[56] Suvari starred opposite Geoff Stults and Kristin Chenoweth in the romantic comedy The Opposite Sex, as a young divorcee resenting men who meets a successful, driven attorney and womanizer. Over 10,000 research products are available for download on our website, including reports, research briefs, and tools. [45] The film premiered at the Rome Film Festival and had a limited investors' screening in the UK. [80][81] She is a frequent guest star at New York Fashion Week, among other fashion events. [32], In the crime drama Brooklyn Rules (2007), directed by Michael Corrente and co-starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Alec Baldwin and Scott Caan, Suvari portrayed a society girl and the girlfriend of a man involved with the Brooklyn mafia in the 1980s. Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island on February 13, 1979, the daughter of nurse Candice and psychiatrist Ando Suvari. [17] The film received widespread critical acclaim,[18][19] and was the recipient of the Academy Award for Best Picture. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Ranked #73 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list. Suvari began modeling with Millie Lewis Models and Talent as a preteen and soon after appeared in a Rice-A-Roni commercial. The film received a limited release,[11] and has developed a cult following. [38] In The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, a film adaptation of writer Michael Chabon's novel,[39] Suvari played a strange girl who works at a book shop and becomes romantically involved with the well-mannered, intelligent son of a Jewish gangster. A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? Mena was raised in a Rhode Island home that was built in 1870 and had early aspirations of becoming an archaeologist before moving to Charleston, SC where she then attended a nationwide modeling competition that landed her a contract with Wilhelmina Models. Official Sites. Early life. Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island on February 13, 1979, the daughter of nurse Candice and psychiatrist Ando Suvari. The original working title of the film was Live Virgin, but was changed to capitalize on Suvari's previous successes in American Pie and American Beauty. She later moved out to Los Angeles under their children's theatrical division WeeWillys, which began her acting career.Her film debut was made working with director Gregg Araki in the cult-classic Nowhere (1997) which was soon followed up by the blockbuster American Pie (1999), for which she did her own singing, and the five-time Oscar-awarded American Beauty (1999) directed by Sam Mendes, in which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award as Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently played a teenager who commits suicide in the horror sequel The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), and appeared as the daughter of a National Transportation Safety Board investigator in the disaster thriller NBC miniseries Atomic Train (1999),[14] although both productions were panned by critics. She subsequently appeared as a prostitute working in a New Orleans brothel in the small-scale drama Sonny (2002), the directorial debut of Nicolas Cage co-starring James Franco and Brenda Blethyn, and also starred opposite Colin Firth in the psychological thriller Trauma (2004), as the neighbour of a man who awakens from a coma. While critical response was mixed, the film was a commercial success, grossing US$235 million worldwide. [49] Blu-ray.com considered the film to be "a noisy, unlikable distraction" that "depends on Suvari and Schneider to carry the comedy workload, which is about as appealing as it reads". Has 3 older brothers, 1 of them in the US army. They're attractive without being offensively cute, and their characters manage to be genuinely nice without seeming bland or phony". A security officer falls down a hidden well while chasing two teenage brothers who stole more than $12,000. Named #69 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list. The film was released for selected theaters and received mixed reviews, but Variety remarked that Suvari, "who might have played [her part] as a cliché, gives a real performance". The film debuted at the Sonoma International Film Festival and was released for selected theaters and VOD, garnering largely negative reviews. Suvari continued to act steadily, taking on roles in three 2001 feature films —The Musketeer, American Pie 2 and Sugar & Spice. In its review for the latter film, FrightFest.co.uk remarked: "[...] Suvari is wasted and not given a whole lot of screen time considering that her character is the one we're obviously supposed to latch onto". Brinkmann was 17 years her senior. Announced her engagement to Simone Sestito, having been in a relationship with him since September 2007. Suvari and Sestito became engaged in July 