Eva Mendes

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 Cut2000 Mendess 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 Night2007 Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans2009 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