Eva Mendes Biography

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Though born in Miami, Florida, Mendes mostly grew up in Los Angeles, CA where she studied acting in college. Became more widely known when she starred in 2001's Training Day.

Personal Life

Eva was born on March 5, 1974 in Miami, Florida and moved to Los Angeles after her parents divorced.  Eva has repeatedly said that her mother had to suffer a lot so that she could make life okay for Eva, her two sisters and her brother.  She wanted to be a nun at first, because she was raised in the Catholic Church.  She eventually settled on acting as her career, after she dropped out of California State University Northridge, where she studied marketing.  
 
In 2008, she reportedly went into rehab but it was never released what she was there for.  She was also very outspoken in support of Barack Obama during his presidential campaign.  She and her boyfriend, Peruvian film maker George Augusto, have been together since 2002.
 
 

Acting Career

Eva eventually caught the eye of an agent who convinced her to pursue a career in acting.  She started out as a star in different music videos including Will Smith's video for Miami.  She began to get some guest roles in different soap operas and supporting roles in films.
 
Her big break came in 2001, when she was given the role of Sara Harris in Training Day.  She eventually landed parts in movies such as Stuck on You, 2 Fast 2 Furious and Out of Time, before being given the lead female role in the movie Hitch, opposite Will Smith.  That movie became an enormous hit and she landed roles in the movies Ghost Rider, We Own the Night and The Spirit in the following years.
 
Coming up later in 2010, she is starring in the movies Last Night and The Other Guys.  Last Night has her starring alongside Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington and Guillaume Canet.  In The Other Guys, she is starring alongside Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg.  She is also in talks to star in the American version of the acclaimed Mexican film Y Tu Mama Tambien.
 

Spokesperson Career

Eva, over the years, has lent her name to various causes, including PETA's anti-fur campaign in December of 2007, that used celebrities in pictures with them nude and the tagline of "Fur?  I'd rather go naked."  She has also active in Revlon's campaign to raise funds for breast cancer. 
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Credited Name Eva Mendes
Gender Female
Birthday March 5, 1974
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