Mena Alexandra Süvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island to Candice , executive produced by both Eli Roth and Jason Blum for Blumhouse Productions. Mena is set to star opposite Alicia Silverstone for John Wells and TV Land's American Woman.
Graduated from Providence High School in Burbank, California class of 1997.
Her last name, "Suvari", pronounced "soo-VAHR-ee", is Estonian. Her father was Estonian, and her mother is American-born. Menas maternal grandfather had English and German ancestry, while Menas maternal grandmother was the daughter of Greek immigrants.
First name "Mena", pronounced "MEE-nah".
Has 3 older brothers, 1 of them in the US army.
Mother is a nurse; father is a psychiatrist.
Mena was raised in a Rhode Island home that was built in 1870.
People Weekly magazine titled an article about her "All-American Girl" .
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 , American Beauty and American Virgin . In 2001, she added American Pie 2 to that list. And then, more than a decade later, she added yet another "American" film to her resume, with American Reunion .
Did her own singing in American Pie .
Auditioned for the role of Mary Jane in Spider-Man .
Her older brother A.J., formerly an Intelligence Analyst in the U.S. Army, is currently a real estate agent in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Filed for divorce from cinematographer Robert Brinkmann after five years of marriage. The actress cited irreconcilable differences (10 May 2005).
Attended workshops at TVI Actors Studio.
Named #69 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list.
Ranked #73 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
Ranked #52 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Announced her engagement to Simone Sestito, having been in a relationship with him since September 2007.
Had early aspirations of becoming an archaeologist. She and her brothers used to dig holes in their backyard, looking for buried treasure.
Has a tattoo on her back of a lions head over the words, "Word Sound Power".
Filed for divorce from her second husband Siomone Sestio after 1 year and 6 months of marriage and two months of separation [January 13, 2012].
In addition to appearing in 5 films with the word "American" in the title, she also appeared in two episodes of the TV series, "American Horror Story" .
First wife of Robert Brinkmann.
I love art and fashion.
You have to surround yourself with people who love you and want the best,for you.
A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked,myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me,unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.
A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life. .
