– Has been spotted looking cozy with actor Joaquin Phoenix - fuelling rumors the pair are an item. (March 16, 2006)
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– Was cast as Will Smith's love interest in HITCH to avoid upsetting race groups. Movie bosses feared handing a Smith a black leading lady would alienate white audiences and a white actress would upset African American film-goers - so they settled on a Latina. (2005)
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– Is to star opposite Nicolas Cage in the big screen adaptation of the Marvel comic GHOST RIDER. (February 8, 2005)
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– Matt Damon and Eva Mendes have made a public demonstration of their love, following months of media speculation -- They celebrated the New Year with pals Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in Las Vegas, Nevada. (January 7, 2004)
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– Mendes says she enjoyed filming her action scenes in ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO but at times felt really challenged by them -- I'm really klutzy so getting it right felt really good. Coordinating all that stuff is really tough. It's like dance, she says. (September 17, 2003)
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– Sometimes credited as: Eva Mendez
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– Is Cuban-American.
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– Appeared in an American Express credit card commercial which featured the Sheryl Crow song Soak Up The Sun. (April 2002)
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– Appeared in Aerosmith's Hole In My Soul video as the girl in American flag bikini.
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– Is writing a book titled Crazy Leggs Beshee, inspired by her nieces and nephews, that introduces vocabulary, art, history and values through a medium kids understand.
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– Loves interior designing and would undertake this profession if not acting.
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– Hobbies: are music, sports (hiking, biking, skiing, and mountain climbing) and interior design.
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