She has worked with Salma Hayek, Will Smith and Denzel Washington in blockbuster films 20 years ago.
The thespian has also been in the films All About the Benjamins (2002), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Ghost Rider (2007), We Own the Night (2007) and Stuck on You (2003).
The brunette models too as she has represented several large fashion brands such as Calvin Klein, Revlon and Cartier.
And this 51-year-old beauty has had an interesting love life as she has been with Ryan Gosling.
On Thursday the acting dynamo shared a photo from her teen years as she wished her best friend a happy birthday.
While in a yellow-and-black print bathing suit with her long, dark hair worn down as she sat on a beach in Florida, the child was as cute as can be.
But it’s hard to tell who she is. Do you know?
She has worked with Will Smith and Denzel Washington and has had an interesting love life as she has been with Ryan Gosling. On Thursday the dynamo shared a photo from her teen years
While in a yellow-and-black print bathing suit with her long hair worn down, she was as cute as can be on a beach in Florida with her best friend
She is Eva Mendes.
The siren worked with Hayek in Once Upon A Time In Mexico, Washington in Training Day and Smith in Hitch.
Mendes has two children with Gosling, whom she made a movie with: 2012’s The Place Beyond The Pines.
Her caption read: ‘Happy Birthday to this girl. Right here. Kharla with a ‘K’. My BFF.
‘There are no real words for how much I love/appreciate/respect/adore her.
‘I’m not one to get super emo on IG , so you get the picture, right ? She’s my ride or die. She’s the real one. Please help me in wishing her her the happiest of birthdays. Here’s to cutting class, going for French toast sticks and dancing to ‘Latin Activity’ f’life! I love you Khar ! ♥️’
This comes after she gushed over her husband Gosling after his campaign to make stunts eligible for Oscars was a success.
The Fall Guy star, 44, used the press tour for the 2024 flick – in which he portrayed battle-scarred stuntman Colt Seavers – to call for there to be a Best Stunt Design Academy Award.
She is Eva Mendes. The siren worked with Washington on Training Day and with Smith on Hitch
And after the Barbie star made it happen; his other half couldn’t be prouder.
Mendes took to Instagram to shares pictures of the Hollywood hunk with director David Leitch and Seth Phillip, who is behind the @dudewithsign social media account, with Gosling holding a sign that read: ‘Give stunts an Oscar.’
The star also posted another snap of his co-star Emily Blunt, who played Colt’s lover Jody Moreno.
She captioned the post: ‘My man is the F best! Unfortunately, success is almost only measured by box office.
‘So I’m extra proud of my man for turning his entire Fall Guy press tour into a campaign to get stunts recognized by the Oscars. And now after Almost 100 years of stunt design not being acknowledged by the Academy, it’s officially a category!! This is a HUGE success! And an achievement that will last. Congratulations to the incredible stunt community!!’
Mendes has two children – Esmeralda and Amada – with Gosling, whom she made a movie with; seen in 2024
She jokingly signed off the post: ‘BTW, this is the last time I post a pic of my man and the total babe that is Emily Blunt. No más!’
Meanwhile, Gosling previously revealed the couple’s two young daughters – Esmeralda and Amada – raised their concerns about their dad doing daredevil stunts in the film.
He told WSJ. Magazine: ‘My kids didn’t want me to be set on fire.
‘Even though I said, ‘Well, it’s actually, technically, the safer thing to do because there’s a lot of protective stuff involved.
‘(They) were like, “No. No fire.” So I didn’t do it.’
