Place Beyond the Pines2013 · as Romina Gutierrez
• DRIVE IN Holy Motors2013 · as Self
• Radioman2012 · as Self
• Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide2012 · as Self
• George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You2012 · as Self
• Holy Motors2012 · as Kay M
• Girl in Progress2012 · as Grace
• Fast Five2011 · as Monica Fuentes (uncredited)
• Last Night2010 · as Laura
• The Other Guys2010 · as Sheila Gamble
• With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story2010 · as Self
• I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later2010 · as Self (archival footage)
• The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans2010 · as Herself
• Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans2009 · as Frankie Donnenfield
• The Spirit2008 · as Sand Saref
• The Women2008 · as Crystal Allen
• Live!2007 · as Katy
• We Own the Night2007 · as Amada Juarez
• Cleaner2007 · as Ann Norcut
• Guilty Hearts2007 · as Gabriella
• Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider2007 · as Self
• Knocked Up2007 · as Self (uncredited)
• Ghost Rider2007 · as Roxanne Simpson
• Trust the Man2005 · as Faith Faison
• The Wendell Baker Story2005 · as Doreen
• Hitch2005 · as Sara
• The Osbourne Family Christmas Special2003 · as Self
• Stuck on You2003 · as April
• Out of Time2003 · as Alex Diaz Whitlock
• Once Upon a Time in Mexico2003 · as CIA Agent Ajedrez
• 2 Fast 2 Furious2003 · as Monica Fuentes
• All About the Benjamins2002 · as Gina
• Training Day2001 · as Sara
• Exit Wounds2001 · as Trish
• Urban Legends: Final Cut2000 · as Vanessa
• The Disciples1999 · as Maria Serranco
• My Brother the Pig1999 · as Matilda
• A Night at the Roxbury1998 · as Bridesmaid
• Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror1998 · as Kir
• The Making of We Own the Night— · as Self

All TV Shows (29)

• Bluey Book Reads2024 · as Reader
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Bluey2018 · as Yoga Instructor (voice)
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Half the Sky2012 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Megan Mullally Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• Trippin'2005 · as Self
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The Osbournes2002 · as Self
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• Mortal Kombat: Conquest1998 · as Hanna
• V.I.P.1998 · as Esmeralda
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• ER1994 · as Donna
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• This Morning1988 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self