Acting
Mena Suvari
EN, ES cinema · 91 credits
Born
13 February 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Also known as Mena Süvari · Mena Alexandra Suvari
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
Filmography
Devoted
Devoted
as Sarah
Strobe
Strobe
as Jessica
Organism 46-B The Unseen
as Dr Alexandria King
Homesick
Homesick
as Dr. Abby Morrison
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
as Elizabeth
The Dresden Sun
as Asha
RZR Cyber Protocol
as Det. Thompson
Time of Death
as Dr. Allison Burrell
Rough Draft
as Annabelle
The Wrecker
as Cheryl
Ick
as Staci
What Comes Next
as Laura
Prey
as Sue
Reagan
as Jane Wyman
Holy Smokes
as Mommy
Beyond the Rush
as Leah Grievess
Twisted Sister
as Emily
All You Need Is Blood
as Vivien Vance
Breakwater
as Kendra
Hunt Club
as Cassandra
Dark Obsession
as Maya
The Greatest Inheritance
as Rachel Dubose
House of Chains
as Laura McGrath
The Accursed
as Alma
Back Home Again
as Mena Vulpes (voice)
Fourth Grade
as Barbara
Locked In
as Maggie
Paradise Cove
as Tracey
Grace and Grit
as Treya Wilber
The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
as Nicole Brown Simpson, Executive Producer
Don't Tell a Soul
as Carol
What Lies Below
as Michelle Wells
Apparition
as Anna Collins
Becks
as Elyse
Psych: The Movie
as Allison Cowley
The Opposite Sex
as Jane
Badge of Honor
as Jessica Dawson
Don't Blink
as Tracy
Stalkers
as Ivy Hinks
Lakewood Plaza Turbo
as Enid / Ginger (voice)
American Reunion
as Heather
The Knot
as Sarah
Restitution
as Heather
No Surrender
as Amelia Davis
Sex and Lies in Sin City
as Sindy Murphy
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
as Phlox Lombardi
Garden of Eden
as Catherine Bourne
Day of the Dead
as Sarah Bowman
Stuck
as Brandi Boski, Associate Producer
Brooklyn Rules
as Ellen
Factory Girl
as Richie Berlin
The Dog Problem
as Jules
Orpheus
2006
Orpheus
as Sue Ellen
Caffeine
as Vanessa
Edmond
as Prostitute
Rumor Has It...
as Annie Huttinger
Domino
as Kimmie
Standing Still
as Lana
Beauty Shop
as Joanne
Trauma
as Charlotte
Spun
as Cookie
Sonny
as Carol
American Pie 2
as Heather
The Musketeer
as Francesca Bonacieux
Sugar & Spice
as Kansas Hill
Loser
as Dora Diamond
American Virgin
as Katrina
American Beauty
as Angela Hayes
American Pie
as Heather
The Rage: Carrie 2
as Lisa Parker
Slums of Beverly Hills
as Rachel Hoffman
Nowhere
as Zoe
Kiss the Girls
as Coty Pierce
Snide and Prejudice
as Geli Raubal