Mena Alexandra Suvari Bio

Mena Alexandra Suvari was an Rhode Island native, born to Candice Thompson who was who was a nurse, as well as Ando Suvari (a psychiatrist). The father of her is Estonian and her mother is Greek, Norwegian, German and Norwegian, and both are Estonian. Mena was born in Rhode Island in an 1870-built home. She had ambitions to be an archaeologist, and relocated to Charleston, SC after attending an international modeling contest. It led to an employment contract with Wilhelmina Models. Then, she relocated to Los Angeles as part of their theatre for children division WeeWillys. That was the point at which her acting career started. Gregg Araki directed her film debut in Nowhere (1997). The film was followed by American Pie (1999), that featured her singing, and Sam Mendes' five-time Oscar-winning American Beauty (1999). She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the BAFTA Award. People Weekly magazine called her "All-American Girl" (1999) and Entertainment Weekly magazine named her the most patriotic performer in 2000. She was a part of the blockbuster franchise , and was added to American Pie 2 (2001) and, 10 years after that, American Reunion (2012) to the list of. Amy Heckerling's romantic comedy Loser (1999) was her first film to reconnect with Jason Biggs. She then continued to showcase her versatility when she acted alongside John Leguizamo in Jonas Akerlund’s iconic cult classic Spun (2002) as well as Jennifer Aniston in Rob Reiner’s Rumor Has It (2006) and Tony Scott's Domino (2005).