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Mena Suvari
Birth at
13 February 1979
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Mena Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, on February 9, 1979. Her father gave her Estonian surname and her name came from an aunt who had English roots. Mina’s mother was of semi-Greek descent and worked as a nurse in a clinic.
When the future actress was 12 years old, her family moved to Charleston, as the older brothers were going to go to military college. At the same time, she got into a modeling agency and signed her first contract, but did not miss school classes. In order for
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Mena Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, on February 9, 1979. Her father gave her Estonian surname and her name came from an aunt who had English roots. Mina’s mother was of semi-Greek descent and worked as a nurse in a clinic.
When the future actress was 12 years old, her family moved to Charleston, as the older brothers were going to go to military college. At the same time, she got into a modeling agency and signed her first contract, but did not miss school classes. In order for the modeling career to develop, the whole family had to move to California.
In 1997, Mina Suvari graduated from high school in Burbank, California, immediately after that went to Los Angeles. The first casting she successfully passed and began to star in little-known television series. A few months later, the actress appeared in the popular series Ambulance. And then, in 1997, she made her debut in a big movie, the girl was offered a role in the film.
Nowhere Director Gregg Araki. At the same time, she was invited to work on the thriller Kissing the Girls, and Mina starred in a pair with Morgan Freeman. Audiences and critics treated the actress favorably.
In 1999, she acted in drama.
American Beauty" Director Sam Mendes. This tape received as many as five Oscars.
Then the actress appeared in the films “Hope of Chicago”, “Nuclear Train”, “Carrie 2: Fury”.
American Pie" etc. In 2008, Mina Suvari successfully played in the remake of the film “Day of the Dead”.
Since March 2000, Mina was married to German cameraman Robert Brinkman, but five years later the couple divorced. In 2007, she met Simon Sestito, a year later the couple got engaged, and in 2010 they were married. However, this marriage broke up in 2012 due to irreconcilable differences.