Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
2026 · Movie
as Elizabeth
Mena Suvari
1979-02-13
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Newport, Rhode Island, USA
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
The Dresden Sun
2026 · Movie
as Asha
Down the Arm of God
2026 · Movie
as Anna
The Wrecker
2025 · Movie
as Cheryl
All There Is
2025 · Movie
as Zoe
Ick
2025 · Movie
as Staci
Fireflies at El Mozote
2025 · Movie
as Sarah
What Comes Next
2025 · Movie
as Laura
Time of Death
2025 · Movie
as Dr. Allison Burrell
Prey
2024 · Movie
as Sue
Reagan
2024 · Movie
as Jane Wyman
Holy Smokes
2024 · Movie
as Mommy
Beyond the Rush
2024 · Movie
as Leah Grievess
Twisted Sister
2023 · Movie
as Emily
All You Need Is Blood
2023 · Movie
as Vivien Vance
Breakwater
2023 · Movie
as Kendra
Hunt Club
2023 · Movie
as Cassandra
Dark Obsession
2023 · Movie
as Maya
The Greatest Inheritance
2022 · Movie
as Rachel Dubose
Deadly Cheer Mom
2022 · Movie
as Deb
House of Chains
2022 · Movie
as Laura McGrath
The Accursed
2022 · Movie
as Alma
Back Home Again
2021 · Movie
as Mena Vulpes (voice)
Fourth Grade
2021 · Movie
as Barbara
Locked In
2021 · Movie
as Maggie
Paradise Cove
2021 · Movie
as Tracey
Grace and Grit
2021 · Movie
as Treya Wilber
The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
2020 · Movie
as Nicole Brown Simpson
Don't Tell a Soul
2020 · Movie
as Carol
What Lies Below
2020 · Movie
as Michelle Wells
Apparition
2019 · Movie
as Anna Collins
Tamron Hall
2019 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Becks
2018 · Movie
as Elyse
American Woman
2018 · TV Show
as Kathleen
Psych: The Movie
2017 · Movie
as Allison Cowley
I'll Be Home for Christmas
2016 · Movie
as Jackie
Justice League Action
2016 · TV Show
as Killer Frost (voice)
The Opposite Sex
2015 · Movie
as Jane
Badge of Honor
2015 · Movie
as Jessica Dawson
South of Hell
2015 · TV Show
as Maria Abascal
Lip Sync Battle
2015 · TV Show
as Self
Don't Blink
2014 · Movie
as Tracy
Celebrity Name Game
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Clarence
2014 · TV Show
as Cynthia / Video Game Voice (voice), Cynthia (voice), Cynthia / Finsy (voice), Cynthia / Store Clerk / Grandma (voice), Cynthia / Baby (voice)
Stalkers
2013 · Movie
as Ivy Hinks
Lakewood Plaza Turbo
2013 · Movie
as Enid / Ginger (voice)
American Reunion
2012 · Movie
as Heather
The Knot
2012 · Movie
as Sarah
Chicago Fire
2012 · TV Show
as Isabella
You May Not Kiss the Bride
2011 · Movie
as Tonya
Restitution
2011 · Movie
as Heather
No Surrender
2011 · Movie
as Amelia Davis
American Horror Story
2011 · TV Show
as Elizabeth Short
The Cape
2011 · TV Show
as Tracey Jerrod / Dice
The Talk
2010 · TV Show
as Self
Sex and Lies in Sin City
2009 · Movie
as Sindy Murphy
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
2008 · Movie
as Phlox Lombardi
Garden of Eden
2008 · Movie
as Catherine Bourne
Day of the Dead
2008 · Movie
as Sarah Bowman
Stuck
2007 · Movie
as Brandi Boski
Brooklyn Rules
2007 · Movie
as Ellen
Factory Girl
2006 · Movie
as Richie Berlin
The Dog Problem
2006 · Movie
as Jules
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Orpheus
2006 · Movie
as Sue Ellen
Caffeine
2006 · Movie
as Vanessa
Edmond
2006 · Movie
as Prostitute
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party
2006 · Movie
as Self
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Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
2006 · TV Show
Psych
2006 · TV Show
as Allison Cowley
Rumor Has It...
2005 · Movie
as Annie Huttinger
Domino
2005 · Movie
as Kimmie
Standing Still
2005 · Movie
as Lana
Beauty Shop
2005 · Movie
as Joanne
Trauma
2004 · Movie
as Charlotte
American Pie: Revealed
2004 · Movie
as Self
Spun
2003 · Movie
as Cookie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Sonny
2002 · Movie
as Carol
V Graham Norton
2002 · TV Show
as Self
American Pie 2
2001 · Movie
as Heather
The Musketeer
2001 · Movie
as Francesca Bonacieux
Sugar & Spice
2001 · Movie
as Kansas Hill
Six Feet Under
2001 · TV Show
as Edie
Loser
2000 · Movie
as Dora Diamond
American Virgin
2000 · Movie
as Katrina
American Beauty: Look Closer...
2000 · Movie
as Self
American Beauty
1999 · Movie
as Angela Hayes
American Pie
1999 · Movie
as Heather
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999 · Movie
as Lisa Parker
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · TV Show
as Self
Atomic Train
1999 · TV Show
as Grace Seger
Slums of Beverly Hills
1998 · Movie
as Rachel Hoffman
Nowhere
1997 · Movie
as Zoe
Kiss the Girls
1997 · Movie
as Coty Pierce
Snide and Prejudice
1997 · Movie
as Geli Raubal
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
High Incident
1996 · TV Show
as Jill Marsh
Chicago Hope
1994 · TV Show
as Ivy Moore
ER
1994 · TV Show
as Laura-Lee Armitage
Boy Meets World
1993 · TV Show
as Laura, Hilary
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Host
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
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Anatomy of the Sun
· Movie
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Devoted
· Movie
as Sarah
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Unbearable Christmas
· Movie
Briefcase, 8
· Movie
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GRQ the Movie
· Movie
as Viola
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Strobe
· Movie
as Jessica
RZR Cyber Protocol
· Movie
as Det. Thompson
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Death of a Brewer
· Movie
Organism 46-B The Unseen
· Movie
as Dr Alexandria King
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Kill Me Now
· Movie
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The Greatest Actress in the World
· Movie
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The Incredible Edible
· Movie
