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Mena Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island on February 9th, 1979. She got into modelling at the age of 12, when her family was living in South Carolina. She was noticed by the Wilhelmina agency and lied that she was 13 so that they would sign her.
She worked as a model for five years, frequently commuting from her home in Charleston to her work in New York. She eventually landed an ad for Rice-a-Roni and Mena and her parents headed off to Los Angeles.
Mena Suvari had a very American year in 1999, appearing in both American Beauty and American Pie. The two films also showed the young performer's range as the first is darkly comedic and the second full of comedy so broad it needs red flags and a police escort when it rolls down the highway.
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