Mendes's performance in "Training Day" (2001) marked a turning point in her career and led to parts in the commercially successful films "2 Fast 2 Furious" (2003) and "Hitch" (2005). She starred in "Ghost Rider" (2007) and "The Spirit" (2008), both film adaptations of comics, and ventured into more dramatic territory with "We Own the Night" (2007), "" (2009), "Last Night" (2010), and "The Place Beyond the Pines" (2012). Her other films include "Out of Time" (2003), "The Women" (2008), "The Other Guys" (2010), and "Girl in Progress" (2012).