Mena Adrienne Suvari (born February 13, 1979) is an American actress, model, fashion designer and spokeswoman.

She’s 29!

She is perhaps best known for her work in American Beauty (1999) and the first two American Pie films.

Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the daughter of Candice, a Greek American nurse, and Ando Süvari, an Estonian-American psychiatrist. She has 3 older brothers, 1 of them in the US army. By the age of twelve, Suvari was modeling; she starred in a Rice-A-Roni commercial by the age of thirteen. Attended Providence High School, in Burbank, California, class of 1997.

Suvari spent her early years in a stone mansion that she insists was haunted. She and her brothers saw several apparitions over the years. The family later relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, where her three older brothers lined up to attend the Citadel. Meanwhile, Mena was entertaining dreams of becoming an archaeologist, astronaut or doctor, when a modeling agency stopped by her all-girls school to offer classes. By the time she started acting, she had been modeling for the New York-based Wilhelmina agency for five years.

Personal Life:

Her first name came from an Egyptian godmother. Suvari married German-born cinematographer Robert Brinkmann on March 4, 2000. Brinkmann is 18 years her senior. On April 24, 2005, Suvari filed for legal separation, citing irreconcilable differences; the divorce was finalised in May 2005. In the summer of 2005, she dated professional breakdancer Mike “Murda” Carrasco, a member of “Knuckle Head Zoo”. They met in Braunschweig, Germany in October 2005. In 2007 Suvari began dating Italian-Canadian dancer, Simone Sestito.

Suvari also plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

She is also active in female empowerment issues. She is involved with several breast cancer charities and the “End Violence Against Women” campaign, and tours high schools as a “Circle Of Friends” spokesperson, encouraging young women to quit smoking.

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