Eva Mendes was born on March 5, 1974 and is a Cuban-American model and actress.


Eva Mendes was born in Miami, Florida (although many sources incorrectly state her birthplace is Houston, Texas) to Cuban parents, and was raised in Los Angeles. Eva Mendes attended California State University, Northridge but dropped out to seek an acting career. Eva Mendes worked her way up through commercials to music videos to guest roles in television soap operas and supporting film roles.


Eva Mendes has appeared in such films as Training Day, Stuck on You, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and as the female lead in the comedy Hitch opposite Will Smith. Eva Mendes also appeared in the hit movie '2 Fast 2 Furious'.


Eva Mendes is also one of the faces of the new Revlon ads. She has also worked in interior design and has written children's books.


Eva Mendes has two major movie projects pending, including Ghost Rider, in which she costars along with Nicholas Cage.


Eva's role in Once Upon a Time in Mexico also gave her a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards.


Eva Mendes is in a long term relationship with film director George Augusto Gargurevich. A relationship which has been marred by rumors of Eva dating someone else. During her role in the movie Stuck On You she was linked with fellow actor Matt Damon, but both denied having any relationship. More recently Eva has been linked to fellow actor Joaquin Phoenix, something Eva's publicist has denied. Before that Eva was linked in a Belgian magazine called HUBO to an unknown Dutch lawyer who was allegedly seen kissing with Eva during the 2006 People's Choice Awards.


In the English magazine Hello!, Eva says that she is still very much happy with her boyfriend. She did admit getting tired of having to constantly answer questions over rumors which she claims are simply not true.


Eva Mendes Filmography
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)

A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
My Brother the Pig (1999)

Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Exit Wounds (2001)

Training Day (2001)
All About the Benjamins (2002)

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

Out of Time (2003)
Stuck On You (2003)

Hitch (2005)
The Wendell Baker Story (2005)

Trust The Man (2005)
3 & 3 (2005)

Ghost Rider (2007)
We Own The Night (2007)

Live! (2007)


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Jessica Simpson 1999–2002: Pop music beginnings


Late 1999, Jessica Simpson released her debut album Sweet Kisses, which reached a peak of number twenty-five on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and also made the top forty of the UK charts. The album proved to be a success, selling two million copies in the U.S. Her first single, the platinum-selling "I Wanna Love You Forever," reached the top five of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and the top ten in Canada and the UK. Jessica Simpson's second single, a duet with then-boyfriend Nick Lachey of boyband 98 Degrees, "Where You Are", was a modest radio hit. The last single from the album, "I Think I'm in Love with You", was a top forty hit in the U.S. and a top twenty hit in Canada and the UK. In 2000, Jessica Simpson won two Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Artist and Love Song of the Year ("Where You Are"). In 2000, Jessica appeared on the 98 Degrees video My Everything.


Released during the summer of 2001, Jessica Simpson's second effort Irresistible reached the top ten of the Billboard 200 and top twenty of the Canadian album chart. Despite this improvement over her debut, the album's sales were less than satisfactory; to-date, it has only managed to be certified gold in the U.S. for selling 500,000 copies. The title track lead single, "Irresistible", reached the top twenty in the U.S., Canada, and the UK, as well as the top forty in Australia. A follow-up single entitled "A Little Bit" was also released, but failed to achieve substantial success. In 2002, Columbia Records released a EP remix album titled This Is the Remix containing electro-dance remixes of Jessica Simpson's biggest hits.