Hollywood’s Most Successful Hispanic and Latina Actresses

Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes is a popular American actress and former model who is best known for her roles in Hitch, Training Day, and Stuck on You. Mendes was born on March 5, 1974, in a lower-middle-class family of Cuban descent in Miami, Florida. At the age of 10, her mother and father divorced, forcing her to move to Los Angeles with her mother and siblings.

Growing up, Mendes wanted to be a nun but later changed her mind when a Hollywood agent saw her beautiful photos. At the time, Mendes was studying marketing at California State University, but she decided to drop out to pursue an acting career.

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Mendes’ first acting roles were in music videos by Aerosmith and Will Smith. In 1998, she landed her first significant acting role in the film Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror. She also starred in several other movies such as A Night at the Roxbury and My Brother the Pig.

In the 2000s, Mendes was a top-rated actress in the Hollywood film industry starring in films such as Training Day, Out of Time, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Desperado, among others. She worked with some of the best actors in the industry at the time, including Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, and many others.

Eva Mendes works in the film industry include roles in:

• Hitch
• The Other Guys
• The Place Beyond the Pines