Cierra Ramirez

Eva Mendes plays a single mom to Cierra Ramirez, a Girl in Progress, and the chummy co-stars tell ET that working together on the coming-of-age drama helped to create a special bond between them. Pics: Candid Couples -- Ryan Gosling & Eva Mendes "Sometimes I called her mini-me," says Eva of her teen co-star that plays her daughter. "I feel like Cierra's like a little sister to me, and I thought that was appropriate for the character, because I play such a mess of a mother in the film, so I thought, 'Okay, we'll go with this kind of sisterly thing.'"

Featurette for Girl in Progress focuses on Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez).

Travita (Raini Rodriguez) shows Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) her next mark, Trevor (Landon Liboiron).

Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) asks Trevor (Landon Liboiron) to be her first kiss.

Cierra Ramirez, Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes talk to CNN about the impact of teachers on their lives.

Actress Eva Mendes talks about how much fun she had playing a messed-up mom in her latest project 'Girl in Progress,' and gushes about the performance of her young co-star Cierra Ramirez. (May 4)

Grace (Eva Mendes) is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, bills, and the very married Dr. Hartford, to give her daughter, Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs.

Interview with Cierra Ramirez, who plays Ansiedad in Girl in Progress.

Grace (Eva Mendes) is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, bills, and the very married Dr. Hartford (Matthew Modine), to give her daughter, Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad's English teacher, Ms. Armstrong (Patricia Arquette), introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, Ansiedad is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. While Grace becomes preoccupied with the increasing affections of her co-worker (Eugenio Derbez), Ansiedad enlists the help of her loyal friend, Tavita (Raini Rodriguez), to plot her shortcut to "adulthood". But as her misguided plan unravels, Ansiedad and Grace must learn that sometimes growing-up means acting your age.

Grace (Eva Mendes) is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, bills, and the very married Dr. Hartford (Matthew Modine), to give her daughter, Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad's English teacher, Ms. Armstrong (Patricia Arquette), introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, Ansiedad is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. While Grace becomes preoccupied with the increasing affections of her co-worker (Eugenio Derbez), Ansiedad enlists the help of her loyal friend, Tavita (Raini Rodriguez), to plot her shortcut to "adulthood". But as her misguided plan unravels, Ansiedad and Grace must learn that sometimes growing-up means acting your age.

Grace (Eva Mendes) is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, bills, and the very married Dr. Hartford (Matthew Modine), to give her daughter, Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad's English teacher, Ms. Armstrong (Patricia Arquette), introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, Ansiedad is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. While Grace becomes preoccupied with the increasing affections of her co-worker (Eugenio Derbez), Ansiedad enlists the help of her loyal friend, Tavita (Raini Rodriguez), to plot her shortcut to "adulthood". But as her misguided plan unravels, Ansiedad and Grace must learn that sometimes growing-up means acting your age.

Grace (Eva Mendes) is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, bills, and the very married Dr. Hartford (Matthew Modine), to give her daughter, Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad's English teacher, Ms. Armstrong (Patricia Arquette), introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, Ansiedad is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. While Grace becomes preoccupied with the increasing affections of her co-worker (Eugenio Derbez), Ansiedad enlists the help of her loyal friend, Tavita (Raini Rodriguez), to plot her shortcut to "adulthood". But as her misguided plan unravels, Ansiedad and Grace must learn that sometimes growing-up means acting your age.