Eva Mendes was born on March 5, 1974 in Miami, Florida. She is an American actress who began acting in the late 1990s. She started her big screen career with the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Training Day. She was part of major Hollywood films like 2 Fast 2 Furious and Hitch. She is ranked #7 by Maxim in its 2007 list of Hot 100.