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She also has an older sister, Janet, and a younger paternal half-brother, Carlos Alberto 'Carlo' Méndez. (1963–2016), who died from throat cancer. Mendes had one older brother, Juan Carlos Méndez Jr. Her mother worked at Mann's Chinese Theatre and later for an aerospace company, and her father ran a meat distribution business. 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. She has been in a relationship with Canadian actor Ryan Gosling since 2011, and they have two daughters.

She has designed for New York & Company and is the creative director of CIRCA Beauty, a makeup line sold at Walgreens. Mendes has appeared in several music videos for artists like Will Smith, and has also been an ambassador for brands, including Calvin Klein, Cartier, Reebok, Pantene shampoo, Morgan and Peek & Cloppenburg. Her other films include Out of Time (2003), The Women (2008), The Other Guys (2010), and Girl in Progress (2012). 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).

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).

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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). Eva de la Caridad Méndez ( / ˈ m ɛ n d ɛ z/, Spanish: born March 5, 1974), known professionally as Eva Mendes, is an American actress, model and businesswoman.