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Mena Suvari
Birth Place:
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Date of Birth: February 9th, 1979
Famous for: American Beauty, American Pie, Loser
First Job: Mena worked in her mom's store called
"MENA" selling baby gifts and soaps.
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Welcome to The Mena Suvari Picture Pages!
Mena Suvari was born on February 9, 1979, in Newport,
Rhode Island to Ando and Candice Suvari. Named after an
aunt (whose name comes from the "House of Mena" hotel at
the base of the Egyptian pyramids), she is the youngest
of four chidren - and the only daughter. Her career
began with a short stint as a model and by 13 years of
age, she was already appearing in commercials. Mena's
middle school years were spent in South Carolina, where
she attended an all-girls school in Charleston, but she
moved out to California and graduated from high school
in Burbank.
In 1995, Mena made her debut with a small role on the
television show Boy Meets World and her film debut with
a starring role in the Greg Araki film Nowhere. Bigger
roles followed, including the hit thriller Kiss the
Girls with Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, the
outrageous youth comedy American Pie and Loser, where
she starred opposite Greg Kinnear and Jason Biggs.
Her breakthrough role, however, came from her
participation in 1999's multiple Academy Award-winning
film American Beauty. She was nominated for Best
Supporting Actress by the British Academy Awards for her
critically acclaimed performance and is fast becoming
one of the busiest young actresses in Hollywood. Suvari
was honored with two Movieline Awards for “Breakthrough
Performance” for American Beauty and “Best Ensemble”
cast for American Pie, as well as a Screen Actor’s Guild
Award for “Best Ensemble Cast” for American Beauty.
Suvari kept her chin up after the underperforming
American Virgin, heading back to high school for the
cheerleading/bank heist flick Sugar & Spice (2001) and
joining the cast of the period film The Musketeer
(2001).
On March 18, 2000, Mena married cinematographer Robert
Brinkmann and has taken considerable flak because of
their age differential - 16 years. Mena considers
painting watercolours, playing the piano and hiking
among her favourite things to do.
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