<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1974</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Eva Mendes is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On March 5, 1974, Eva Mendes was born in Miami, Florida.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1998</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Acting Debut</div><div class='timeline-text'>Mendes makes her acting debut in the film “Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror.”</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2001</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Breakout Role in Training Day</div><div class='timeline-text'>Eva stars opposite Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke in “Training Day” which earns her an MTV Movie Award nomination.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2002</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Launch of Clothing Line</div><div class='timeline-text'>Eva launches her own clothing line, Vida, designed for women sizes 4 to 18.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2011</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Engaged to Ryan Gosling</div><div class='timeline-text'>Mendes and actor Ryan Gosling announce their engagement.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2012</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Daughter is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>Mendes and Gosling welcome their first daughter, Esmeralda Amada.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2016</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Second Daughter is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>Mendes and Gosling welcome a second daughter, Amada Lee.</div></div></div>