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Mendes broke onto the scene in the 2001 crime thriller, “Training Day.”
Two years later, in 2016, Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling welcomed their youngest daughter, Amada.

“They’re just formative years.
I wanted to be there for all of it.”
“It was like a no-brainer,” the businesswoman said.

It was almost just a non-verbal agreement."
“I was never in love with acting,” Mendes toldThe Sunday Timesin 2024.
“I don’t mean this in a self-deprecating way, but I wasn’t a great actress.

I had my moments when I worked with really great people.”
“He gets something out of me that’s never been accessible before.”
The actor confessed that she would consider taking on another acting role if the project was compelling enough.

That is something Eva Mendes learned while auditioning in Hollywood.
“I got tired fighting for the good roles,” she toldVarietyin 2022.
The actor was often throw in-casted as the beautiful supporting female role.

Her Cuban heritage made it nearly impossible to climb out of the stereotypes written into her characters.
It was so crazy.
That was the constant note."

She not only has a keen eye for design, but Mendes has a passion for behind-the-scenes administrative work.
I’m in for all of it."
Mendes has also added “author” to her resume.
It has to be nice and clean."
She feels Disney would be a perfect fit for her new criteria.
We’ve binged ‘Bluey.'"