Celebrity Wallpapers

Eva Mendes (born March 5, 1974) is an American actress.

Mendes was born in Miami, Florida (although many sources incorrectly state her birthplace is Houston, Texas) to Cuban parents and was raised in Los Angeles. She went to Hoover High School in Glendale, California. She later attended California State University, Northridge but dropped out to seek an acting career. She studied with Ivana Chubbuck.

Mendes worked her way up through commercials to music videos (including an appearance in Will Smith’s video “Miami“) to guest roles in television soap operas and supporting film roles. She received her first big-screen break when she appeared in the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Training Day, where Mendes appeared completely nude. That performance led to roles in Stuck on You, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and as the female lead in the comedy Hitch opposite Will Smith. Her role in Once Upon a Time in Mexico also gave her a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards. She has two major movie projects pending, including Ghost Rider, in which she costars along with Nicolas Cage.

Mendes is a spokesmodel for Revlon. She has also worked in interior design and has written children’s books. Maxim ranked her #27 in their 2006 Hot 100 issue.

Young, talented and beautiful, Latino actress Eva Mendes rose to stardom on sheer luck and timing. Just five years prior to her starring role in “2 Fast 2 Furious” (2003), the sequel to the unexpected hit, “The Fast and the Furious” (2001), Mendes wasn’t even thinking about an acting career, much less actively pursuing one. But fortune shined it’s light on the energetic actress, and with her passion and zest for life, seized the moment and never looked back.

Born on March 5, 1978 in Miami, Mendes moved to Los Angeles with her family when she was two years old. Of Cuban descent, her parents fled the island in 1959 before the revolution, but ultimately split when Mendes was ten. Her mother worked as an accountant to support the family, and was very strict on Mendes and her three elder siblings. Mendes later attended Cal State Northridge where she majored in marketing, though she wasn’t terribly interested in the subject.

(Read the article)

Comments(1)

Tamara Mello (born February 22, 1976) is an American actress. Her career began in 1993 with appearances on various television programs and films. She has appeared on 7th Heaven and The Brady Bunch Movie, Boy Meets World, She’s All That and Diagnosis: Murder.

In 1999, she debuted in Popular as Lily, the politically correct vegetarian. After a few years on the show, major management firms had her high on their list, but she has only done a total of six roles since then.

A petite, spunky, tousle-haired California girl best known for her role as activist and outcast Lily on “Popular” (The WB, 1999-2001), actress Tamara Mello got her start in the early 1990s, racking up independent film credits before landing on the aptly-named teen comedy-drama. Mello got her start in the mockumentary “…And God Spoke” in 1993, and the following year acted in an episode of the CBS drama “Sweet Justice”. 1995 saw her take a small supporting role in the hit spoof “The Brady Bunch Movie”, and in 1997 she was featured in the less successful comedy “The Beautician and the Beast”.

Mello began making frequent appearances on television in the mid-90s, guesting on episodes of “7th Heaven” (The WB) and “Boy Meets World” (ABC) in 1996 and 1997, respectively. From 1997-1998 she had a regular role on the critically acclaimed ABC drama “Nothing Sacred”. A provocative and somewhat controversial series about a renegade priest (Kevin Anderson), “Nothing Sacred” featured Mello as a receptionist in a Catholic church who deals with the emotional and spiritual fallout of an unplanned pregnancy and subsequent abortion. The series met an early demise despite its quality, and it was back to guest work for Mello, including a 1999 episode of “Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane”, a New York-set teen sitcom on The WB.

(Read the article)

Comments(0)