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Eva Mendes
Known for: ActingEva 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.
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Training Day
as Sara 
Cleaner
as Ann Norcut 
Ghost Rider
as Roxanne Simpson 
The Other Guys
as Sheila Gamble 
The Women
as Crystal Allen 
The Place Beyond the Pines
as Romina Gutierrez 
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Frankie Donnenfield 
We Own the Night
as Amada Juarez 
Exit Wounds
as Trish 
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as CIA Agent Ajedrez 
Hitch
as Sara 
Clear History
as Jennifer 
Out of Time
as Alex Diaz Whitlock 
A Night at the Roxbury
as Bridesmaid 
Last Night
as Laura 
Holy Motors
as Kay M 
Stuck on You
as April 
Lost River
as Cat 
Urban Legends: Final Cut
as Vanessa 
The Spirit
as Sand Saref 
All About the Benjamins
as Gina 
2 Fast 2 Furious
as Monica Fuentes 
Live!
as Katy 
Trust the Man
as Faith Faison 
The Wendell Baker Story
as Doreen 
My Brother the Pig
as Matilda 
Girl in Progress
as Grace 
Radioman
as Self 
