Mena Suvari
ActingMena 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 — Acting
American Pie
Heather
American Beauty
Angela Hayes
American Pie 2
Heather
American Reunion
Heather
Reagan
Jane Wyman
Kiss the Girls
Coty Pierce
Rumor Has It...
Annie Huttinger
Factory Girl
Richie Berlin
Domino
Kimmie
Sugar & Spice
Kansas Hill
Prey
Sue
Psych: The Movie
Allison Cowley
Spun
Cookie
Nowhere
Zoe
Beauty Shop
Joanne
Day of the Dead
Sarah Bowman
The Opposite Sex
Jane
Fireflies at El Mozote
Sarah
Loser
Dora Diamond
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
Elizabeth
The Rage: Carrie 2
Lisa Parker
Brooklyn Rules
Ellen
Breakwater
Kendra
Ick
Staci
What Lies Below
Michelle Wells
The Wrecker
Cheryl
Stuck
Brandi Boski
The Musketeer
Francesca Bonacieux
Sonny
Carol
Caffeine
Vanessa
Trauma
Charlotte
The Dresden Sun
Asha
Don't Tell a Soul
Carol
Slums of Beverly Hills
Rachel Hoffman
American Pie: Revealed
Self
You May Not Kiss the Bride
Tonya
Edmond
Prostitute
Beyond the Rush
Leah Grievess
The Accursed
Alma
Don't Blink
Tracy
American Virgin
Katrina
Hunt Club
Cassandra
Badge of Honor
Jessica Dawson
Standing Still
Lana
The Dog Problem
Jules
Stalkers
Ivy Hinks
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Phlox Lombardi
Snide and Prejudice
Geli Raubal
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Jackie
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Self
Becks
Elyse
Back Home Again
Mena Vulpes (voice)
No Surrender
Amelia Davis
Locked In
Maggie
Unbearable Christmas
Restitution
Heather
Strobe
Grace and Grit
Treya Wilber
Down the Arm of God
Garden of Eden
Catherine Bourne
Devoted
Sarah
Paradise Cove
Tracey
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
Self
Twisted Sister
Emily
The Knot
Sarah
All You Need Is Blood
Vivien Vance
The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Dark Obsession
Maya
Deadly Cheer Mom
Deb
Apparition
Anna Collins
Fourth Grade
Barbara
All There Is
Zoe
Sex and Lies in Sin City
Sindy Murphy
Briefcase, 8
Death of a Brewer
Organism 46-B The Unseen
Dr Alexandria King
Orpheus
Sue Ellen
Holy Smokes
Mommy
GRQ the Movie
Viola
The Greatest Inheritance
Rachel Dubose
Anatomy of the Sun
House of Chains
Laura McGrath
RZR Cyber Protocol
Det. Thompson
The Greatest Actress in the World
Closure
What Comes Next
Laura
Lakewood Plaza Turbo
Enid / Ginger (voice)