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.

Filmography

• Bluey Book Reads — Reader
• Bluey — Yoga Instructor (voice)
• 2015Lost River — Cat
• 2013Clear History — Jennifer
• 2013The Place Beyond the Pines — Romina Gutierrez
• 2012Girl in Progress — Grace
• 2012Holy Motors — Kay M
• 2011California Romanza — Director
• 2011Fast Five — Monica Fuentes (uncredited)
• 2010Last Night — Laura
• 2010The Other Guys — Sheila Gamble
• 2009Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans — Frankie Donnenfield
• 2008The Spirit — Sand Saref
• 2008The Women — Crystal Allen
• 2007Cleaner — Ann Norcut
• 2007Ghost Rider — Roxanne Simpson
• 2007Guilty Hearts — Gabriella
• 2007Live! — Katy
• 2007We Own the Night — Amada Juarez
• 2005Hitch — Sara
• 2005The Wendell Baker Story — Doreen
• 2005Trust the Man — Faith Faison
• 20032 Fast 2 Furious — Monica Fuentes
• 2003Once Upon a Time in Mexico — CIA Agent Ajedrez
• 2003Out of Time — Alex Diaz Whitlock
• 2003Stuck on You — April
• 2002All About the Benjamins — Gina
• 2001Exit Wounds — Trish
• 2001Training Day — Sara
• 2000Urban Legends: Final Cut — Vanessa
• 1999My Brother the Pig — Matilda
• 1999The Disciples — Maria Serranco
• 1998A Night at the Roxbury — Bridesmaid
• 1998Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror — Kir
• Mortal Kombat: Conquest — Hanna
• V.I.P. — Esmeralda
• ER — Donna

Appearances as themselves (34)

• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2014Mr. X — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2013DRIVE IN Holy Motors — Self
• 2012George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You — Self
• Half the Sky — Self
• 2012Radioman — Self
• Conan — Self - Guest
• 2010I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later — Self (archival footage)
• 2010The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans — Herself
• 2010With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story — Self
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 2007Knocked Up — Self (uncredited)
• 2007Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider — Self
• The Megan Mullally Show — Self - Guest
• Trippin' — Self
• The Tony Danza Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2003The Osbourne Family Christmas Special — Self
• The Osbournes — Self
• Good Day Live — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• This Morning — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• Today — Self
• The Making of We Own the Night — Self