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Mena Suvari

Mena Suvari
Mena Alexandra Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island. Her first name comes from her British aunt, named after the Mena House Oberoi (at the base of the pyramids in Egypt); her last name is Estonian. Mena started modeling for Wilhelmina at the age of 12 and her acting career began when she did a Rice-A-Roni commercial at the age of 13. Mena is perhaps best known for her breakout role in the Academy-Award winning film American Beauty (1999), for which she received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress by The British Academy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Suvari also won a Movieline Award for Breakthrough Performance for her genuine and confident portrayal of "Angela Hayes", the object of Kevin Spacey's desire in the iconic film directed by Sam Mendes. Mena followed that with a turn in the celebrated comedy American Pie (1999) (for which she won another Movieline Award for Best Ensemble Cast) with additional film credits that include Nicolas Cage's directorial debut, Sonny (2002), opposite James Franco, Jonas Åkerlund's Spun (2002), Amy Heckerling's Loser (2000), Sugar & Spice (2001), American Pie 2 (2001), The Musketeer (2001), Gregg Araki's Nowhere (1997), Factory Girl (2006), Rumor Has It... (2005), Domino (2005), Beauty Shop (2005) and the feature Trauma (2004/I), opposite Colin Firth. Mena re-teamed with American Beauty (1999) writer Alan Ball for a recurring role on the acclaimed "HBO" series "Six Feet Under" (2001). Having modeled in her teens, she was tapped to be the face of the global campaign for "Lancôme" and was shot by the late Richard Avedon for Harry Winston's 2005 winter advertising campaign. Most recently, Mena garnered some of the best reviews of her career in the independent films Stuck (2007), based on a true story, and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008), opposite Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard. Suvari is a long-time supporter and activist for the esteemed African relief organization Amref, the African Medical Research Foundation.



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Mena Suvari - news / articles


  • Mena Suvari reaches out of court divorce settlement - 19 May 2012
    -Actress Mena Suvari has reached a divorce settlement with her estranged husband just two years after they walked down the aisle.-The American Beauty star filed for divorce from her second husband, concert promoter Simone Sestito, in January. The pair wed in Italy in


  • Newly-single Suvari to play wild chemist in new TV comedy - 23 February 2012
    -Actress Mena Suvari has landed her first role since filing for divorce from concert promoter Simone Sestito - as a promiscuous chemist.-The American Beauty star has joined the cast of director Adam Shankman's untitled new TV project about a shy workaholic forced to

Mena Suvari - what members say


  • American Beauty
  • American Beauty review by from Bedfordshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Masterpiece 9 November 2004
    ...ening when he one day goes to see he daughters cheerleading parade, and he sees Mena Suvari performing. Kevin is once again feeling like the explosive man he used to be. N...   Read customer review
  • Loser
  • Loser review by from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Loser Is Not A Loser (How's That For A Cheesy Heading?) 25 August 2004
    ...t is - a romantic comedy - it was perfect. And, yet again, I fell in love with Mena Suvari....   Read customer review
  • Sugar And Spice
  • Sugar And Spice review by A customer from Edinburgh, Scotland
    Rated - 1.0 stars Absolute trash 18 October 2004
    ...One of the worst films I have ever seen. Even the presence of the wonderful Mena Suvari was not enough to redeem this turkey. Utter drivel - don't even think about it!...   Read customer review

