Eva mendes A fiercely independent actress who refuses to be pressed
into a conventional mode or typecast,
Eva Mendes was studying
marketing in the late '90s when an agent stumbled across her photo while
perusing Mendes's neighbor's portfolio. Soon appearing in an Aerosmith video
and making her film debut in Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror, Mendes
worked her way through the gamut of aspiring actors to appear in such
high-profile films as Urban Legends: Final Cut and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
Dropping out of school soon after being randomly discovered by an agent,
Mendes appeared in a few made-for-television productions and hammed it up with
Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan in A Night at the Roxbury before being cast in a
prominent role in Urban Legends: Final Cut. Working against typecasting
despite her teen horror resumé, Mendes next took roles in Exit Wounds,
Training Day, and All About the Benjamins. Mendes next began work on a
children's book titled Crazy Leggs Beshee in which she wanted to introduce
art, history, vocabulary, and values to children in a fun and easily
comprehendable medium.
In 2003, Mendes' career took off, with the actress taking on large roles in an
ecclectic quartet of high-profile films. In 2 Fast 2 Furious she played a
customs agent working with Paul Walker to bring down a Miami drug cartel. Out
of Time found her reteaming with Training Day costar Denzel Washington.
Flexing her comedic chops, Mendes was the love interest of half a pair of
conjoined twins in the Farrelly brothers' Stuck on You. And in Once Upon a
Time in Mexico she played another government agent, this time opposite Johnny
Depp.
The year 2004 saw no signs of Mendes slowing down, with the Cuban-American
beauty starring as the ex-girlfriend of Luke Wilson in The Wendell Baker
Story, a film Wilson co-wrote with brother Owen Wilson and co-directed with
sibling Andrew Wilson. Mendes was born on March 5, 1974, in Houston, Texas.
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