Eva de la Caridad Méndez, known professionally as Eva Mendes, is an American 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 was born on March 5, 1974, in Miami, Florida, to Cuban parents Eva Pérez Suárez and Juan Carlos Méndez and was raised by her mother in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake after her parents' divorce. Her mother worked at Mann's Chinese Theatre and later for an aerospace company, and her father ran a meat distribution business. Mendes had an older brother Juan Carlos Méndez Jr. (1963–2016), who died from throat cancer, and a younger brother, Carlo (born 1978). She attended Hoover High School in Glendale and later studied marketing at California State University, Northridge, but left college to pursue acting under Ivana Chubbuck.
| Date of Birth | 5th March 1974 |
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| Age | 50 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Country | United States of America |
| Current City | Miami |
| Birth Place | Miami |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Reference | IMDB |
| Aliases | Eva Mendes |
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| California State University, Northridge, Glendale Community College, Herbert Hoover High School |
| Occupation | film actor, stage actor, television actor, model, actor, businessperson, spokesperson, film director |
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