Eva Mendes showcased her ageless beauty as she celebrated turning 51 on Wednesday, by sharing a stunning snap from her latest campaign with Stella McCartney.
The former actress looked as though she hadn’t aged a day since shooting to fame in 2001 hit film Training Day as she put on a sultry display in a sheer black dress.
The flowing number boasted a daring thigh-high slit that left her toned legs fully exposed, as well as a cutout to flash a glimpse of her toned midriff for added sex appeal.
Eva boosted her height in a pair of trendy pointed heels and posed up a storm with her hand on her waist and arching her back, while pouting for the camera.
Sharing the stunning snap to her Instagram, the Hitch star heaped praise on fashion designer Stella, and gushed that she’s ‘never felt sexier’ while modelling her clothes.
While she also revealed that she was missing out on attending Stella’s Paris Fashion Week show with the likes of Cameron Diaz and Kate Moss, as she would be celebrating her birthday with her family.
Eva Mendes showcased her ageless beauty as she celebrated turning 51 on Wednesday, by sharing a stunning snap from her latest campaign with Stella McCartney
The former actress put on a sultry display in a sheer black dress that boasted a daring thigh-high slit, leaving her toned legs fully exposed
Eva is married to Hollywood movie star Ryan Gosling, and the couple are the proud parents of daughters Esmeralda, 10, and Amada, eight.
In the caption, she wrote: ‘My new campaign and my new age just dropped! I’m 51 today and so grateful for all the reasons.
‘Especially grateful to @stellamccartney for making the most beautiful, cruelty free clothing that I feel so great in. I’ve worked with amazing designers throughout my career but I’ve never felt sexier in any one else’s designs than hers.
‘I hate that I can’t be there at your fashion show today but I have the best reason in the world -I’m with my family.’
She concluded the post: ‘Sending out loads of love today and every day’.
Her birthday celebration, comes after Eva recently opened up about embracing her sexiness at 50 and her views on cosmetic treatments to maintain her youthful glow.
She revealed that she is open to beauty procedures, as long as they offer reversible results, such as Botox.
Speaking to The Times in October, she said: ‘I’m not afraid to try things that are safe, because most of these little treatments, let’s say, are reversible’.
Sharing the stunning snap to her Instagram, the Hitch star heaped praise on fashion designer Stella, and gushed that she’s ‘never felt sexier’ while modelling her clothes
While she also revealed that she was missing out on attending Stella’s Paris Fashion Week show with the likes of Cameron Diaz and Kate Moss, as she would be celebrating her birthday with her family (Stella (R) and Cameron (L) pictured at the show)
Seemingly revealing that she has experimented with Botox and other temporary cosmetic treatments, she said: ‘If you get Botox, it goes away if you don’t like it. There have been times where I’ve regretted something… and then you just wait it out.’
Eva has previously declared that she is ‘all for’ cosmetic surgery, after critics accused her of denying ever having work done.
She took to social media in 2021 saying she ‘wanted to clear up’ a few things and wrote: ‘Never “denied plastic surgery”. All I did was reply to a specific comment on SM. Would never deny that stuff. I’m all for it. All. For. It.’
At the time, she also shared photos of herself undergoing a procedure called Mono-threading, which involves the insertion of needled threads in various points to aid lifting and tightening of the skin.
While the mother-of-two also admitted in her The Times interview that husband Ryan, 44, makes her feel ‘real f****** sexy’.
Eva credited the Oscar nominated star with always making her feel good about herself, despite admitting she’d ‘never considered herself beautiful’.
But she sweetly gushed that when Barbie star Ryan ‘gives her a look’, it makes her feel on top of the world.
She said: ‘I feel really f***ing sexy at times. The way my man looks at me is just… at times I’m like, “oh my God”.
Her birthday celebration, comes after Eva recently opened up about embracing her sexiness at 50 and her views on cosmetic treatments to maintain her youthful glow
In 2021, she also shared photos of herself undergoing a procedure called Mono-threading, which involves the insertion of needled threads in various points to aid lifting and tightening of the skin (seen)
‘That might not sit well with people, but so much of how I feel is a reflection of what he’s giving me.
‘There’s so many things that can make me feel sexy and I’d say that I feel more sexy than not. I guess because I’ve never considered myself beautiful, but I’ve always felt very sexy.’
Eva and Ryan first met in August 2011 after they both signed on to star in crime drama The Place Beyond The Pines.
They played love interests Romina Gutierrez and Luke Glanton, a motorcycle stunt rider who supports his family, which includes their young son, through a life of crime.
Their onscreen romance soon translated into real life and they started dating during the shooting of the movie.
Ryan later admitted that it was while playing at having a pretend family with Eva in the film, that he first realized he wanted to start a family of his own with the actress.
Opening up to GQ in 2023, he said: ‘I wasn’t thinking about kids before I met her, but after I met Eva, I realized that I just didn’t want to have kids without her.
‘There were moments on The Place Beyond The Pines where we were pretending to be a family, and I didn’t really want it to be pretend anymore.’
While the mother-of-two also admitted in her The Times interview that husband Ryan, 44, makes her feel ‘real f****** sexy’ (pictured 2013)
Eva and Ryan first met in August 2011 after they both signed on to star in crime drama The Place Beyond The Pines (seen) as love interests, with their romance continuing off screen
The couple went public with their relationship when they were spotted putting on a loved-up display together at Disneyland, going on to make their red carpet debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2012.
Eva stepped away from acting in 2014 when the pair welcomed their first child, going onto focus on other business ventures, including fashion and homeware collaborations and writing her new children’s book, Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries.
In September, she admitted she has no plans to return to the silver screen any time soon, after reaching a ‘career high’ by working alongside her husband.
During an interview with Good Morning America, she explained: ‘I don’t know [when I’ll return]. If there’s interesting roles. I left at a time where… it was ten years ago… I kind of felt like I did it, you know?’
While she gushed that her final film project with Ryan was a moment she didn’t think she could top.
Eva continued: ‘I was like, “I just worked with Ryan Gosling, who is the best”. It was such a high off my career to work with him and what we created together that I was like, “This is a good time to Seinfeld it and just walk out.” So who knows?’
Last year, she revealed that she and Ryan has somewhat of a ‘non-verbal agreement’ when it came to her giving up acting and being a ‘full-time mom’ to their two daughters.
When asked what it was like going from acting to being a full-time parent she previously told Today: ‘It was like a no brainer. I’m so lucky, and I was like, if I can have this time with my children… and I still worked, I just didn’t act because acting takes you on locations, it takes you away.’
Eva stepped away from acting in 2014 when the pair welcomed their first child, going onto focus on other business ventures, including fashion and homeware collaborations and writing her new children’s book, Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries (pictured)
Referring to how she made the decision with the La La Land star, Eva continued: ‘It was almost just like a non-verbal agreement that it was like, “Okay he’s going to work and I’m going to work, I’m just going to work here.”‘
Eva has previously praised the way Ryan works on set, claiming she has ‘never experienced anything like that.’
‘The way he works, his commitment to his craft, how he wants to make everything as best as it can be, and that means making his costars as best as they can be,’ she said. ‘But unfortunately – or fortunately – there is only one Ryan!’
She has also spoken about the reason why she doesn’t do red carpet events with ther husband after a fan begged her to join Ryan on the awards circuit for Barbie.
‘You’re the best! What a cool comment; thank you,’ she wrote. ‘But we don’t do those things together… Like these photos I’ve been posting, I’m only comfortable posting because it’s already out there.’
She added that they only posed together on the red carpet once while promoting their 2012 film The Place Beyond the Pines.
