Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes, the up and coming star who rocked the silverscreen with huge stars including Will Smith in Hitch, Nicholas Cage in Ghostrider and her role with Denzel Washington in Training Day, catapulted her big time in the Hollywood industry. This lovely actress is proud of her Cuban-American heritage, and she dreams big on entering her dream roles and lately, she has been successful in her endeavors. This sultry actress has been getting a lot projects and has been credited for her amazing acting talent coupled with her good looks.

However, there is a news lately that Eva Mendez has been caught up in a rehab. News says that the talented actress has been involved in a substance abuse problem and she checked in recently in the Cirque Lodge in Utah. The facility dwells in the treatment of people who are involved into some substance abuse problems, and it is the same facility that former teen actress Lindsey Lohan checked in. Lindsey Lohan has also been reported to suffer from drug abuse problems and has been treated in the same facility that Eva Mendes is in now. The substance that the Cuban-American superstar had taken was not publicly reported.

According to her representative, Eva Mendes needs to take the time off and cater to some personal issues. The personal issues, as her representative said, are not critical, but it would help if the fans and the other professionals in the industry would provide her with the privacy that she needs. After a few weeks of stay in Utah’s Cirque Lodge, the Hollywood star has reportedly left the facility to attend to some personal business in Los Angeles. News has it that she will go back to the Cirque Lodge to complete her treatment after a few weeks.

Despite the trials which were given to the life of the actress, Eva Mendes still shines as she comes up with several projects which will eventually bring her back into the limelight that she has always deserved. She will be seen in several movies this year and even in 2009. Eva Mendes is set to appear in a remake of a 1939 comedy The Women along with Meg Ryan and Annette Benning, among others. And in 2009, the talented actress will also star several movies, including the thriller movie, The Spirit. For this project, the actress will have an opportunity to work with Frank Miller, who is the brainchild behind Sin City and 300, which are both conceptualized from his original graphic novels.

Another thing to look forward to about Eva Mendes is that she will grace the Calvin Klein advertisements as she would be the new face of their fragrances. The ad is reportedly to be launched sometime this fall. Before that, the actress has also been a spokesperson for Revlon, which is another product known all over the world.

Eva Mendes will continue to woo us with her charm and acting wits, showing that she is more than a pretty face.

Lo and behold. Eva Mendes just out of drug rehab shooting scenes about drugs! What’s going on in her mind? Is there any connections between past and present with this star?

This “tough girl” image portrayed in other movies should shine once again. Hopefully, she has turned the corner for a cleaner ride in the limelight.

Eva Mendes has begun to capture the hearts of moviegoers when she was cast in the movie “Training Day”. She played a serious role as the girlfriend of Denzel Washington and has proven that a small stint can lead to a much bigger opportunity. She was noticed by award winning directors which also paved the way for her to star in the movie, “Out of Time” opposite Denzel Washington for the second time which also gave Eva a nomination for the Teen Choice Awards. In that same year, another acting stint gave her a spot in the movie, “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” opposite the famous actor Johnny Depp.

The movie industry has been good to her as she continuously gained popularity and was asked to do the blockbuster movie, “2 Fast 2 Furious and the comedy film “All about the Benjamins” as well as in the recent release comedy film “Stuck on You” with actors Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear.

This American actress was raised in Los Angeles and started her acting career back in college. She decided to drop out from a Marketing course in a California University to seek greener pasture and fulfill her dream of becoming an actress. She came from a broken family and gave all the credit to her mom whom she was named after. She stated that everything did well in her life all because of her mother. She studied with an acting trainer Ivana Chubbuck and that’s where it all started for this beautiful lady. Among the other films which made Eva Mendes the star she is today is her debut horror movie “Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror”. She also proved that serious acting was not only her craft as she also got the female lead in the comedy film “Hitch” together with no less than Will Smith.

Aside from being an actress, Eva Medes also appeared in commercials and music videos. She managed to have a spot in Will Smith’s video “Miami”, the music video “That’s The Way Life Is” and in “Hole in my Soul” by Aerosmith.

Her popularity also gave her the opportunity to be a sought after endorser of the famous line of Revlon products. She is an active supporter of Revlon’s Campaign against Breast Cancer. Endowed with a beautiful body, Eva Mendes was even offered to pose for playboy magazine but opted to turn down the offer. She then gave Flaunt magazine the rights to take pictures of her showing her behind. She believed so much in the magazine, that’s why she immediately agreed on when it was offered to her. Maxim, another men’s magazine ranked Eva Mendes the 7th hottest woman out of 100 women.

In 2007, Eva Mendes posed nude for PETA. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are known for their campaign against violent treatments to animals. Mendes carried on the tagline “Fur? I’d rather go naked” which completely disagreeing and opposing those who manufactured and used fur as clothing.