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Aliases: Mena Süvari

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Newport, Rhode Island, USA

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Movie Involvements: 44

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

American Horror Story
Average
8

American Horror Story

(2011) Elizabeth Short
Chicago Fire
Average
8

Chicago Fire

(2012) Isabella
Six Feet Under
Average
8

Six Feet Under

(2001) Edie
ER
Average
8

ER

(1994) Laura-Lee Armitage
Justice League Action
Average
7

Justice League Action

(2016) Killer Frost (voice)
Breakwater
Average
6

Breakwater

(2023) Kendra
Kiss the Girls
Average
7

Kiss the Girls

(1997) Coty Pierce
The Oscars
Average
7

The Oscars

(1953) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Kendra
Asha
N/A
Maya
Maya
Cassandra
Emily
2022 Alma
N/A
Deb
Rachel Dubose
2021 Mena Vulpes (voice)
Barbara
Treya Wilber
Maggie
Tracey
2020 Michelle Wells
Carol
Nicole Brown Simpson
2019 Anna
Self - Guest
2018 Kathleen
Elyse
2017 Allison Cowley
2016 Killer Frost (voice)
Jackie
Jane
2015 Maria Abascal
Jessica Dawson
N/A
2014 Self
Tracy
Cynthia / Video Game Voice (voice)
Cynthia (voice)
Cynthia / Finsy (voice)
Cynthia / Store Clerk / Grandma (voice)
Cynthia / Baby (voice)
2013 Enid / Ginger (voice)
Ivy Hinks
2012 Isabella
Sarah
Heather
2011 Heather
Elizabeth Short
Tonya
Amelia Davis
Tracey Jerrod / Dice
2010 Self
2009 Herself
2008 Sindy Murphy
Sarah Bowman
Phlox Lombardi
Catherine Bourne
2007 Brandi Boski
Ellen
Vanessa
2006 Richie Berlin
Jules
Allison Cowley
Herself
N/A
Sue Ellen
2005 Annie Huttinger
Kimmie
Whore
Joanne
Lana
2004 Charlotte
Herself
Cookie
N/A
2002 Carol
Self
2001 Francesca Bonacieux
Heather
Edie
Kansas Hill
2000 Self
Dora Diamond
Katrina
1999 Angela Hayes
Heather
Grace Seger
Self
Lisa Parker
1998 Rachel Hoffman
1997 Coty Pierce
Self
Self - Guest
Geli Raubal
Zoe
1994 Laura-Lee Armitage
N/A
1993 N/A
Self - Guest
1975 Self - Host
1953 Self
N/A
N/A
Jane Wyman
Zoe
N/A
Sarah
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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