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Who is Mena Suvari?

Mena Suvari was born on the 13th February 1979 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. She is an actress, model and designer. She is best known for her role in the American Pie movie series and for her role in American Beauty in 1999. By the age of twelve, Suvari was modelling; she starred in a Rice-a-Roni commercial at the age of thirteen. At age 12, after receiving a few pointers on her runway strut, Mena attended a modelling convention and was snapped up by the New York-based Wilhelmina agency. She made appearances in television shows such as Boy Meets World and ER at the age of fifteen and sixteen respectively. In 1999, she starred in the Oscar winning American Beauty and the popular American Pie. Mena was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: American Beauty. In 2007, the first pictures of Mena bald were published, she has revealed that she shaved off her locks in June while she was shooting a movie adaptation of Ernest Hemmingway's Garden of Eden in Spain. She has become one of the most vocal supporters of Hollywood's young female celebrities, saying they are being "picked on by the press" at every turn, this has made her a target as well.