Mena Suvari
Acting • Born 1979-02-13
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.
Filmography
117 credits
American Beauty
Movie • 1999
Angela Hayes
American Pie
Movie • 1999
Heather
Nowhere
Movie • 1997
Zoe
Loser
Movie • 2000
Dora Diamond
American Pie 2
Movie • 2001
Heather
Rumor Has It...
Movie • 2005
Annie Huttinger
Trauma
Movie • 2004
Charlotte
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Movie • 2008
Phlox Lombardi
The Musketeer
Movie • 2001
Francesca Bonacieux
Twisted Sister
Movie • 2023
Emily
The Rage: Carrie 2
Movie • 1999
Lisa Parker
Sex and Lies in Sin City
Movie • 2009
Sindy Murphy
Garden of Eden
Movie • 2008
Catherine Bourne
Spun
Movie • 2003
Cookie
Kiss the Girls
Movie • 1997
Coty Pierce
Factory Girl
Movie • 2006
Richie Berlin
Back Home Again
Movie • 2021
Mena Vulpes (voice)
Domino
Movie • 2005
Kimmie
Sonny
Movie • 2002
Carol
Day of the Dead
Movie • 2008
Sarah Bowman
Stuck
Movie • 2007
Brandi Boski
The Wrecker
Movie • 2025
Cheryl
Standing Still
Movie • 2005
Lana
Beauty Shop
Movie • 2005
Joanne
Slums of Beverly Hills
Movie • 1998
Rachel Hoffman
American Virgin
Movie • 2000
Katrina
The Dog Problem
Movie • 2006
Jules
Orpheus
Movie • 2006
Sue Ellen
Sugar & Spice
Movie • 2001
Kansas Hill
Caffeine
Movie • 2006
Vanessa
Edmond
Movie • 2006
Prostitute
American Reunion
Movie • 2012
Heather
All There Is
Movie • 2025
Zoe
You May Not Kiss the Bride
Movie • 2011
Tonya
Prey
Movie • 2024
Sue
Restitution
Movie • 2011
Heather
Fourth Grade
Movie • 2021
Barbara
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
Movie • 2006
Self
The Greatest Inheritance
Movie • 2022
Rachel Dubose
No Surrender
Movie • 2011
Amelia Davis
The Knot
Movie • 2012
Sarah
Stalkers
Movie • 2013
Ivy Hinks
Deadly Cheer Mom
Movie • 2022
Deb
All You Need Is Blood
Movie • 2023
Vivien Vance
House of Chains
Movie • 2022
Laura McGrath
Breakwater
Movie • 2023
Kendra
Don't Blink
Movie • 2014
Tracy
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
Movie • 2026
Ick
Movie • 2025
Staci
The Opposite Sex
Movie • 2015
Jane
The Dresden Sun
Movie • 2026
Asha
Badge of Honor
Movie • 2015
Jessica Dawson
Fireflies at El Mozote
Movie • 2025
Sarah
Hunt Club
Movie • 2023
Cassandra
Anatomy of the Sun
Movie
Brooklyn Rules
Movie • 2007
Ellen
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Movie • 2016
Jackie
Becks
Movie • 2018
Elyse
Psych: The Movie
Movie • 2017
Allison Cowley
The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
Movie • 2020
Nicole Brown Simpson
Lakewood Plaza Turbo
Movie • 2013
Enid / Ginger (voice)
Don't Tell a Soul
Movie • 2020
Carol
Snide and Prejudice
Movie • 1997
Geli Raubal
Apparition
Movie • 2019
Anna Collins
Locked In
Movie • 2021
Maggie
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Movie • 2000
Self
What Lies Below
Movie • 2020
Michelle Wells
American Pie: Revealed
Movie • 2004
Self
Reagan
Movie • 2024
Jane Wyman
Paradise Cove
Movie • 2021
Tracey
Grace and Grit
Movie • 2021
Treya Wilber
The Accursed
Movie • 2022
Alma
Dark Obsession
Movie • 2023
Maya
Devoted
Movie
Sarah
Holy Smokes
Movie • 2024
Mommy
Down the Arm of God
Movie
Unbearable Christmas
Movie
Briefcase, 8
Movie
Closure
Movie
What Comes Next
Movie
Laura
GRQ the Movie
Movie
Viola
Strobe
Movie
RZR Cyber Protocol
Movie
Det. Thompson
Death of a Brewer
Movie
Organism 46-B The Unseen
Movie
Dr Alexandria King
Kill Me Now
Movie
Six Feet Under
TV • 2001
Edie
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Elizabeth Short
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Boy Meets World
TV • 1993
Laura
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Ivy Moore
ER
TV • 1994
Laura-Lee Armitage
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self
Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
TV • 2006
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Chicago Fire
TV • 2012
Isabella
Psych
TV • 2006
Allison Cowley
The Cape
TV • 2011
Tracey Jerrod / Dice
South of Hell
TV • 2015
Maria Abascal
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The Talk
TV • 2010
Self
Lip Sync Battle
TV • 2015
Self
American Woman
TV • 2018
Kathleen
Celebrity Name Game
TV • 2014
Self
Atomic Train
TV • 1999
Grace Seger
Clarence
TV • 2014
Cynthia / Video Game Voice (voice)
Clarence
TV • 2014
Cynthia (voice)
Clarence
TV • 2014
Cynthia / Finsy (voice)
Clarence
TV • 2014
Cynthia / Store Clerk / Grandma (voice)
Clarence
TV • 2014
Cynthia / Baby (voice)
Justice League Action
TV • 2016
Killer Frost (voice)
Boy Meets World
TV • 1993
Hilary