Mena Suvari - filmography


  • Restitution (2011)
    Starring: Mena Suvari,  C. Thomas Howell,  William Sadler
    Director: Lance Kawas
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In a picturesque city on the shores of Michigan, a series of mysterious murders has an unlikely but common thread - Bryan Spikes, a hired insurance fraud investigator who gets more than a paycheck when he is inexplicably killed and then framed for the crimes. One year later, Alex Forrester arrives ..read more »
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  • Stuck - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Mena Suvari,  Stephen Rea,  Russell Hornsby
    Director: Stuart Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Stuart Gordon creates a provocative, over-the-top experience in "Stuck," a tabloid-tinged thriller inspired by true events. Brandi is a compassionate young retirement-home caregiver in-line for a promotion. Tom is a victim of the downsized economy, out of work and newly homeless. Their worlds ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 825 members
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  • Stuck on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Mena Suvari,  Stephen Rea,  Russell Hornsby
    Director: Stuart Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Stuart Gordon creates a provocative, over-the-top experience in "Stuck," a tabloid-tinged thriller inspired by true events. Brandi is a compassionate young retirement-home caregiver in-line for a promotion. Tom is a victim of the downsized economy, out of work and newly homeless. Their worlds ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5,502 members
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  • Day Of The Dead on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Mena Suvari,  Nick Cannon,  Ving Rhames
    Director: Steve Miner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Nick Cannon, Mena Suvari and Ving Rhames star in this horror film based on the George A. Romero classic zombie film. A mysterious virus has infected the small town of Leadville, Colorado, and the military is brought in to enforce a quarantine and stop the spread of the disease. As people perish, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 5,162 members
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  • Day Of The Dead - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Mena Suvari,  Nick Cannon,  Ving Rhames
    Director: Steve Miner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Nick Cannon, Mena Suvari and Ving Rhames star in this horror film based on the George A. Romero classic zombie film. A mysterious virus has infected the small town of Leadville, Colorado, and the military is brought in to enforce a quarantine and stop the spread of the disease. As people perish, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,367 member
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  • Brooklyn Rules on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Alec Baldwin,  Freddie Prinze Jr.,  Scott Caan
    Director: Michael Corrente
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    BROOKLYN RULES is an outstanding coming-of-age drama set on the mean streets of Brooklyn. In 1974, Michael Turner, Bobby Canzoneri , and Carmine Mancuso are three young friends who like to think of themselves as tough guys. After they find a dead body--and a gun--their lives are in for a change. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 5,642 members
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  • Standing Still on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Jon Abrahams,  Mena Suvari,  Amy Adams
    Director: Matthew Cole Weiss,  Matthe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A cast of talented beauties populates the screen for STANDING STILL, a coming-of-age film for the post-college, pre-mortgage set. Some notable alums of the teen culture sphere--among them, James Van Der Beek (the title character of TV hit DAWSON'S CREEK), Mena Suvari (the teen temptress of AMERICAN ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 598 members
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  • Caffeine on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Breckin Meyer,  Mena Suvari,  Katherine Heigl
    Director: John Cosgrove
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    There's always something strange brewing at the Black Cat Café. During one lunchtime at this offbeat coffee house, the relationships of the quirky staff and several couples are turned upside down by the sudden revelations of supremely embarrassing secrets relating to their sexual behavior... and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 1,766 member
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  • Factory Girl on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Sienna Miller,  Hayden Christensen
    Director: George Hickenlooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A beautiful, wealthy young party girl drops out of Radcliffe in 1965 and heads to New York to become Holly Golightly. When she meets a hungry young artist named Andy Warhol, he promises to make her the star she always wanted to be. And like a super nova she explodes on the New York scene only to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 15,070 members
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  • Rumour Has It... on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jennifer Aniston,  Kevin Costner,  Shirley MacLaine
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Aniston stars as Sarah Huttinger, whose return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her, and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers. Join sarah as she uncovers secrets that suggest that her family are neither sedate nor ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 37,477 members
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  • Domino on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  Mickey Rourke,  Edgar Ramirez
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The already larger-than-life story of Domino Harvey, a former Ford model turned bounty hunter, takes on mythological proportions in Tony Scott's (TRUE ROMANCE, MAN ON FIRE) fast-paced action thriller. Unfolding in a non-linear fashion as a bloodied Domino (Kiera Knightley) is interrogated by iron-..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 41,577 members
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  • Edmond on DVD (2005)
    Starring: William H. Macy,  Julia Stiles,  Bai Ling
    Director: Stuart Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A fortune-tellers teasing rumination sends Edmond Burke (William H. Macy) lurching into New York City's hellish underworld.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 5,214 members
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  • Domino - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  Mickey Rourke,  Edgar Ramirez
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The already larger-than-life story of Domino Harvey, a former Ford model turned bounty hunter, takes on mythological proportions in Tony Scott's (TRUE ROMANCE, MAN ON FIRE) fast-paced action thriller. Unfolding in a non-linear fashion as a bloodied Domino (Kiera Knightley) is interrogated by iron-..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 574 members
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  • Trauma on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Mena Suvari,  Naomie Harris
    Director: Marc Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Awakening from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, BenÂ’s (Colin Firth) world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben is out of hospital and, attempting to rebuild his life, he moves home and is befriended by Charlotte (Mena Suvari), his beautiful young ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 12,048 members
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  • Sonny on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Brenda Blethyn,  James Franco,  Mena Suvari
    Director: Nicolas Cage
