Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes
Birth Date: March 05, 1974
Birth Place: Miami, Fla.

One nude scene with Denzel Washington in 2001's Training Day turned then-unknown beauty Eva Mendes into a star. Within the next two years, the sultry Cuban bombshell went from Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror to appearing in five major films, including 2 Fast 2 Furious and Stuck on You.

The Los Angeles-bred Latina got her start in commercials, even appearing in Will Smith's (her future Hitch costar) ''Miami'' music video. Mendes has since starred with two of PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive honorees, Johnny Depp and Matt Damon. In 2008, the Revlon pitchwoman, who starred opposite Joaquin Phoenix in We Own the Night, entered rehab before lending her face – and body – to Calvin Klein Underwear.