Mendes shares her daughters Esmeralda Amada and Amada Lee with longtime partner Ryan Gosling When she became a mother, Eva Mendes went through a variety of emotions — including wondering who she was.

Before working with Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond The Pines, Eva Mendes featured in movies such as Hitch, Ghost Rider, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Out of Time and The Other Guys. She later quit acting to focus on her personal life and raise their two daughters – Esmeralda Amada, 10, and Amada Lee, 8.

Eva Mendes revealed that as her and Ryan Gosling’s daughters Esmeralda Amada, 10, and Amada Lee, 8, have gotten older, she’s had to deal with the fact that they don’t need her all the time anymore.