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Nicholas Cage's directorial debut SONNY is the story of a young man (James Franco) who returns to the life he left behind in New Orleans after a brief stint in the Army. That life, provided by his mother Jewel (Brenda Blethyn), is one of small-time prostitution: mum is a madam, and Sonny has been ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 804 members
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  • Spun on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jason Schwartzman,  John Leguizamo,  Mena Suvari
    Director: Jonas Akerlund
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Ross is tweaking hard. He needs to score some speed real bad. There's only one place to go; and so, Ross heads over to Spider Mike's pad in his beat-up old Volvo. Spider Mike, the high-strung, ultra-paranoid crystal meth dealer wants to "hook up" Ross, but there's only one problem--he lost his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 6,112 members
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  • Sugar And Spice on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Sean Young,  Marla Sokoloff,  James Marsden
    Director: Francine McDougall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    SUGAR & SPICE is a wicked black comedy about high school, teenage pregnancy, and five bankrobbing cheerleaders armed with semi-automatic weapons. When Diane, (Marley Shelton), a popular high school cheerleader, gets pregnant with the star quarterback's baby, she turns to crime to support herself ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,333 member
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  • Snide And Prejudice on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Rene Auberjonois,  Mena Suvari,  Angus MacFadyen
    Director: Philippe Mora
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This unorthodox black comedy from director Philippe Mora see's a doctor attempting to cure the dementia of his patient -- by encouraging him to dress up as Adolf Hitler! Recruiting other patients to act as Hitler's henchmen (Joseph Goebbels et al) and even Eva Braun, the mad doctor's scheme has ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 31% from 18 members
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  • The Musketeer on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Catherine Deneuve,  Mena Suvari,  Tim Roth
    Director: Peter Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In 17th century Paris, a dashing swordsman named D'Artagnan finds himself at odds with the powerful forces taking over France. As he sets out to avenge the murder of his parents, he finds his country cleaved by chaos and civil unrest. D'Artagnan's heart softens only for Francesca, a fiery peasant ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 647 members
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  • American Pie 2 - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Jason Biggs,  Eddie Kaye Thomas,  Eugene Levy
    Director: J.B. Rogers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bringing back the entire ensemble from the original hit comedy, AMERICAN PIE 2 finds Jim (Jason Biggs), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Oz (Chris Klein), and Stifler (Seann William Scott) reunited for the summer after their first year at college. When the boys rent a beach ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 24 members
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  • American Pie 2 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jason Biggs,  Eddie Kaye Thomas,  Eugene Levy
    Director: J.B. Rogers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bringing back the entire ensemble from the original hit comedy, AMERICAN PIE 2 finds Jim (Jason Biggs), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Oz (Chris Klein), and Stifler (Seann William Scott) reunited for the summer after their first year at college. When the boys rent a beach ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 20,605 members
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  • Loser (2000)
    Starring: Mena Suvari,  Zac Orth,  Jason Biggs
    Director: Amy Heckerling
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Amy Heckerling (CLUELESS, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH) directs this romantic comedy starring Jason Biggs as Paul Tannek, a nerdy college freshman with a heart of gold, and Mena Suvari as Dora Diamond, the girl of his dreams. Small-town boy Paul goes to the big city to attend college with high ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,545 members
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  • Live Virgin on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Bob Hoskins,  Mena Suvari,  Robert Loggia
    Director: Jean-Pierre Marois
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Katrina Batoloti dreams of becoming an actress, her father, however, wants her to train as a barrister. To assert herself she sets out to lose her virginity live on the internet and pay-per-view television...
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 186 members
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  • American Beauty on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kevin Spacey,  Sam Roberts,  Annette Bening
    Director: Sam Mendes
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 72,602 members
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  • Atomic Train on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Esai Morales,  Kristin Davis
    Director: Dick Lowry,  David S. Jackson,  Da
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When a runaway train, carrying nuclear waste and toxic materials, is on route for disaster, renegade investigator John Seger (Rob Lowe) jumps on board and is the only one who dares to keep the situation under control. This made-for-TV movie also features Kristin Davis and Mena Suvari.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 344 members
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  • American Beauty - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Kevin Spacey,  Sam Roberts,  Annette Bening
    Director: Sam Mendes
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 815 members
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  • Rumour Has It... - Blu-ray
    Starring: Jennifer Aniston,  Kevin Costner,  Shirley MacLaine
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Aniston stars as Sarah Huttinger, whose return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her, and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers. Join sarah as she uncovers secrets that suggest that her family are neither sedate nor ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,317 member
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  • Rumour Has It... - HD
    Starring: Jennifer Aniston,  Kevin Costner,  Shirley MacLaine
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Aniston stars as Sarah Huttinger, whose return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her, and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers. Join sarah as she uncovers secrets that suggest that her family are neither sedate nor ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 547 members
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Mena Suvari facts

5 most recent films

American Pie - Reunion - 4.0 stars
American Pie - Reunion - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Restitution - 3 stars
Stuck - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Stuck - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

American Beauty - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Six Feet Under - The Complete Fourth Season - 4.0 stars
American Pie - Reunion - 4.0 stars
American Beauty - 4.0 stars
Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Restitution - 3 stars
Snide And Prejudice - 1.5 stars
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh - 2.5 stars
The Garden of Eden - 3.0 stars
American Pie - Reunion - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael C. Hall - 6 times - show films
Jason Biggs - 6 times - show films
Frances Conroy - 6 times - show films
Mathew St. Patrick - 6 times - show films
Peter Krause - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 6 times - show films
Stuart Gordon - 5 times - show films
Rob Reiner - 4 times - show films
Sam Mendes - 2 times - show films
Amy Heckerling - 2 times - show films