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Trivia
Birth
name: Mena Adrienne Suvari
Nickname:
Bean
Date
of birth: 9 February 1979
Place
of birth: Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Height:
5' 4" (1.63 m)
Spouse:
Robert Brinkmann (4 March 2000 - present) (filed for divorce)
Graduated from Providence High School in
Burbank, California class of 1997.
Her first name came from an Egyptian
godmother.
Is a natural blonde.
Last name "Suvari", pronounced
"soo-VAHR-ee", is Estonian.
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 and which she and her brothers believed was haunted.
They saw several apparitions over the years, all of which she believed
were friendly.
People Weekly magazine titled an article
about her "All-American Girl" (1999).
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 (1999), American Beauty (1999) and American Virgin (2000).
In 2001, she added American Pie 2 (2001) to that list.
Her mother is of Greek descent.
Mena and her husband Robert Brinkmann have
taken considerable flak because of their age difference - 18 years.
Robert is a cinematographer.
Did her own singing in American Pie (1999).
Auditioned for the role of Mary Jane in
Spider-Man (2002).
Her father is Estonian.
Her older brother A.J., formerly an
Intelligence Analyst in the U.S. Army, is currently a real estate agent
in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Is a vegetarian.
Born on the same day as Wo hu cang long
(2000) ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") star Ziyi
Zhang.
Filed for divorce from cinematographer
Robert Brinkmann after five years of marriage. The actress cited
irreconcilable differences. (10 May 2005)
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