2008 during a vacation to Jamaica. Has 3 older brothers, 1 of them in the US army. [57], The independent romantic comedy Becks featured Suvari as the friend of a lesbian musician who moves back to St. Louis. Suvari is a model for Lancôme cosmetics and print ads for Lancôme Paris Adaptîve. Ranked #52 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list. After beginning her career as a model and guest-starring in several television series, she made her film debut in the drama Nowhere (1997). Suvari rose to international prominence for her roles in the 1999 film American Beauty, for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and in three of the American Pie original films (1999–2001, 2012). It's nice when people want your autograph, but it's a little strange because I never expected it. [10] Also in 1997, she had a supporting part in the independent film Snide and Prejudice, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and had a brief part in the thriller Kiss the Girls, opposite Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd. Suvari made one-episode appearances in Psych in 2010, and in The Cape in 2011, and also had a two-episode arc as the Black Dahlia in Murder House, the first season of the anthology horror series American Horror Story. Mena's maternal grandfather had Norwegian, German, and English ancestry, while Mena's maternal grandmother was the daughter of Greek immigrants. Suvari played recurring roles in the fourth season of HBO drama series Six Feet Under (2004), garnering a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, and in the second season of Chicago Fire (2013). |  ActressMena Suvari was born in Newport on February 13, 1979.Mena was raised in a home that was built in 1870 and which she and her brothers believed was haunted. [12][13] Suvari met Natasha Lyonne on the set of Slums, with whom she would later appear in the American Pie films. [16] In American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and co-starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, and Thora Birch, Suvari took on the role of Angela Hayes, a vain teenage girl who becomes the object of infatuation of a man experiencing a middle age crisis. [6], Suvari began acting with guest appearances in television series such as Boy Meets World and ER at the ages of 15 and 16, respectively. [95][96] Since then she only uses cruelty-free and environmentally friendly products, as well as sustainable clothing. Suvari has been included in magazine lists of the world's most beautiful women. Mena Alexandra Süvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island, to Candice (Thompson), a nurse, and Ando Süvari, a psychiatrist. Had early aspirations of becoming an archaeologist. [70][71][72] She has also appeared in print ads for luxury accessories company Coach. Publicity Listings [36], By the late 2000s, Suvari continued to act in smaller-scale projects, obtaining four back-to-back roles in films released throughout 2008, including one made-for-television film. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and received a limited release. Filed for divorce from her second husband Siomone Sestio after 1 year and 6 months of marriage and two months of separation [January 13, 2012]. [94], In late 2017, Suvari became a vegan for ethical reasons. [40] Website Collider felt that Suvari did a "decent job" in her "small" part,[41] while Roger Ebert called her "pitch-perfect" in a "finally thankless role",[42] as part of a mixed critical reception. Suvari married German-born cinematographer Robert Brinkmann on March 4, 2000. [29][30] Opposite Katherine Heigl, Suvari starred in the independent comedy Caffeine (2006), playing the staff of a London coffeehouse, and in the biographical drama Factory Girl (2006), she played a friend and roommate of 1960s underground film star and socialite Edie Sedgwick (played by Sienna Miller). She was ranked at number 69 on Maxim's "Hot 100 of 2005" list, number 73 on "Hot 100 of 2007" list and number 52 on "Hot 100 of 2008" list. People Weekly magazine titled an article about her "All-American Girl" (1999). 1-28: 11 Oct 99: Kevin Nealon / Deborah Norville / Ron Popeil / Dave Koz: 22. [51] Reviewers found the film to be a "sweetly nostalgic comfort food" for fans of the franchise,[52] and with a worldwide gross of US$235 million,[53] American Reunion emerged as Suvari's most-widely seen film since 2001's American Pie 2. First name "Mena", pronounced "MEE-nah". [68] The series premiered on June 8, 2018 on Paramount Network. I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life. I'm accepting of who I am and how diverse I am and honoring that. [73] She has appeared in commercials for Continental Sauces,[74] Orange[75] and Rice-A-Roni. [62][63][64] The series received generally negative reviews and brought an average of 122,000 viewers. 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