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EVA MENDES BIOGRAPHY |
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| Eva Mendes, also given credit as Eva Mendez was
born in Houston, Texas on March 5, 1978. He parents are both
Cubans, and contributed to an interesting childhood that saw Eva
move to Miami and then Los Angeles, when she was still a young
girl. A fiercely independent actress who refuses to be pressed
into a conventional mode or typecast, Eva Mendez was studying
marketing in the late '90s when an agent stumbled across her
photo while perusing Mendez's neighbor's portfolio. Eva Mendes
kicked off her acting career in an Aerosmith video. The 25-year-old
resident of Los Angeles hadn't considered acting as a career
until two and a half years ago, and has never taken an acting
class. As the classic Hollywood story goes, she was discovered
because her neighbour, a photographer, had her photo in his
portfolio and it caught the eye of an agent. Dropping out of
school soon after being randomly discovered by an agent, Mendez
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. She was thrilled about the opportunity to play a lesbian
Latina, but she is still seeking the role that will challenge
her as well as her viewers. After spending the last part of the
1990s in TV roles, music videos and small parts in movies such
as A Night at Roxbury and Exit Wounds (both 1998), Eva Mendes
had a career breakthrough co-starring with Denzel Washington in
Training Day (2001, with Ethan Hawke). Since then she's been one
busy, sexy actor in half a dozen movies, including 2 Fast 2
Furious (2003, starring Paul Walker), Once Upon a Time in Mexico
(2003, with Antonio Banderas and Johnny Depp) and Out of Time
(2003, also with Denzel Washington) and Stuck on You (2003, with
Matt Damon). Recently Eva played an FBI agent in Once Upon a
Time in Mexico (2003). She is writing a children's book, "Crazy
Leggs Beshee." Inspired by her nieces and nephews, she wants to
introduce vocabulary, art, history and values through a medium
kids understand. |
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