![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: March 5, 1974 Biography:A fiercely independent actress who refuses to be pressed into a conventional mode or typecast, Eva Mendes was studying marketing in the late '90s when an agent stumbled across her photo while perusing Mendes's neighbor's portfolio. Soon appearing in an "Aerosmith" video and making her film debut in "Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror", Mendes worked her way through the gamut of aspiring actors to appear in such high-profile films as Urban Legends: Final Cut and "Once Upon a Time in Mexico".
Dropping out of school soon after being randomly discovered by an agent, Mendes 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. Working against typecasting despite her teen horror resumé, Mendes next took roles in "Exit Wounds", "Training Day", and "All... Full Biography
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