Mena Suvari

Actor

Mena Suvari

Born February 13, 1979 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA85 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 HayesA major role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Lester 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 role, acclaim and reach
Stuck poster6.2Stuck2007Brooklyn Rules poster5.8Brooklyn Rules2007Trauma poster5.2Trauma2004Loser poster5.4Loser2000What Lies Below poster5.2What Lies Below2020The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson poster4.3The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson2020Day of the Dead poster5.2Day of the Dead2008Hunt Club poster4.2Hunt Club2023

Filmography

85 films as actor
  1. TBAAnatomy of the Sun
  2. TBADevotedSarah
  3. TBAUnbearable ChristmasOrenda
  4. TBABriefcase, 8
  5. TBAGRQ the MovieViola
  6. TBAStrobeJessica
  7. TBADeath of a Brewer
  8. TBAOrganism 46-B The UnseenDr Alexandria King
  9. TBAThe Greatest Actress in the World
  10. TBAThe Incredible Edible
  11. TBAHomesickDr. Abby Morrison
  12. 2026Rough DraftAnnabelle
  13. 2026Kill Me Now
  14. 2026RZR Cyber ProtocolDet. Thompson
  15. 2026Down the Arm of GodAnna
  16. 2026Time of DeathDr. Allison Burrell
  17. 2026Vampires of the Velvet LoungeElizabeth
  18. 2026The Dresden SunAsha
  19. 2025Fireflies at El MozoteSarah
  20. 2025The WreckerCheryl
  21. 2025What Comes NextLaura
  22. 2025IckStaci
  23. 2025All There IsZoe
  24. 2024Beyond the RushLeah Grievess
  25. 2024ReaganJane Wyman
  26. 2024Holy SmokesMommy
  27. 2024PreySue
  28. 2023BreakwaterKendra
  29. 2023All You Need Is BloodVivien Vance
  30. 2023Dark ObsessionMaya
  31. 2023Hunt ClubCassandra
  32. 2023Twisted SisterEmily
  33. 2022The AccursedAlma
  34. 2022House of ChainsLaura McGrath
  35. 2022The Greatest InheritanceRachel Dubose
  36. 2022Deadly Cheer MomDeb
  37. 2021Back Home AgainMena Vulpes (voice)
  38. 2021Fourth GradeBarbara
  39. 2021Grace and GritTreya Wilber
  40. 2021Locked InMaggie
  41. 2021Paradise CoveTracey
  42. 2020What Lies BelowMichelle Wells
  43. 2020Don't Tell a SoulCarol
  44. 2020The Murder of Nicole Brown SimpsonNicole Brown Simpson
  45. 2019ApparitionAnna Collins
  46. 2018BecksElyse
  47. 2017Psych: The MovieAllison Cowley
  48. 2016I'll Be Home for ChristmasJackie
  49. 2015Badge of HonorJessica Dawson
  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. 2008Garden of EdenCatherine Bourne
  59. 2008Day of the DeadSarah Bowman
  60. 2008The Mysteries of PittsburghPhlox Lombardi
  61. 2007StuckBrandi Boski
  62. 2007Brooklyn RulesEllen
  63. 2006Factory GirlRichie Berlin
  64. 2006The Dog ProblemJules
  65. 2006CaffeineVanessa
  66. 2006EdmondProstitute
  67. 2006OrpheusSue Ellen
  68. 2005Rumor Has It...Annie Huttinger
  69. 2005DominoKimmie
  70. 2005Beauty ShopJoanne
  71. 2005Standing StillLana
  72. 2004TraumaCharlotte
  73. 2003SpunCookie
  74. 2002SonnyCarol
  75. 2001The MusketeerFrancesca Bonacieux
  76. 2001American Pie 2Heather
  77. 2001Sugar & SpiceKansas Hill
  78. 2000LoserDora Diamond
  79. 1999American BeautyAngela Hayes
  80. 1999American PieHeather
  81. 1999The Rage: Carrie 2Lisa Parker
  82. 1998Slums of Beverly HillsRachel Hoffman
  83. 1997Kiss the GirlsCoty Pierce
  84. 1997Snide and PrejudiceGeli Raubal
  85. 1997NowhereZoe