Camila Mendes

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Name: Camila Carraro Mendes
Born: June 29, 1994 in Charlottesville, Virginia

Mendes was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Brazilian parents, Victor and Gisele Mendes. Her ancestors are of Portuguese and Italian descent. Mendes was raised in Miami, Florida. She has one older sister. Her mother is from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, while her father is from Brasília, Federal District. She moved many times but spent most of her childhood in Florida, where she attended American Heritage School, in Plantation. At the age of 10, she lived in Brazil for a year. On May, 2016, Mendes graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Her first acting job was in a commercial for IKEA.

In 2016, Mendes was cast as "silver-tongued high school sophomore" Veronica Lodge in The CW's new teen drama Riverdale, a subversive take on the Archie comics. Mendes was represented by the Carson Kolker Organization, later changing to CAA.​

 

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Camila Mendes is seen attending The Art of Elysium presents John Legend's HEAVEN at Barker Hangar in Los Angeles, California



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Cosmopolitan February 2018



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Cosmopolitan Indonesia, Netherlands, Romania, Australia February / March / April 2018 with Camila Mendes



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Cosmopolitan Philippines March 2018



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Camila Mendes attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California



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Camila Mendes attends The Paley Center For Media's 35th Annual PaleyFest Los Angeles - "Riverdale" at Dolby Theatre on March 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California



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Camila Mendes poolside with H&M at The Sparrows Lodge on April 14, 2018 in Palm Springs, California



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Camila Mendes attends #REVOLVEfestival Day 1 on April 14, 2018 in La Quinta, California



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Camila Mendes attends the 2018 CW Network Upfront at The London Hotel on May 17, 2018 in New York City



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Camila Mendes at CFDA Awards, June 4, 2018

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Marie Claire Malaysia, June 2018

On accepting her body: “When I grew up, I was obsessed with being thin. I always wanted to be lean, and then I went to college, I noticed my body was changing and it made me feel out of control but I didn’t understand it. I thought I was just gaining a lot of weight…at that time there weren’t many voices out there that championed curvier body types. But now, we see models like Ashley Graham who are encouraging women to embrace being unique, and that made me let go of the standard that was established so long ago – that thin is the only type of beautiful.”

On working with Project Heal, an organization that aims to raise awareness for eating disorders and helps to fund treatment: “Growing up, my sister had a very serious eating disorder, and was in rehab for awhile. I think the biggest message through Project Heal is to let the public know just how high the costs really are to get treatment, and how an eating disorder is not recognised as a mental illness when in fact, it is one of the deadliest mental illnesses there is.”

On eating disorder misconceptions: “There is the common misconception that when you have an eating disorder, you are really skinny, and that is not the case at all, it’s actually quite the opposite. People don’t know that you don’t necessarily have to look like you have an eating disorder to have one. And because I was never that skinny, I never thought that I did (have the disorder.)”

For more from Camila, visit MarieClaire.com.my.

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Camila Mendes leaving the Chateau Marmont Hotel in West Hollywood, June 15, 2018

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Camila Mendes at MTV Movie Awards, June 16, 2018

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Camila Mendes at Children Mending Hearts Empathy Rocks Fundraiser in Los Angeles 06/10/2018

Camila Mendes at SHAPE’s 3rd Annual SHAPE Body Shop Pop-Up at Hudson Loft in Los Angeles 06/23/2018

W Magazine, 2018

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Nylon US, 2018

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Camila Mendes – iHeart Music Festival in Las Vegas 09/23/2017

Camila Mendes – Vancouver, Canada 10/01/2017

Camila Mendes – 45th Annual American Music Awards at the the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles 11/19/2017

Camila in Miami, January 4, 2018

Camila Mendes at 'It Girl' Dinner hosted by W Magazine, January 6, 2018

Camila and Charles with a fan, March 2018

Camila Mendes – “First Light” Premiere at SXSW Festival in Austin 03/10/2018

Camila at SXSW Festival, March 11, 2018

On set of Riverdale March, 23, 2018

Camila at John Frieda event, May 18, 2018

Camila with Marisol Nichols, May 2018

Camila with Indian actor Chunky Pandey, June 2018

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Camila Mendes – Beautycon Festival in Los Angeles 07/14/2018

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Camila Mendes getting coffee, LA, 7/20/20

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Camila Mendes in LA, 7/19/20​

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