Eva Mendes – USA Celebrity, Actress

The consideration of being a Hollywood movie celebrity probably has never crossed the mind of Eva Mendes before. What she had planned to do was to concentrate on her study in marketing at California State University in Northridge, however fate has directed her to undergo a totally diverse path. Looking back on her early life, she was born on 5th March, 1974 in Miami at Florida, USA. Her Cuban parents then took her in conjunction with her 3 siblings to settle in Los Angeles. She spent most of her childhood and feisty life there, studying at Herbert Hoover High School, Glendale awaiting her graduation in 1992. It was when she went to the university that things began to change steadily. A talent agent apparently noticed her picture whereas browsing the portfolio of a photographer who came out to be her neighbor. To get interested, the agent persuaded her to follow a career in the entertainment field.

After a few considerations, Eva Mendes eventually decided to leave her study & started to learn acting under the guidance of the professional coach, Ivana Chubbuck. In the meantime, she began to work her way up to achieve success by appearing in commercials & music videos. During 1998, she took a step more,playing small roles in a few TV series, such as "Mortal Kombat- Conquest” and ""ER.", Eva Mendes made her big screen first appearance during the year through "Children of the Corn V- Fields of Terror" and with her performance she was totally dissatisfied in the film because she had commented: "I did 'Children of the Corn V' without studying or anything, & I was mortified by how awful I was. I was so terrible, it was so rigid to watch, I was really crying at dailies. I did not understand it however I wanted to understand it & I wanted to be excellent at it."

Being resolute to be better, Eva Mendes kept developing her acting skills whereas taking small roles in 1999, "My Brother the Pig". Again taking small roles, on 1998 "A Night at Roxbury", and her name started to make sound behind she starred in a thriller movie named "Urban Legends - Final Cut", in 2000. Though it was "Training Day" during 2001 that brought her to the surface for she received positive reviews which led her to gain public admiration and attention. In 2002, she continued to amaze people during her performance in "All about the Benjamin’s” and she was measured one of the gorgeous & talented Latin actresses. In 2003, her star shone more brilliantly when she got a chief role in “2 Fast 2 Furious". This action flippant soared to be a box-office hit by 127million U.S. dollars income, directing her to embrace popularity with huge success.

Eva Mendes created sensation throughout 2003 by appearing in 3 other noteworthy movies, called: "Stuck On You”, "Out of Time" and "Once Upon A Time in Mexico"& then, she secured the main performance in the romantic comedy "Hitch", during 2005, beside Hollywood renowned black actor, Will Smith. Her other film projects in the identical year were “Trust the Man” and "The Wendell Baker Story". Afterwards Eva Mendes was cast like as Roxanne Simpson in "Ghost Rider", in 2006, being in the identical scene with Wes Bentley, Nicholas Cage, and Peter Fonda. Aside from her acting career, Eva Mendes has also been observed as Revlon's international spokesperson. Being the diplomats of the cosmetics brand, she energetically supported its campaign to fight breast cancer. Looking upon her achievement, it seems Eva Mendes has accomplished what she formerly said of showing the world a whole dissimilar kind of Latin woman.