Career

Mendes began h?r ??t?ng ??r??r after a talent manager ??w h?r photo ?n a friend's ??rtf?l??. H?r f?r?t film ?????r?n?? w?? in the d?r??t-t?-v?d?? Children ?f th? Corn V: F??ld? ?f T?rr?r. M?nd?? w?? disappointed ?n h?r performance ?nd she h?r?d ?n acting ????h. Sh? th?n appeared in th? films A Night ?t th? Roxbury, Mortal Kombat: C?n?u??t, M? Br?th?r th? P?g, Th? D?????l??, Urban Legends: F?n?l Cut ?nd Ex?t W?und?.

M?nd??' breakthrough r?l? ??m? wh?n ?h? ?????r?d in Training D?? ?nd l?d t? r?l?? in All Ab?ut th? Benjamins, 2 F??t 2 Fur??u?, Once Upon a Time ?n Mexico (which ??rn?d h?r a nomination ?t the T??n Ch???? Awards), Out of T?m? ?nd Stuck ?n You. She was the f?m?l? l??d ?n the 2005 comedy H?t?h and w?? one of the f?r?t m?n?r?t? actors to play th? lead ?n a hit r?m?nt?? ??m?d?. Sh? starred in Th? W?nd?ll B?k?r Story, Guilty H??rt?, Trust the Man, Gh??t Rider, We Own th? N?ght, L?v?! ?nd Cl??n?r.

M?nd?? appeared ?n W?ll Smith's v?d?? "M??m?" ?nd the Pet Sh?? Boys' mu??? v?d?? for "S? a v?d? é (That's th? w?? l?f? is)" ?n 1996 and Aerosmith's v?d?? "Hole ?n My Soul" ?n 1997. Sh? ?l?? ?????r?d ?n the v?d?? f?r "The End Has No End" b? Th? Str?k?? in 2004. Mendes w?? ?m?l???d b? Revlon C??m?t??? ?? ?n ?nt?rn?t??n?l spokeswoman ?nd ??rt?????nt in R?vl?n'? ??m???gn t? r???? funds f?r breast ??n??r research. M?nd?? ?????r?d nud? in a ?r?nt ?d f?r Calvin Kl??n'? S??r?t Obsession perfume; th? ?d w?? b?nn?d in th? Un?t?d St?t??. In D???mb?r 2007, P???l? f?r th? Ethical Tr??tm?nt ?f An?m?l? (PETA) used a nud? ?h?t? ?f M?nd?? for th??r ?nt?-fur campaign. Sh? modelled ?n a M?rg?n campaign. M?nd?? was a spokesmodel f?r the 2008 C?m??r? ??l?nd?r. Mendes w?? ?nn?un??d as th? ?nt?rn?t??n?l f??? ?f Australia's 30 D??? ?f Fashion & Beauty ?v?nt ?n July 2008. Sh? m?d? gu??t ?????r?n??? ?n th?t ??untr? ?t th? m?nth-l?ng festival in S??t?mb?r. M?nd?? h?? b??n a ???k????r??n f?r C?lv?n Kl??n, M?gnum ?nd th? chocolate m?lk br?nd Cocio. Sh? ?l?? ?r?m?t?d Th??rr? Mugl?r'? Ang?l fragrance, R??b?k ?h??? ?nd P?nt?n? ?h?m???. Sh? appeared ?n a Peek & Cl????nburg ?l?th?ng catalog ?n 2011.

P?r??n?l L?f?

M?nd?? d?t?d G??rg? Augu?t? fr?m 2002 t? 2010. In 2011, she began d?t?ng h?r Th? Place B???nd th? P?n?? ??-?t?r R??n G??l?ng, wh? is currently h?r husband. Th?? h?v? two k?d? Esmeralda Am?d? h?r f?r?t d?ught?r (born on September 12, 2014) ?nd Am?d? L?? beign th? second d?ught?r (b?rn ?n A?r?l 29, 2016).

Sh? is a v?g?t?r??n for b?th ethical and h??lth r????n?. M?nd?? ?r??t???? Transcendental Meditation.

Achievements

In 2008, ?h? was nominated f?r a G?ld?n Raspberry Award f?r Worst Actress for her ??rf?rm?n?? ?n Th? Women. Sh? ?????r?d in The S??r?t, Bad L??ut?n?nt: Port ?f C?ll N?w Orl??n?, Th? Oth?r Guys, Last N?ght, F??t F?v? ?nd th? spoof v?d??, Funn? ?r D??. In 2012, Eva M?nd?? v???t?d S??rr? Leone ?nd was f??tur?d in the PBS documentary H?lf th? Sk?: Turn?ng O??r?????n into Opportunity f?r Women Worldwide. Sh? ?t?rr?d ?n th? 2013 m?v?? The Pl??? B???nd the P?n??. Ent?rt??nm?nt W??kl? d???r?b?d her performance ?? "quietly heartbreaking".