American Beauty star Mena Suvari has become a mom
Los Angeles, California - Mena Suvari, star of American Beauty and the American Pie movies, has given birth to a baby boy.
Mena Suvari became famous in the early 2000s as the quintessential pop culture sex symbol.
The actor played a teen temptress lying naked on a bed of rose petals for the 1999 film cover of American Beauty. The iconic image has been emblematized and parodied for the last 20 years.
Now, the 42-year-old has become a mother for the first time.
Her new baby, Christopher Alexander Hope, was "a huge surprise, an absolute miracle," she told People.
"Both baby and mom are doing wonderfully," the actor's publicist told the magazine on Friday of the child's birth earlier this month.
Suvari has been married to her third husband Michael Hope since October 2018. She said that they had been actively trying for a child since last year, but when they "pulled back and let go," that's when she finally became pregnant.
"It's been a very emotional experience," she said. "I can't believe it!"
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The actor, fashion designer, and model appeared in TV series Six Feet Under and American Horror Story in addition to her popular cult films.
Suvari plans to release an upcoming memoir about her life this July.
"The greatest, most precious gift has come our way," she said of her new baby news.
Cover photo: Collage: Instagram/Screenshot/menasuvari & IMAGO / DreamWorks / Courtesy Everett Collection 1999 (2)