Eva Mendes made a rare public appearance on Thursday, only her second in seven months, as she stepped out in London, where she and husband Ryan Gosling have been settling into their new posh, high-end neighborhood.
The Mail on Sunday recently revealed the stunning actress, 51, and her Barbie star partner, 44, relocated from the US, buying a home in the affluent north London area of Hampstead with their daughters Esmeralda, 11, and Amada Lee, nine.
Gosling is in London filming the upcoming Star Wars movie Starfighter, but it’s also believed the family moved to escape the ‘unstable’ political landscape in the US.
Whatever the reason, Mendes, who was last seen in September and earlier in March for her birthday, appeared in high spirits as she ran errands, flashing her signature megawatt smile in a casual ensemble.
She layered a jacket, vest, and another jacket over leggings and knee-high boots, looking effortlessly chic — a far cry from her red carpet days, which came to an end when she retired from acting around the time their first daughter was born in 2014.
Her outing comes just days after Gosling turned heads while picking up their daughters from school in Hampstead, leaving local moms swooning.
Eva Mendes made a rare public appearance on Thursday, only her second in seven months, as she stepped out in London, where she and husband Ryan Gosling have been settling into their new posh, high-end neighborhood
Mendes, who was last seen in September and earlier in March for her birthday , appeared in high spirits as she ran errands, flashing her signature megawatt smile in a casual ensemble
A Hampstead local said at the time: ‘Yes, he’s here and so delightful chatting to everyone at the school gate – such a lovely man.
‘And everyone can’t stop talking about how good looking he is, the mums are practically drooling over him.’
Another local revealed on Instagram‘s Threads that the actor had held a door open for them: ‘Today’s unexpected adventure, Ryan Gosling holding the door open for me at a cafe in West Hampstead. What a gent!… Quite unexpected really!’
Known as the ‘Donald Dash’, other celebrities who moved to the UK as President Trump took office include former chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, who lives in the Cotswolds with her wife Portia de Rossi.
Gosling’s Barbie co-star America Ferrera has reportedly also moved to south-west London.
Last year Gosling and the family lived in Notting Hill while he filmed Project Hail Mary.
But they briefly moved back to California before settling in Hampstead, an area it appears they have been eyeing up for some time after they were reportedly seen house hunting in 2022.
Eva and Ryan first met in August 2011 after they both signed on to star in crime drama The Place Beyond The Pines.
She layered a jacket, vest, and another jacket over leggings and knee-high boots, looking effortlessly chic — a far cry from her red carpet days
The Mail on Sunday recently revealed the stunning actress, 51, and her Barbie star partner, 44, relocated from the US, buying a home in the affluent north London area of Hampstead with their daughters Esmeralda, 11, and Amada Lee, nine
Gosling is in London filming the upcoming Star Wars movie Starfighter, but it’s also believed the family moved to escape the ‘unstable’ political landscape in the US
They played love interests Romina Gutierrez and Luke Glanton, a motorcycle stunt rider who supports his family, which includes their young son, through a life of crime.
Their onscreen romance soon translated into real life and they started dating during the shooting of the movie.
Ryan later admitted that it was while playing at having a pretend family with Eva in the film, that he first realized he wanted to start a family of his own with the actress.
Opening up to GQ in 2023, he said: ‘I wasn’t thinking about kids before I met her, but after I met Eva, I realized that I just didn’t want to have kids without her.
‘There were moments on The Place Beyond The Pines where we were pretending to be a family, and I didn’t really want it to be pretend anymore.’
The couple went public with their relationship when they were spotted putting on a loved-up display together at Disneyland, going on to make their red carpet debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2012.
Eva stepped away from acting in 2014 when the pair welcomed their first child, going onto focus on other business ventures, including fashion and homeware collaborations and writing her new children’s book, Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries.
In September, she admitted she has no plans to return to the silver screen any time soon, after reaching a ‘career high’ by working alongside her husband.
Last year Gosling and the family lived in Notting Hill while he filmed Project Hail Mary
Eva and Ryan first met in August 2011 after they both signed on to star in crime drama The Place Beyond The Pines
Her outing comes just days after Gosling turned heads while picking up their daughters from school in Hampstead, leaving local moms swooning; (pictured 2013)
During an interview with Good Morning America, she explained: ‘I don’t know [when I’ll return]. If there’s interesting roles. I left at a time where… it was ten years ago… I kind of felt like I did it, you know?’
The move across the pond comes as Mendes recently opened up about embracing her sexiness at 50 and her approach to cosmetic treatments.
Speaking to The Times in October, she said: ‘I’m not afraid to try things that are safe, because most of these little treatments, let’s say, are reversible.’
Seemingly hinting she has experimented with Botox and other temporary treatments, she added: ‘If you get Botox, it goes away if you don’t like it. There have been times where I’ve regretted something… and then you just wait it out.’
Mendes has previously declared herself ‘all for’ cosmetic surgery after critics accused her of denying ever having work done.