Mena Suvari

UPDATE: Mena speaks out about breast cancer awareness

UPDATE Mena continues her long string of critically acclaimed performances with starring roles in 5 movies in 2007, and “The Garden of Eden” due out in 2008, a WWII drama based on the Ernest Hemingway novel.

Original Bio Movie Star Mena Suvari came to AMTC when she was 12 to model. Following is Mena’s IMDB Biography

“Smart, stylish, and probably older than you think, Mena Suvari is poised to become one of the busiest leading ladies of Generation Y. The petite actress inched her way into film, only to rocket into the spotlight with back-to-back performances in American Pie (1999) and American Beauty (1999). Now, with scripts pouring in and gossipmongers nipping at her heels, there’s no going back to life as the girl next door.

Born in Newport, Rhode Island, and named after an Egyptian godmother, Suvari spent her early years in an old stone mansion that she insists was haunted. The family later relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, where her three older brothers lined up to attend the Citadel (a military college). Mena, meanwhile, was entertaining dreams of becoming an archaeologist, astronaut, or doctor. Her interests took a turn for the… less cerebral, however, when a modeling agency stopped by her all-girls school to offer classes. At age 12, after receiving a few pointers on her runway strut, Suvari attended a modeling convention (AMTC) and was snapped up by the New York-based Wilhelmina agency.

She commuted up and down the East Coast for two years before her parents, Candice (a nurse) and Ando (a retired psychiatrist), decided to move their budding starlet to California. When she reached L.A., Suvari started in on TV work almost immediately—commercials at first, followed by guest appearances on “Boy Meets World” (1993), “ER” (1994), and “Chicago Hope” (1994). She launched her movie career in 1997, picking up small roles in Gregg Araki’s Nowhere (1997) and the Morgan Freeman- Ashley Judd thriller Kiss the Girls (1997). She popped up again in the background of Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), then landed a slightly meatier role as the best friend of the telekinetic heroine in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999).

Suvari’s ticket to fame was the teen sex quest American Pie (1999), which cast her as a wholesome high-schooler who falls for a jock (‘Chris Klein’). A few months later, she turned even more heads as the vampish cheerleader who captures Kevin Spacey’s unwholesome imagination in American Beauty (1999). The sultry-but-fragile character earned Suvari a British Academy Award nomination, as well as a flurry of job offers and gushing fansites. In the midst of the hubbub surrounding the film, she slipped off with her boyfriend, cinematographer Robert Brinkmann, to tie the knot in a secret ceremony. The media was quick to point out the pair’s 16-year age difference, but Suvari shrugged it off (her parents are separated by more than 20 years). The in-demand actress completed her patriotic hat trick by starring in American Virgin (2000) (originally titled “Live Virgin”) as the daughter of a porn king. The title change wasn’t enough of a boost to keep the mediocre movie afloat in theaters—after a brief New York run, it headed straight to video. Her next effort was another underperformer, but the aptly named Loser (2000) (a collegiate love story that reunited her with American Pie (1999)‘s ‘Jason Biggs’) at least made it into suburban circulation—perhaps on the name recognition of its two young stars. Suvari kept her chin up, 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).”

Following are some of Mena’s credits:

The Garden of Eden (2008) (post-production) …. Catherine Bourne
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2007) (post-production) …. Phlox Lombardi

Day of the Dead (2007) …. Sarah
Stuck (2007) …. Brandi
Brooklyn Rules (2007) …. Ellen
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007) (VG) (voice) …. Aerith Gainsborough
Factory Girl (2006) …. Richie Berlin
The Dog Problem (2006) …. Jules
Caffeine (2006/I) …. Vanessa
Orpheus (2006) (TV) …. Sue Ellen
Kingdom Hearts II (2005) (VG) (voice: English version) …. Aerith Gainsborough
… aka Kingudamu hâtsu II (Japan)
Rumor Has It… (2005) …. Annie Huttinger
… aka Rumour Has It… (Australia) (Canada: English title) (New Zealand: English title)
Domino (2005) …. Kimmie
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) (voice: English version) …. Aerith Gainsborough
Edmond (2005) …. Whore
Standing Still (2005/II) …. Lana
Beauty Shop (2005) …. Joanne
“Six Feet Under” …. Edie (7 episodes, 2004) – The Black Forest (2004) TV Episode …. Edie – Coming and Going (2004) TV Episode …. Edie – The Dare (2004) TV Episode …. Edie – Terror Starts at Home (2004) TV Episode …. Edie – Can I Come Up Now? (2004) TV Episode …. Edie (2 more)
Trauma (2004/I) …. Charlotte
Spun (2002) …. Cookie
Sonny (2002) …. Carol
The Musketeer (2001) …. Francesca Bonacieux
American Pie 2 (2001) …. Heather
Sugar & Spice (2001) …. Kansas Hill
“Saturday Night Live” …. Host (1 episode, 2001)
… aka NBC’s Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
… aka SNL (USA: informal title)
… aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
… aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title)
… aka Saturday Night Live ’80 (USA: sixth season title) – Mena Suvari/Lenny Kravitz (2001) TV Episode …. Host
Loser (2000) …. Dora Diamond
… aka The Loser (USA)
American Virgin (2000) …. Katrina Bartalotti
… aka Live Virgin (France) (UK) (USA: working title)

American Beauty (1999) …. Angela Hayes
American Pie (1999) …. Heather
Atomic Train (1999) (TV) …. Grace Seger
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) …. Lisa Parker
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) …. Rachel Hoffman
“413 Hope St.” …. Crystal (1 episode, 1997) – Thanksgiving (1997) TV Episode …. Crystal
“Chicago Hope” …. Ivy Moore (1 episode, 1997) – Sympathy for the Devil (1997) TV Episode …. Ivy Moore
Kiss the Girls (1997) (as Mena A. Suvari) …. Coty Pierce
Snide and Prejudice (1997) …. Geli Raubal
Nowhere (1997) …. Zoe, Zero’s Girlfriend
“High Incident” …. Jill Marsh (2 episodes, 1996-1997) – Camino High (1997) TV Episode …. Jill Marsh – Nobody Walks in El Camino (1996) TV Episode …. Jill Marsh
“ER” …. Laura-Lee Armitage (1 episode, 1996) – Last Call (1996) TV Episode …. Laura-Lee Armitage
“Minor Adjustments” …. Emily (1 episode, 1996) – A Fish Story (1996) TV Episode …. Emily
“Boy Meets World” …. Hilary / … (2 episodes, 1995-1996) – The Grass Is Always Greener (1996) TV Episode …. Hilary – Danger Boy (1995) TV Episode …. Laura