Eva Pere Suarez and Eva Mendes.Photo:Eva Mendes/Instagram
Eva Mendes/Instagram
Eva Mendesis celebrating the very special birthday of her “lioness” mom.
“Mami is 82!” the actress wrote in a caption for anInstagram tribute to her mother, Eva Pere Suarez, on Monday.
The three photos that the actress, 49, posted show her and Suarez posing for the camera. TheHitchstar, in a simple black t-shirt, is sporting a cat nose and whiskers drawn on her face. Suarez can be seen in a striped blazer, chic necklaces — and, in one shot, stylish shades.
“Mami Lioness and her Cub,” added Mendes in her caption. She added love for her mother, calling Suarez her queen: “Te amo Mami. Eres mi Reina.”
Eva Pere Suarez and Eva Mendes on Instagram.Eva Mendes/Instagram
Born in Miami, Florida and raised in Los Angeles, Mendes sharesdaughtersEsmeralda Amada, 9, and Amada Lee, 7, withRyan Gosling, 42. TheTraining Dayactress has made a habit of celebrating her mom publicly.
In August, she posted another sweet selfie with her mother in the background, adding a second throwback photo of Suarez. “Mami & Me,” Mendeswrote. “Slide to see where I get my Cubana ways from. That’s Mami 50 years ago.”
In a July Instagrampostunder the same throwback shot, the actress wrote that it was “beautiful to look back and see her this way.” She added, “One day my kids will also figure out I wasn’t always Mami. We gotta keep telling our stories. There’s so much to tell in all us women.”
ForMother’s Day 2020, Mendes toldAccess Hollywood Livethe holiday would be a family get-together not centered on herself, but on Suarez. “We’re all going to go over to her house and bombard her with love,” she said at the time.
Two years later on a Mother’s Day episode ofToday With Hoda & Jenna, Mendes tearfullyrevealedthat her mom wasn’t “doing too well right now.” She thanked host Hoda Kotb for giving well wishes and said, “She’s a survivor in every way.”
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Of her own identity as a mother, Mendes has said she hadn’t planned on having kids until she met Gosling.The two metwhile working on the 2013 filmThe Place Beyond the Pines, and Mendes has since referred to theLa La Landstaras her husband.
Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling in 2013.Dave Allocca/Starpix/Shutterstock
Dave Allocca/Starpix/Shutterstock
That shift in focus has resulted in a years-long break from acting for Mendes, who — other than voicing a yoga instructor in the children’s seriesBlueyin 2021— last appeared in Gosling’s 2014 fantasy thrillerLost River.
Another source has said Mendes and the “I’m Just Ken” singer “very muchenjoy family time” with their daughters. “When they are not working, they are all about their girls.”
source: people.com
