Eva Mendes Overview

Born in Houston, Texas and raised in Miami, Eva Mendes was first a marketing major at California State Northridge before dropping out to pursue an acting career. An exotic beauty, she soon began to land roles in commercials and on television shows such as ER and Mortal Kombat: Conquest, as well as appearing in a small budget straight-to-video film called Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998). She continued to land small roles in films, gradually earning larger roles in bigger budget... See All