| Profile: Mena Suvari Full Name: Mena Adrienne Suvari Birth Date: February 9, 1978 Birth Place: Newport, Rhode Island, USA Height: 5' 4" Education: Graduated from Providence High School in Burbank, CA Quote: "It's nice when people want your autograph, but it's a little strange because I never expected it. I still kind of think, 'Oh, who am I?'" Mena Suvari Biography American beauty Mena Suvari was born February 9, 1979, in Newport, Rhode Island. The youngest child of parents Ando, a retired psychiatrist, and Candice, a nurse, the natural redhead has three older brothers, who all enlisted in the US army. Mena, named for an Egyptian godmother (her last name Suvari is after an Estonian river), began as a model with Wilhelmina. After lying about her age (she was 12 but claimed she was 13), Mena signed with the agency and worked as a model for the following 5 years. While modeling, she balanced her education by attending high school and finally receiving her high school degree. She moved to Los Angeles with her parents after she got a job in an ad for Rice-a-Roni. Before hitting it big in Hollywood, Mena appeared in several hit television shows. She had two separate roles in Boy Meets World in 1995 and 1996, and appeared in the hospital dramas ER and Chicago Hope. Mena played a teen infected with HIV on Chicago Hope, a portrayal which highly impressed critics. | |
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