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Mena Suvari

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Mena Suvari

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Feb 13, 1979 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Biography

Mena Alexandra Suvari (born February 13, 1979) is an American actress, producer, fashion designer, and model. She's best known for her roles as Angela Hayes in American Beauty, Heather in the American Pie film series, Coty Pierce in Kiss the Girls, Edie on HBO's Six Feet Under (for which she earned a Screen Actors Guild nomination), Francesca Bonacieux in The Musketeer (2001), Joanne in Beauty Shop, Annie Huttinger in Rumor Has It..., Isabella on the second season of NBC's Chicago Fire, Maria Abascal on WEtv's South of Hell, and Kathleen on Paramount's dramedy American Woman. After beginning her career as a model and guest-starring on several television shows, she made her film debut in the 1997 drama Nowhere. She rose to international prominence with her appearances in the critically acclaimed drama American Beauty (1999), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable film credits include Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Loser (2000), Sugar & Spice (2001), Sonny (2002), Spun (2003), Trauma (2004), Domino (2005), Factory Girl (2006), Brooklyn Rules, Stuck (both 2007), Day of the Dead (2008), and You May Not Kiss the Bride (2010). She also portrayed Elizabeth Short in the anthology series American Horror Story: Murder House (2011), and reprised the part in American Horror Story: Apocalypse (2018). She has been a model for Lancôme cosmetics and print ads for Lancôme Paris Adaptîve, as well as a long-time supporter and activist for the Starlight Children's Foundation and the African Medical and Research Foundation. She is married and has one child. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mena Suvari, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2026Vampires of the Velvet LoungeElizabeth
2026The Dresden SunAsha
2025The WreckerCheryl
2025All There IsZoe
2025IckStaci
2025Fireflies at El MozoteSarah
2025Closure
2025What Comes NextLaura
2024PreySue
2024ReaganJane Wyman
2024Holy SmokesMommy
2024Beyond the RushLeah Grievess
2023Twisted SisterEmily
2023All You Need Is BloodVivien Vance
2023BreakwaterKendra
2023Hunt ClubCassandra
2023Dark ObsessionMaya
2022The Greatest InheritanceRachel Dubose
2022Deadly Cheer MomDeb
2022House of ChainsLaura McGrath
2022The AccursedAlma
2021Back Home AgainMena Vulpes (voice)
2021Fourth GradeBarbara
2021Locked InMaggie
2021Paradise CoveTracey
2021Grace and GritTreya Wilber
2020The Murder of Nicole Brown SimpsonNicole Brown Simpson
2020Don't Tell a SoulCarol
2020What Lies BelowMichelle Wells
2019ApparitionAnna Collins
2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest
2018BecksElyse
2018American WomanKathleen
2017Psych: The MovieAllison Cowley
2016I'll Be Home for ChristmasJackie
2016Justice League ActionKiller Frost (voice)
2015The Opposite SexJane
2015Badge of HonorJessica Dawson
2015South of HellMaria Abascal
2015Lip Sync BattleSelf
2014Don't BlinkTracy
2014Celebrity Name GameSelf
2014ClarenceCynthia / Video Game Voice (voice)
2014ClarenceCynthia (voice)
2014ClarenceCynthia / Finsy (voice)
2014ClarenceCynthia / Store Clerk / Grandma (voice)
2014ClarenceCynthia / Baby (voice)
2013StalkersIvy Hinks
2013Lakewood Plaza TurboEnid / Ginger (voice)
2012American ReunionHeather
2012The KnotSarah
2012Chicago FireIsabella
2011You May Not Kiss the BrideTonya
2011RestitutionHeather
2011No SurrenderAmelia Davis
2011American Horror StoryElizabeth Short
2011The CapeTracey Jerrod / Dice
2010The TalkSelf
2009Sex and Lies in Sin CitySindy Murphy
2008The Mysteries of PittsburghPhlox Lombardi
2008Garden of EdenCatherine Bourne
2008Day of the DeadSarah Bowman
2007StuckBrandi Boski
2007Brooklyn RulesEllen
2006Factory GirlRichie Berlin
2006The Dog ProblemJules
2006OrpheusSue Ellen
2006CaffeineVanessa
2006EdmondProstitute
2006Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday PartySelf
2006Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
2006PsychAllison Cowley
2005Rumor Has It...Annie Huttinger
2005DominoKimmie
2005Standing StillLana
2005Beauty ShopJoanne
2004TraumaCharlotte
2004American Pie: RevealedSelf
2003SpunCookie
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2002SonnyCarol
2002V Graham NortonSelf
2001American Pie 2Heather
2001The MusketeerFrancesca Bonacieux
2001Sugar & SpiceKansas Hill
2001Six Feet UnderEdie
2000LoserDora Diamond
2000American VirginKatrina
2000American Beauty: Look Closer...Self
1999American BeautyAngela Hayes
1999American PieHeather
1999The Rage: Carrie 2Lisa Parker
1999The Late Late Show with Craig KilbornSelf
1999Atomic TrainGrace Seger
1998Slums of Beverly HillsRachel Hoffman
1997NowhereZoe
1997Kiss the GirlsCoty Pierce
1997Snide and PrejudiceGeli Raubal
1997The ViewSelf
1997The ViewSelf - Guest
1994Chicago HopeIvy Moore
1994ERLaura-Lee Armitage
1993Boy Meets WorldLaura
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993Boy Meets WorldHilary
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1953The OscarsSelf
-Anatomy of the Sun
-DevotedSarah
-Down the Arm of God
-Unbearable Christmas
-Briefcase, 8
-GRQ the MovieViola
-Strobe
-RZR Cyber ProtocolDet. Thompson
-Death of a Brewer
-Organism 46-B The UnseenDr Alexandria King
-Kill Me Now
-The Greatest Actress in the World
Production
2020The Murder of Nicole Brown SimpsonExecutive Producer
2007StuckAssociate Producer