Eva Mendes Biography :
Name: Eva Mendes Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA Education: Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, California ; California State University in Northridge Born in Houston but raised in Los Angeles and Miami. Was a marketing major at California State Northridge where she dropped out to pursue acting. Is Cuban-American. Appeared in an American Express credit card commercial which featured the Sheryl Crow song "Soak Up The Sun". [April 2002] 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. Loves interior designing and would undertake this profession if not acting. Her hobbies are music, sports (hiking, biking, skiing, and mountain climbing) and interior design. Graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, California. John Cho and Alex Kalognomos were also students there. Actress - filmography (In Production) (2000s) (1990s) Ghost Rider (2006) (filming) .... Roxanne Simpson Trust the Man (2005) (post-production) .... Faith The Wendell Baker Story (2005) Hitch (2005) .... Sara Stuck On You (2003/I) .... April Out of Time (2003/I) .... Alex Diaz Whitlock Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) .... Ajedrez 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) .... Monica Fuentes All About the Benjamins (2002) .... Gina ... aka All About the Money (Germany) Training Day (2001) (as Eva Mendez) .... Sara Harris Exit Wounds (2001) .... Trish Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) .... Vanessa ... aka L¨¦gendes urbaines 2 (Canada: French title) ... aka L¨¦gendes urbaines: La suite (Canada: French title) ... aka Leyendas urbanas: Corte final (USA: Spanish title) The Disciples (2000) (TV) .... Maria Serranco My Brother the Pig (1999) .... Matilda A Night at the Roxbury (1998) .... Bridesmaid Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) (V) .... Kir ... aka Children of the Corn 5