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Trivia
Graduated from Providence High School in Burbank, California
class of 1997.
Her first
name came from an Egyptian godmother.
Is a natural
red-haired.
Last name
"Suvari", pronounced "soo-VAHR-ee",
is Estonian.
First name
"Mena", pronounced "MEE-nah".
Has 3 older
brothers, 2 of them in US army.
Mother is
a nurse; father is a psychiatrist.
Mena was
raised in a Rhode Island home that was built in 1870
and which she and her brothers believed was haunted.
They saw several apparitions over the years, all of
which she believed was friendly.
People Weekly
magazine titled an article about her "All-American
Girl" (1999).
Declared
as the most "patriotic" artist of 2000 by
Entertainment Weekly magazine, making allusion to her
3 consecutive movies with the word "American"
on their titles: American Pie (1999), American Beauty
(1999) and American Virgin (2000). In 2001, she added
American Pie 2 (2001) to that list.
Her mother
is of Greek descent.
Mena and
her husband Robert Brinkmann have taken considerable
flak because of their age difference - 16 years. Robert
is a cinematographer.
Did her own
singing in American Pie (1999).
Auditioned
for the role of Mary Jane in Spider-Man (2002).
Her father
is Estonian.
Personal quotes
"It's nice when people want your autograph, but
it's a little strange because I never expected it. I
still kind of think, 'Oh, who am I?'"
"Sometimes
I don't feel like the person that I'm supposed to be.
I don't feel like I deserve any of this."
"Though
I've turned 21, I don't drink. I'm an old hag now. I'm
just an old fart."
"For
me, I guess it was a just little different. I moved
around a lot in my life. And usually you tend to form
the relationships in middle school and high school -
and I didn't really have that. I moved out to L.A. "
"You
know, one example, when we had the earthquake out here
[in Los Angeles] I was teased. People would say, "Did
your chickens get loose?" 'cause I lived in South
Carolina. You know, just things like that."
"I like
. fashion! No. I like anything fashion oriented. But
I don't think I really had any drastic change."
" I
like sports. I like to keep active. I like hiking and
things like that, and horse back riding. But shopping
. that's my exercise. Open the door, carry the bags...
I'm really bad."
"I make
all kinds of stuff. I got my fingers in everything."
"I just
don't feel like who I'm suppose to be, so I don't think
about that too much."
"I don't
feel like the person that I should be, like I'm Mena,
you know? I can't take it too seriously - I just have
fun with it."
Mena Suvari - Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
Trauma (2004) .... Charlotte
Spun (2002) .... Cookie
Sonny (2002) .... Carol
Musketeer, The (2001) .... Francesca bon Ansau
American Pie 2 (2001) .... Heather
Sugar & Spice (2001) .... Kansas Hill
Loser (2000) .... Dora Diamond
... aka Loser, The (2000) (USA)
American Virgin (2000) .... Katrina Bartalotti
... aka Live Virgin (2000) (UK) (USA: working title)
American
Beauty (1999) .... Angela Hayes
American Pie (1999) .... Heather
Atomic Train (1999) (TV) .... Grace Seger
Rage: Carrie 2, The (1999) .... Lisa Parker
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) .... Rachel Hoffman
Kiss the Girls (1997) (as Mena A. Suvari) .... Coty
Pierce
Snide and Prejudice (1997) .... Geli
Nowhere (1997) .... Zoe
Mena Suvari - Notable TV Guest
Appearances
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn,
The" (1999) playing "Herself" 13 March
2003
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999)
playing "Herself" 10 January 2003
"Early Show, The" (1999) playing "Herself"
31 December 2002
"Early Show, The" (1999) playing "Herself"
25 December 2002
"Early Show, The" (1999) playing "Herself"
21 December 2002
"Just Shoot Me" (1997) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Finch in the Dogg House" (episode
# 6.1) 27 September 2001
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999)
playing "Herself" 13 August 2001
"Saturday Night Live" (1975) playing "Host"
(episode # 26.10) 20 January 2001
"Martin Short Show, The" (1999) playing "Herself"
(episode # 1.18) 6 October 1999
"413 Hope St." (1997) playing "Crystal"
in episode: "Thanksgiving" (episode # 1.9)
25 December 1997
"Chicago Hope" (1994) playing "Ivy Moore"
in episode: "Sympathy for the Devil" (episode
# 4.4) 22 October 1997
"High Incident" (1996) playing "Jill
Marsh" in episode: "Camino High" (episode
# 2.20) 24 April 1997
"ER" (1994) playing "Laura-Lee Armitage"
in episode: "Last Call" (episode # 3.4) 17
October 1996
"High Incident" (1996) playing "Jill
Marsh" in episode: "Nobody Walks in El Camino"
(episode # 2.2) 19 September 1996
"Minor Adjustments" (1995) playing "Emily"
in episode: "A Fish Story" (episode # 1.11)
6 February 1996
"Boy Meets World" (1993) playing "Hilary"
in episode: "The Grass Is Always Greener"
(episode # 3.12) 12 January 1996
"Boy Meets World" (1993) playing "Laura"
in episode: "Danger Boy" (episode # 2.16)
3 February 1995
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