Cast & creator
Eva Mendes
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Daily Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show
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 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.
Also known as: Eva de la Caridad Méndez
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film credits
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television credits
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1952–2024 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (72)
Showing 72 of 72 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
ER
Donna
1994
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Bluey
Yoga Instructor (voice)
2018Good Day Live
Self
2001
V.I.P.
Esmeralda
1998
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Today
Self
1952
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
2009
Ghost Rider
Roxanne Simpson
2007
Training Day
Sara
2001
The Other Guys
Sheila Gamble
2010
The Osbournes
Self
2002
The Early Show
Self
1999
The Place Beyond the Pines
Romina Gutierrez
2013
Mortal Kombat: Conquest
Hanna
1998
Knocked Up
Self (uncredited)
2007
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Frankie Donnenfield
2009
Hitch
Sara
2005
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
CIA Agent Ajedrez
2003
Cleaner
Ann Norcut
2007
Exit Wounds
Trish
2001
We Own the Night
Amada Juarez
2007
This Morning
Self
1988
Out of Time
Alex Diaz Whitlock
2003
The Women
Crystal Allen
2008
A Night at the Roxbury
Bridesmaid
1998
Holy Motors
Kay M
2012
Stuck on You
April
2003
Clear History
Jennifer
2013
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Vanessa
2000
Last Night
Laura
2010
Bluey Book Reads
Reader
2024
The Spirit
Sand Saref
2008
Lost River
Cat
2015
2 Fast 2 Furious
Monica Fuentes
2003
Trust the Man
Faith Faison
2005
All About the Benjamins
Gina
2002Trippin'
Self
2005
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Kir
1998
My Brother the Pig
Matilda
1999
Girl in Progress
Grace
2012
The Wendell Baker Story
Doreen
2005
Radioman
Self
2012
Live!
Katy
2007
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self
2010
Fast Five
Monica Fuentes (uncredited)
2011
Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider
Self
2007
Mr. X
Self
2014
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
Self
2013The Making of We Own the Night
Self
Half the Sky
Self
2012
George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You
Self
2012The Osbourne Family Christmas Special
Self
2003
I am My Films, Part 2... 30 Years Later
Self (archival footage)
2010
The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Herself
2010
Guilty Hearts
Gabriella
2007
California Romanza
Director
2011
The Disciples
Maria Serranco
1999