Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes are parents of 2: Get to know their family
Gosling and Mendes starred together in the drama "The Place Beyond the Pines."
Three-time Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling shares two children with his partner Eva Mendes, whom he has called his hero.
When Gosling took the stage for his "I'm Just Ken" performance at the 2024 Oscars, he gave credit to his and Mendes's daughters, Esmeralda and Amada.
"They gave me some tips and some notes, all great notes," Gosling told People in March, adding, "They are such a huge part of this for me. It was my girls' interest in Barbie and disinterest in Ken that got me into this in the first place. It was beautiful to have them there at the end."
In the last decade, Gosling has returned to acting after taking a break from his Hollywood career to be with his family.
"The Fall Guy" actor told Men's Health in April that Mendes and their daughters, Esmeralda and Amada, guide him.
"It always comes back to family first," Gosling said. "I don't think I'll regret anything professionally, but I do think when it comes to Eva [Mendes] and the girls, they come first."
While speaking to WSJ in an interview published in May, Gosling shared that his two daughters have been learning Spanish and calling him "Papi."
He said "it kills" him every time he heard his daughters address him with the sweet nickname with a little accent.
"There's just nothing, nothing better than that," he added.
Gosling also told the outlet, that he has been avoiding taking roles that are going to put him in "some kind of dark place" when it comes to his career to protect his peace with his family.
"This moment is what I feel like trying to read the room at home and feel like what is going to be best for all of us. The decisions I make, I make them with Eva and we make them with our family in mind first," he explained.
Get to know Gosling's family below.
Eva Mendes
Gosling and Mendes starred together as Luke Glanton and Romina, parents of a young son, in the 2012 crime drama "The Place Beyond the Pines," a pivotal project for the two actors.
"After I met Eva, I realized that I just didn't want to have kids without her," Gosling told GQ in May 2023. "And 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. I realized that this would be a life I would be really lucky to have."
In a 2019 interview with Women's Health, Mendes, also a fashion designer, said meeting Gosling also shaped her thoughts on parenthood and starting a family.
"Ryan Gosling happened. I mean, falling in love with him," Mendes said. "Then it made sense for me to have … not kids, but his kids. It was very specific to him."
After the 2024 Oscars, Mendes shared supportive social media posts for Gosling, calling him "my man."
The couple tend to be very private when it comes to their children, and Mendes said that even though she and Gosling have high-profile jobs as actors, they try not to involve their kids in their professions.
"I don't let them see me put attention to how I dress," she told Women's Health. "They've never seen me get ready for something; they've never seen me at work."
"I'm just Mom," Mendes added. "And I'm more than happy to just be Mom."
In an interview with People in May 2024, Mendes gushed over how Gosling has been supporting her "in all the ways I need to be supported."
"He's got me in all the ways," she added.
Discussing their roles in running their household together, Mendes shared that Gosling does all the cooking while she does the cleaning.
"I'm not a cook so my man cooks and I clean, so it's a nice even. I can't cook. You don't want me to cook," the actress told the outlet. "My girls, they're so cute but they're like, 'Did you make these eggs, mama?' I'm like, 'They're eggs, yes. They're just regular eggs.' Who messes up eggs?"
In early 2024, Mendes revealed plans to release a children's book that she said was inspired by her daughters.
"My latest project is a true labor of love. Being the Mami to my two little girls has inspired me to write my first picture book DESI, MAMI & THE NEVER ENDING WORRIES," Mendes wrote in a Feb. 22 Instagram post.
Esmeralda Amada
Mendes and Gosling welcomed their eldest daughter Esmeralda in 2014.
In a 2018 interview with "Good Morning America," Mendes said loved watching her then-4-year-old daughter express herself through fashion.
"She dresses herself and comes up with some pretty interesting things, like she'll just do the one-sleeve [on her pajamas] and we're like, 'Amazing,'" Mendes said. "Just to see what they do naturally is exciting because I'm just mom when I'm with them."
Amada Lee
The couple welcomed their second daughter Amada in 2016.
Gosling told Ellen DeGeneres in a 2016 interview that Amada means "beloved" in Spanish.
Although Mendes is active online, she and Gosling choose not to share photos of their daughters on social media.
"I have always had a clear boundary when it comes to my man and my kids," Mendes wrote to a fan on social media in 2020. "I'll talk about them of course -- with limits -- but I won't post pictures of our daily life."
"Since my children are still so little and don't understand what posting their image really means, I don't have their consent," Mendes added. "And I won't post their image until they're old enough to give me consent."
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