Eva Mendes- Her Life Her Pride

This Actress, Writer and Director sure rings a bell in the circle of  movies, modelling and fashion as she has remained relevant for some couple of years. Eva Mendes was born in Miami, Florida but she grew up in Los Angeles. She began acting back in college and today she has numerous awards to show as evidences of her hard-work.


Though taking many smaller roles in films, she was little known until playing the girlfriend of Denzel Washington's character in Training Day (2001). Since then she has been featured in a wider range of roles, from comedic to dramatic. These gave her the ability to work with many highly regarded directors, such as Robert Rodriguez (Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)), Carl Franklin(Out of Time (2003/I)), John Singleton (2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)), Antoine Fuqua (Training Day (2001)) and the Farrelly Bros. (Stuck on You (2003)).

Eva has co-starred in an independent film, The Wendell Baker Story (2005) with Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson and
Will Ferrell, with Luke Wilson directing. Before that, her biggest movie was Hitch (2005/I), a romantic comedy that had her playing opposite Will Smith.

Along with acting, Eva is employed by Revlon Cosmetics as an international spokeswoman. She joins such elite actresses and models asJulianne Moore, Halle Berry and Cindy Crawford, who appear in Revlon's television and print ads. She is also a passionate supporter and active participant in Revlon's fight against breast cancer.

Eva's goals are to improve her acting skills by working with such contemporary directors/filmmakers as Steven Soderbergh, Spike Jonze andPedro Almodóvar, and learning from such renowned directors as Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni.

 Biography By: phynyx 

2005: Ranked as #53 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.

2002: Was featured as #54 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement.

2004: Ranked as #80 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2004" special supplement.

2006: Named #44 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

Was the speaking voice ("Welcome to Miami, Bienvenido a Miami") in Will Smith's song, "Miami".

2007: Ranked #7 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 list