Mena Suvari

Mena Suvari is an American actress, producer, fashion designer, and model born February 13, 1979. Her film breakthrough came with her 1997 debut in the black comedy Nowhere, followed by her career-defining role as Angela in American Beauty (1999), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised Heather in three American Pie films between 1999 and 2012, cementing her status as a defining voice of late-'90s cinema. Beyond those tentpole roles, Suvari built a diverse filmography including Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Loser (2000), Sugar & Spice (2001), Spun (2003), Rumor Has It... (2005), Stuck (2007), and Day of the Dead (2008). On television, she earned a Screen Actors Guild nomination for her recurring role as Edie on the fourth season of HBO's Six Feet Under (2004), and later played Elizabeth Short in American Horror Story: Murder House (2011), reprising the part in American Horror Story: Apocalypse (2018). In 2024, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her lead role as Detective Thompson on the Gala Film series RZR. Suvari has modeled for Lancôme cosmetics and remains an activist for the Starlight Children's Foundation and the African Medical and Research Foundation. Born under the sign of Aquarius, she embodies that sign's trademark restlessness—constantly shifting between genres and mediums rather than settling into a single lane. Life-path number 5 reinforces her pattern of pivoting: actors perform across film, television, and digital platforms, adapting to new storytelling formats as they emerge.