Mendes has worked as a spokesmodel for
Cocio chocolate milk,
Magnum ice cream,
Revlon make-up,
Calvin Klein underwear and perfume,
Cartierjewelery,
Thierry Mugler perfume,
Reebok trainers,
Campari apéritif,
Pantene shampoo,
Morgan clothes and
Peek & Cloppenburg clothes. Mendes is the creator of a home decor line, Vida, sold exclusively at
Macy's. She launched a bedding collection in 2008 and a dinnerware collection in 2010. Mendes is a singer: she has recorded a version of
The Windmills of Your Mind and has collaborated with
Cee Lo Green on a song entitled
Pimps Don't Cry. She is dating
Ryan Gosling and lives in the
Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.
EARLY LIFE
ACTING CAREER
Mendes' breakthrough role came when she appeared in
Training Day as the wife of
Denzel Washington's character. She found it to be a fulfilling experience: "I thought, 'This is what people meant about acting."
[3] That performance led to roles in
All About the Benjamins,
2 Fast 2 Furious,
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (which earned her a nomination at the
Teen Choice Awards),
Out of Time and
Stuck on You. She was the female lead in the 2005 comedy
Hitch opposite Will Smith. They were the first minority actors to play leads in a hit romantic comedy.
[5] She then starred in
The Wendell Baker Story,
Guilty Hearts,
Trust the Man, and
Ghost Rider. In 2007, she starred alongside
Joaquin Phoenix,
Mark Wahlberg, and
Robert Duvall in the film
We Own the Night. She also starred in
Live! and
Cleaner.
MODELING CAREER
In October 2008, she toured various stores in Europe including
Harrods to promote
Calvin Klein's Seductive Comfort line of lingerie.
[16] In 2009, Mendes was announced as a Pleasure Ambassador for ice cream brand
Magnum.
[17] In 2010, Mendes was the face of chocolate milk brand
Cocio.
[18] In March 2011, it was announced that Mendes will be a new spokeswoman for
Thierry Mugler's Angel fragrance.
[19] Also in 2011, she was named as the brand ambassador for
Reebok Easytone trainers
[20] and
Pantene shampoo.
[21] She also modeled in a
Peek & Cloppenburg clothing catalog in 2011.
[22]
Mendes was voted as No. 4 in the 2008 edition, and No. 1
[23] in the 2009 edition, of
AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women.
Maxim ranked Mendes #7 in its 2007 Hot 100 issue.
[24] She also made her second
Maxim cover in the November 2007 issue.
[25] Maxim ranked Mendes #11 in its 2010 Hot 100 issue.
[26] People named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age.
PERSONAL LIFE
Mendes does not want to have children and has described marriage as "a very archaic kinda thing. I don't think it fits in my world today."
[32] She was in a relationship with George Augusto from 2002 to 2010.
[33][34][35] She began dating
Ryan Gosling in September 2011.
[36] She lives in
Los Feliz, Los Angeles.
[37]
Mendes spent several weeks at the
Cirque Lodge addiction facility in 2008 to address "some personal issues".
[38] She later said that she will never publicly disclose details of her condition because "I have to think of the pain it might bring my mother."
[39] She now attends therapy sessions which have "enriched my life. I come from a family and a heritage where you don't really go to therapy unless you're crazy. I want people to know that that's so not the case."
[40]
In 2011, Mendes visited Sierra Leone to speak with rape victims and raise awareness of the problems in the area.
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