Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes’ Relationship Timeline: From Friendship to Romance

Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes ' romance has continued to flourish over the years.

Sparks originally started to fly between Gosling and Mendes while they filmed The Place Beyond the Pines in 2011. They were subsequently spotted spending plenty of quality time together after working on the project .

Us Weekly confirmed in September 2014 that Gosling and Mendes welcomed their first daughter, Esmeralda. The twosome welcomed daughter Amada two years later.

In 2020, Mendes explained the choice to keep their lives under wraps when an Instagram follower accused Gosling of not being there for their children publicly.

"I don't talk about Ryan and all the wonderful things he does as a father because I keep that part private," the Lost River star wrote on social media in April 2020. "I feel it's best that I continue to disclose what I'm comfortable with but not involve him or my kids too much. It's not about being cagey or weird, it's just about staying private in a public space. Does that make sense? Hope so. Because this is my honest answer."

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