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Biography
| Eva Mendes is of Cuban-American heritage and was raised in Los Angeles. She began acting whilst inn college and studied with acting coach Ivana Chubbuck which led to her desire to appear in feature films. Even after having taken many smaller roles in movies she was little known until playing the girlfriend of Denzel Washington's character in "Training Day" (2001) and since then she has been featured in a much wider range of roles from comedic to dramatic. Recently Eva 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) a romantic comedy that had her playing opposite Will Smith. Eva is currently (2005) working on the sci-fi comic book adaptation of "Ghost Rider" (2007)which stars Nicolas Cage and is being directed by Mark Steven Johnson and is planned for release in 2006. Besides acting, Eva is employed by Revlon Cosmetics as an international spokeswoman and she joins such well known actresses and models as Julianne Moore, Halle Berry and Cindy Crawford who appear in Revlon's television and print ads. Eva is also a passionate supporter and active participant in Revlon's fight against breast cancer. |
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| Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, California | |
| www.evamendes.com/ |