Who is Eva Mendes?
Eva Mendes is an American actress. Eva is also a Model and Business Woman. She is best known for her role in movies such as ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’, ‘Ghost Rider’, ‘Training Day’, ‘Stuck on You’, ‘Hitch’ and ‘The Other Guys’.
Besides these Eva is also a designer, she designs a fashion collection for New York & Company.
Eva Mendes: Birth, Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity
She was born on 5 March 1974 in Miami, Florida. She was born to parents Eva Pérez Suárez (mother) and Juan Carlos Méndez (father). Eva was raised by her mother in Los Angeles after her parent’s divorce.
She had two brothers Juan Carlos (1963–2016) and Carlo, and a sister, Janet. Her mother worked at Mann’s Chinese Theatre, later she worked for an aerospace company. Her father ran a meat distribution business. She is an American by Nationality and holds a Cuban ethnicity.
Eva’s Education History
Eva’s educational background shows that she had completed her higher school education from Hoover High School, which was located in Glendale.
She joined California State University, Northridge where she studied Marketing. Later Eva dropped out the university in 1997 to pursue her acting career.
Eva Mendes: Professional Life, and Career
Eva Mendes began her Modelling career in 1996. She appeared in the music video “Se a Vida é (That’s The Way Life Is)” by Pet Shop Boys. She appeared in the music video “Hole in My Soul” by Aerosmith in 1997. Similarly, she appeared for “Miami” in 1998 and “The End Has No End” in 2004.
Mendes has been a spokesperson Calvin Klein, Magnum, and the chocolate milk brand Cocio. Mendes also promoted Reebok shoes and Pantene shampoo.
She began her professional acting career from her first film Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror. Eva hired an acting coach to improve her acting performance. Later she appeared in movies like A Night at the Roxbury, My Brother the Pig, Urban Legends: Final Cut, and Exit Wounds.
She has a breakthrough role in the crime thriller movie Training day. After her success, she appeared in the movies All About the Benjamins, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Once Upon a Time in Mexico Out of Time, and Stuck on You. She played the female lead in the 2005 film Hitch.
Then she starred The Wendell Baker Story, Guilty Hearts, Trust the Man, Ghost Rider, We Own the Night, Live!, and Cleaner, The Spirit, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, The Other Guys, Last Night, Fast Five, Funny or Die.
Eva’s Achievements and Awards
Eva has been nominated for numerous awards and won a handful. Eva Mendes was nominated in ‘ALMA Awards’ for her work in the movie Training Day. She also nominated in ‘ALMA Awards’ for the movie Hitch, Trust the Man, The Women, and The Spirit for the category of ‘Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture’.
Eva was nominated in ‘ALMA Awards’ in the category ”Favorite Movie Actress – Comedy/Musical” for the movie The Other Guys. Similarly, she was nominated in ‘ALMA Awards’ in the category ”Favorite Movie Actress – Drama/Adventure” for the movie Girl in Progress.
Eva was nominated in ‘Imagen Foundation Awards’ in the category ‘Best Actress – Feature Film’ for her work in movies like The Place Beyond the Pines, Girl in Progress, Ghost Rider. Also, she has been nominated for Teen Choice awards multiple times.
In 2005, Eva won the ‘Capri Global Award’ in ‘Capri Hollywood Awards’. Similarly, she won the ‘Giffoni Award’.
Eva Mendes’s Net Worth and Salary
This actress has a net worth of $15 million. She hasn’t disclosed any information about her salary.
Eva has been a model and ambassador for different products such as Cocio chocolate milk, Calvin Klein, Reebok, Pantene Shampoo, Magnum ice cream, Revlon, etc.
Eva Mendes: Rumors and Controversy
As per the rumors, there was a news about Eva and her boyfriend Ryan Gosling break up. Some sources claimed that the couple is breaking up their relation due to Eva’s jealousy over Ryan’s “La La Land” co-star Emma Stone.
Later the rumors turned out to be false. According to gossipcop.com, both the couple are having a strong relationship and there is no such news about their separation.
Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size
Eva Mendes has a height of 5 feet 6 inches. She weighs 56kg. She has a Dark Brown hair and Dark Brown eye.
Eva has a body measurement of 35-25-36 inches. Her bra size is 32C.
Being a famous American actress, Eva is active on different social sites.
She has more than 4.7 million followers on her official Facebook. More than 146.2k follow her on Twitter. Similarly, she has 2.4 million followers on Instagram.
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