Eva Mendes — the actress who starred in Training Day, Hitch and Ghost Rider — spent over a decade living with Ryan Gosling and their two daughters in a Los Feliz home she bought for $3.2 million in 2008. That chapter is over: the house was sold for $4.9 million, and the family now lives in a farmhouse in Santa Barbara County.
Correction note (31 October 2026): An earlier version of this article described a Los Feliz home as Eva Mendes’ current residence, valued at $4–6 million, with detailed descriptions of its interiors. Those claims were wrong. She bought a 3,900-square-foot Mediterranean Revival home in Los Feliz for $3.2 million in 2008; she and Ryan Gosling sold it for $4.9 million in 2018; and the family has not lived in Los Angeles for years. The interior descriptions were speculative and have been removed. This article has been rewritten using only verifiable facts.
Note: this is a stock photo for illustration only — it is not a photograph of Eva Mendes’ actual home.
Who is Eva Mendes?
Born Eva Mercedes Mendes on March 5, 1974, in Miami, Florida, she is a Cuban-American actress, model and entrepreneur. Her breakout role came in Training Day (2001) opposite Denzel Washington, followed by 2 Fast 2 Furious, Hitch and Ghost Rider. She later built a fashion business, including a clothing line with New York & Company, and stepped back from acting after 2014 to focus on her family.
She has been partnered with actor Ryan Gosling since 2011, after they met filming The Place Beyond the Pines. They have two daughters: Esmeralda, born in 2014, and Amada, born in 2016.
The Los Feliz Home: What Actually Happened
In 2008, Mendes bought a 3,900-square-foot Mediterranean Revival home in Los Feliz for $3.2 million. Built in 1926, it had four bedrooms and four bathrooms, a pool, a detached studio and a garage, and sat on an unusually shaped corner lot of about a third of an acre, according to tax records reported by Dirt.
After she and Gosling got together in 2011, the house became the family’s base for over a decade — the home where both daughters were born and raised.
In 2018, the couple sold the house for $4.9 million in an off-market deal to a non-celebrity couple. Because it was never publicly listed, no verified photos of the interiors were ever published.
An earlier Los Feliz home of hers — bought with then-partner, filmmaker George Gargurevich, for $584,000 in 2002 — was sold for $1.27 million in 2014 after their split.
The Carpinteria Farmhouse
Since 2014, the couple has owned a farmhouse in Carpinteria, in Santa Barbara County — about two hours north of Los Angeles. According to People, the family no longer resides in Los Angeles, and Architectural Digest reports that Santa Barbara is now their primary home.
The farmhouse, reportedly built in 2000, has four bedrooms and five bathrooms, with a vaulted-ceiling great room and a kitchen with reclaimed barn-wood cabinets — a very different kind of home from the Los Feliz Mediterranean villa, and deliberately so.
What Is Not Publicly Known
The exact current configuration of the Carpinteria property has not been publicly confirmed. No verified UK property — in Notting Hill, Hampstead or anywhere else — has ever been linked to Eva Mendes. Given how private the couple is, any article describing the interiors of either home in detail is speculating.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Eva Mendes?
Eva Mendes (born Eva Mercedes Mendes, March 5, 1974, in Miami) is a Cuban-American actress, model and entrepreneur known for Training Day, Hitch and Ghost Rider. She has been partnered with Ryan Gosling since 2011 and they have two daughters.
When did Eva Mendes buy her Los Feliz house?
In 2008, for $3.2 million — a 3,900-square-foot Mediterranean Revival home built in 1926.
How much did Eva Mendes sell her Los Feliz house for?
$4.9 million, in an off-market deal in 2018.
Where do Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling live now?
In a farmhouse in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County — their primary home, per Architectural Digest and People (2024).
Are Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling married?
They have never publicly confirmed a marriage. They are partners, together since 2011, with two daughters.
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