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Mena Suvari

Actor

Mena Suvari

Born February 13, 1979 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA87 films

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.

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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.

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American Beauty posterFirst watchAmerican Beauty19998.0as Angela HayesLester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
American Pie poster6.6American Pie1999American Pie 2 poster6.3American Pie 22001American Reunion poster6.3American Reunion2012Kiss the Girls poster6.5Kiss the Girls1997Domino poster5.9Domino2005Spun poster6.5Spun2003Rumor Has It... poster5.7Rumor Has It...2005Psych: The Movie poster7.2Psych: The Movie2017

Filmography

87 films as actor
  1. TBAAnatomy of the Sun
  2. TBADevotedSarah
  3. TBAUnbearable Christmas
  4. TBABriefcase, 8
  5. TBAGRQ the MovieViola
  6. TBAStrobeJessica
  7. TBARZR Cyber ProtocolDet. Thompson
  8. TBADeath of a Brewer
  9. TBAOrganism 46-B The UnseenDr Alexandria King
  10. TBAKill Me Now
  11. TBAThe Greatest Actress in the World
  12. TBAThe Incredible Edible
  13. TBARough DraftAnnabelle
  14. 2026Down the Arm of GodAnna
  15. 2026Time of DeathDr. Allison Burrell
  16. 2026Vampires of the Velvet LoungeElizabeth
  17. 2026The Dresden SunAsha
  18. 2025Fireflies at El MozoteSarah
  19. 2025The WreckerCheryl
  20. 2025What Comes NextLaura
  21. 2025IckStaci
  22. 2025All There IsZoe
  23. 2024Beyond the RushLeah Grievess
  24. 2024ReaganJane Wyman
  25. 2024Holy SmokesMommy
  26. 2024PreySue
  27. 2023BreakwaterKendra
  28. 2023All You Need Is BloodVivien Vance
  29. 2023Dark ObsessionMaya
  30. 2023Hunt ClubCassandra
  31. 2023Twisted SisterEmily
  32. 2022The AccursedAlma
  33. 2022House of ChainsLaura McGrath
  34. 2022The Greatest InheritanceRachel Dubose
  35. 2022Deadly Cheer MomDeb
  36. 2021Back Home AgainMena Vulpes (voice)
  37. 2021Fourth GradeBarbara
  38. 2021Grace and GritTreya Wilber
  39. 2021Locked InMaggie
  40. 2021Paradise CoveTracey
  41. 2020What Lies BelowMichelle Wells
  42. 2020Don't Tell a SoulCarol
  43. 2020The Murder of Nicole Brown SimpsonNicole Brown Simpson
  44. 2019ApparitionAnna Collins
  45. 2018BecksElyse
  46. 2017Psych: The MovieAllison Cowley
  47. 2016I'll Be Home for ChristmasJackie
  48. 2015Badge of HonorJessica Dawson
  49. 2015The Opposite SexJane
  50. 2014Don't BlinkTracy
  51. 2013Lakewood Plaza TurboEnid / Ginger (voice)
  52. 2013StalkersIvy Hinks
  53. 2012The KnotSarah
  54. 2012American ReunionHeather
  55. 2011RestitutionHeather
  56. 2011You May Not Kiss the BrideTonya
  57. 2011No SurrenderAmelia Davis
  58. 2009Sex and Lies in Sin CitySindy Murphy
  59. 2008Garden of EdenCatherine Bourne
  60. 2008Day of the DeadSarah Bowman
  61. 2008The Mysteries of PittsburghPhlox Lombardi
  62. 2007StuckBrandi Boski
  63. 2007Brooklyn RulesEllen
  64. 2006Factory GirlRichie Berlin
  65. 2006The Dog ProblemJules
  66. 2006CaffeineVanessa
  67. 2006EdmondProstitute
  68. 2006OrpheusSue Ellen
  69. 2005Rumor Has It...Annie Huttinger
  70. 2005DominoKimmie
  71. 2005Beauty ShopJoanne
  72. 2005Standing StillLana
  73. 2004TraumaCharlotte
  74. 2003SpunCookie
  75. 2002SonnyCarol
  76. 2001The MusketeerFrancesca Bonacieux
  77. 2001American Pie 2Heather
  78. 2001Sugar & SpiceKansas Hill
  79. 2000LoserDora Diamond
  80. 2000American VirginKatrina
  81. 1999American BeautyAngela Hayes
  82. 1999American PieHeather
  83. 1999The Rage: Carrie 2Lisa Parker
  84. 1998Slums of Beverly HillsRachel Hoffman
  85. 1997Kiss the GirlsCoty Pierce
  86. 1997Snide and PrejudiceGeli Raubal
  87. 1997NowhereZoe