- 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)
- 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)
- Sometimes credited as: Eva Mendez
- Is Cuban-American.
- Appeared in an American Express credit card commercial which featured the Sheryl Crow song Soak Up The Sun. (April 2002)
- Appeared in Aerosmith's Hole In My Soul video as the girl in American flag bikini.
- 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.
- Hobbies: are music, sports (hiking, biking, skiing, and mountain climbing) and interior design.
- Her favorite horror movie is THE SHINING.
Quotes- "I feel I'll take on the responsibility of showing the world a whole different kind of Latin woman."
- "It's fun to be a woman. It's fun to flirt and wear makeup and have boobs."
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