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Mena Suvari
Known for: ActingMena 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.
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American Pie
+5
as Heather 
American Pie 2
+2
as Heather 
American Reunion
+2
as Heather 
American Beauty
+4
as Angela Hayes 
Kiss the Girls
+10
as Coty Pierce 
Domino
+2
as Kimmie 
The Rage: Carrie 2
+6
as Lisa Parker 
Sonny
+6
as Carol 
Rumor Has It...
+8
as Annie Huttinger 
Don't Tell a Soul
+4
as Carol 
Trauma
+7
as Charlotte 
American Woman
as Kathleen 
Reagan
+3
as Jane Wyman 
Prey
+6
as Sue 
South of Hell
+11
as Maria Abascal 
Fireflies at El Mozote
+3
as Sarah 
Day of the Dead
+17
as Sarah Bowman 
Nowhere
+2
as Zoe 
The Musketeer
+3
as Francesca Bonacieux 
Beauty Shop
+9
as Joanne 
Edmond
+9
as Prostitute 
Brooklyn Rules
as Ellen 
The Opposite Sex
+6
as Jane 
Sugar & Spice
+3
as Kansas Hill 
Rough Draft
as Annabelle 
Loser
+4
as Dora Diamond 
What Lies Below
+9
as Michelle Wells 
The Accursed
+8
as Alma 
Psych: The Movie
+2
as Allison Cowley 
Slums of Beverly Hills
+2
as Rachel Hoffman 
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
+3
as Elizabeth 
Time of Death
+4
as Dr. Allison Burrell 
Factory Girl
+8
as Richie Berlin 
You May Not Kiss the Bride
+14
as Tonya 
The Dog Problem
+5
as Jules 
Ick
+6
as Staci 
Grace and Grit
+14
as Treya Wilber 
I'll Be Home for Christmas
+9
as Jackie 
Hunt Club
+9
as Cassandra 
Badge of Honor
as Jessica Dawson 
Spun
+13
as Cookie 
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
+6
as Phlox Lombardi 
The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
+13
as Nicole Brown Simpson 
The Dresden Sun
+2
as Asha 
Stuck
+1
as Brandi Boski 
Dark Obsession
+3
as Maya 
Garden of Eden
+3
as Catherine Bourne 
The Wrecker
+4
as Cheryl 
Locked In
as Maggie 
Breakwater
+7
as Kendra 
Standing Still
+7
as Lana 
House of Chains
+3
as Laura McGrath 
Apparition
+5
as Anna Collins 
Paradise Cove
+13
as Tracey 
Fourth Grade
+12
as Barbara 
Becks
+16
as Elyse 
All You Need Is Blood
+11
as Vivien Vance 
Sex and Lies in Sin City
+2
as Sindy Murphy 
Don't Blink
+12
as Tracy 
Caffeine
+6
as Vanessa 
The Greatest Inheritance
+11
as Rachel Dubose 
Restitution
as Heather 
Deadly Cheer Mom
+4
as Deb 
No Surrender
+1
as Amelia Davis 
Twisted Sister
as Emily 
Stalkers
as Ivy Hinks 
The Knot
+8
as Sarah