Mena Suvari
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.
Known For
All Movies (89)
- Vampires of the Velvet Lounge2026 · as Elizabeth
- The Dresden Sun2026 · as Asha
- Fireflies at El Mozote2025 · as Sarah
- The Wrecker2025 · as Cheryl
- What Comes Next2025 · as Laura
- Time of Death2025 · as Dr. Allison Burrell
- Ick2025 · as Staci
- All There Is2025 · as Zoe
- Beyond the Rush2024 · as Leah Grievess
- Reagan2024 · as Jane Wyman
- Holy Smokes2024 · as Mommy
- Prey2024 · as Sue
- Breakwater2023 · as Kendra
- All You Need Is Blood2023 · as Vivien Vance
- Dark Obsession2023 · as Maya
- Hunt Club2023 · as Cassandra
- Twisted Sister2023 · as Emily
- The Accursed2022 · as Alma
- House of Chains2022 · as Laura McGrath
- The Greatest Inheritance2022 · as Rachel Dubose
- Deadly Cheer Mom2022 · as Deb
- Back Home Again2021 · as Mena Vulpes (voice)
- Fourth Grade2021 · as Barbara
- Grace and Grit2021 · as Treya Wilber
- Locked In2021 · as Maggie
- Paradise Cove2021 · as Tracey
- What Lies Below2020 · as Michelle Wells
- Don't Tell a Soul2020 · as Carol
- The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson2020 · as Nicole Brown Simpson
- Apparition2019 · as Anna Collins
- Becks2018 · as Elyse
- Psych: The Movie2017 · as Allison Cowley
- I'll Be Home for Christmas2016 · as Jackie
- Badge of Honor2015 · as Jessica Dawson
- The Opposite Sex2015 · as Jane
- Don't Blink2014 · as Tracy
- Lakewood Plaza Turbo2013 · as Enid / Ginger (voice)
- Stalkers2013 · as Ivy Hinks
- The Knot2012 · as Sarah
- American Reunion2012 · as Heather
- Restitution2011 · as Heather
- You May Not Kiss the Bride2011 · as Tonya
- No Surrender2011 · as Amelia Davis
- Sex and Lies in Sin City2009 · as Sindy Murphy
- Day of the Dead2008 · as Sarah Bowman
- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh2008 · as Phlox Lombardi
- Garden of Eden2008 · as Catherine Bourne
- Stuck2007 · as Brandi Boski
- Brooklyn Rules2007 · as Ellen
- Factory Girl2006 · as Richie Berlin
- The Dog Problem2006 · as Jules
- Caffeine2006 · as Vanessa
- Edmond2006 · as Prostitute
- Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party2006 · as Self
- Orpheus2006 · as Sue Ellen
- Rumor Has It...2005 · as Annie Huttinger
- Domino2005 · as Kimmie
- Beauty Shop2005 · as Joanne
- Standing Still2005 · as Lana
- Trauma2004 · as Charlotte
- American Pie: Revealed2004 · as Self
- Spun2003 · as Cookie
- Sonny2002 · as Carol
- The Musketeer2001 · as Francesca Bonacieux
- American Pie 22001 · as Heather
- Sugar & Spice2001 · as Kansas Hill
- American Beauty: Look Closer...2000 · as Self
- Loser2000 · as Dora Diamond
- American Virgin2000 · as Katrina
- American Beauty1999 · as Angela Hayes
- American Pie1999 · as Heather
- The Rage: Carrie 21999 · as Lisa Parker
- Slums of Beverly Hills1998 · as Rachel Hoffman
- Kiss the Girls1997 · as Coty Pierce
- Snide and Prejudice1997 · as Geli Raubal
- Nowhere1997 · as Zoe
- Anatomy of the Sun—
- Devoted— · as Sarah
- Down the Arm of God—
- Unbearable Christmas—
- Briefcase, 8—
- GRQ the Movie— · as Viola
- Strobe— · as Jessica
- RZR Cyber Protocol— · as Det. Thompson
- Death of a Brewer—
- Organism 46-B The Unseen— · as Dr Alexandria King
- Kill Me Now—
- The Greatest Actress in the World—
- The Incredible Edible—
All TV Shows (32)
- Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
- American Woman2018 · as Kathleen
- Justice League Action2016 · as Killer Frost (voice)
- South of Hell2015 · as Maria Abascal
- Lip Sync Battle2015 · as Self
- Celebrity Name Game2014 · as Self
- Clarence2014 · as Cynthia / Video Game Voice (voice)
- Clarence2014 · as Cynthia (voice)
- Clarence2014 · as Cynthia / Finsy (voice)
- Clarence2014 · as Cynthia / Store Clerk / Grandma (voice)
- Clarence2014 · as Cynthia / Baby (voice)
- Chicago Fire2012 · as Isabella
- American Horror Story2011 · as Elizabeth Short
- The Cape2011 · as Tracey Jerrod / Dice
- The Talk2010 · as Self
- Psych2006 · as Allison Cowley
- Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up2006
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
- V Graham Norton2002 · as Self
- Six Feet Under2001 · as Edie
- Atomic Train1999 · as Grace Seger
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn1999 · as Self
- The View1997 · as Self
- The View1997 · as Self - Guest
- High Incident1996 · as Jill Marsh
- ER1994 · as Laura-Lee Armitage
- Chicago Hope1994 · as Ivy Moore
- Boy Meets World1993 · as Laura
- Boy Meets World1993 · as Hilary
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
- The Oscars1953 · as Self