Eva Mendes is questioning her identity as her children with Ryan Gosling grow older. Mendes chose to step away from acting to focus on raising her children.

Mendes shares her daughters Esmeralda Amada and Amada Lee with longtime partner Ryan Gosling When she became a mother, Eva Mendes went through a variety of emotions — including wondering who she was.

Eva Mendes revealed that as her and Ryan Gosling’s daughters Esmeralda Amada, 10, and Amada Lee, 8, have gotten older, she’s had to deal with the fact that they don’t need her all the time anymore.